Senior Group Accountant | Finance Manager

About the role:

You will own day-to-day finance operations and management accounting across all three companies
in the group: accurate books timely reporting clear cash-flow visibility and disciplined financial
controls. You will be the first finance hire in India and work as an extension of the Australian team on
the group's own systems and approval processes.

Key responsibilities
• Manage accounting across all three companies and keep clear entity-level records.
• Oversee accounts payable accounts receivable bank transactions reconciliations and the
general ledger.
• Prepare monthly management accounts – P&L balance sheet cash-flow reporting and variance
analysis.
• Maintain aged receivables and payables and follow up outstanding balances.
• Prepare weekly cash-flow updates payment schedules and funding requirements for
management.
• Coordinate supplier and customer invoices credit notes payments and receipts.
• Assist with budgeting forecasting financial modelling and management reporting.
• Monitor project and job profitability margins and major cost movements.
• Support payroll processing expense claims and employee-related finance administration.
• Make sure transactions are coded to the correct entity project and cost centre with supporting
documentation.
• Work with the group's Australian accountants auditors tax advisers banks and insurers as
required.
• Prepare accurate records and schedules to support Australian GST BAS FBT and payroll
compliance.
• Implement and maintain finance procedures approval controls and reconciliation checklists.
• Identify unusual transactions cash-flow risks overdue accounts and control issues and escalate
them promptly.
• Support finance system improvement automation and integration across the group.
How success is measured

• Monthly accounts completed accurately and on time.
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Ahmedabad GIFT City .

• Bank AP and AR reconciliations completed within agreed deadlines.
• Receivables ageing and overdue debt actively managed; cash-flow forecast updated weekly.
• Few unreconciled or incorrectly coded transactions; clear variance explanations.
• Strong compliance with group finance procedures and approval controls.
What we are looking for

Essential
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI); CPA or ACCA also considered.
• 4 to 8 years of post-qualification experience including at least 2 years working on Australian
clients or an Australian group.
• Hands-on Xero or MYOB experience including month-end close and reconciliations.
• Working knowledge of Australian GST BAS and payroll compliance.
• Experience handling several entities at once with clean entity-level records.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets; comfortable with Microsoft 365 Teams and SharePoint.
• Excellent written and spoken English and confidence dealing directly with Australian managers
and advisers.
Desirable
• Background in distribution manufacturing construction or industrial businesses including
inventory and job costing.
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior accountants.
• Exposure to finance automation or system implementations.

Ways of working

• Work as an extension of the Australian team not as a separate outsourced function.
• Keep records current so management can see the status of work without chasing.
• Escalate early; do not make material financial decisions without approval.
• Maintain strict confidentiality over pricing financials customers suppliers and contracts.
What we offer
• A senior visible role setting up the finance function of a growing India team for an international
group.
• Direct exposure to Australian management and advisers.
• Office in Ahmedabad or GIFT City Gandhinagar and an early shift with evenings free.
• Statutory benefits (provident fund gratuity) and medical cover as per policy.

Required Skills:

Strong expertise in financial accounting month-end closing management reporting P&L balance sheets cash-flow forecasting budgeting AP/AR bank reconciliations multi-entity accounting and variance analysis using Xero/MYOB and Advanced Excel. Knowledge of Australian GST BAS FBT payroll compliance internal financial controls audit support and finance automation with strong leadership analytical problem-solving communication and stakeholder management skills.