Finance Manager

Why this role exists…

What you’ll be doing…

• Leading and developing our future India finance team, setting clear expectations and supporting growth
• Ensuring strong financial control across core accounting processes, close cycles, and reconciliations
• Working with external accountants on local statutory accounting and tax matters
• Partnering with external payroll providers to ensure accurate payroll and employment compliance
• Delivering timely, accurate monthly reporting to the UK group
• Managing intercompany charges and ensuring alignment with group standards
• Acting as the primary liaison with local auditors and external advisors
• Continuously improving finance processes, structure, and ways of working

• Consistent, reliable month‑end delivery aligned to UK expectations
• Strong working relationships with UK‑based stakeholders
• Clear, repeatable processes in place to support future scale
• Increased confidence from leadership in the India finance operation

What you’ll need to succeed…

• Proven people leadership experience, including developing, coaching, and performance‑managing a finance team
• A strong financial control background, overseeing accounting processes, reconciliations, close cycles, and compliance
• Experience working closely with international stakeholders, particularly UK‑based leadership
• High standards and accountability, taking clear ownership of quality, delivery, and timelines
• Experience building or scaling finance operations, adding structure and discipline as organisations grow
• Clear, confident communication skills, able to explain issues, progress, and risks in a practical, solution‑focused way
• 6-8 years' experience, ideally within professional services or an international business environment

• Experience in a captive or offshore finance centre
• Previous experience within a UK‑ or Europe‑headquartered group
• Exposure to group reporting or consolidation
• Experience supporting audits or working with external advisors
• Process improvement or transition experience
• A professional accounting qualification (or currently working towards one)

• A purely individual‑contributor role without eventual people leadership
• Highly directive environments with limited autonomy
• A role focused only on local delivery without international collaboration