Head of Regional Finance - India

Head of Regional Finance, India London Hybrid £50,000 - £60,000 + Benefits

On behalf of a global health-care NGO, and social marketing organisation, we are recruiting a Head of Regional Finance for their India commercial entity. Reporting to the COO, and based in London, this is a key role providing finance support, technical leadership, and capacity building to drive growth across the India market. As the finance lead, this role will ensure financial management, governance and compliance are robust and will support the Country Director, and Director of Operations in the development of strategic decisions and sound financial operations, building capacity of in-country Finance and operational leadership teams. Hindi fluency is essential for this role.

Main Duties:

• Business Planning and Forecasting. Leading the preparation of the annual business plan for review and COO approval for the India entity and conduct regular operational forecasts
• Financial Performance Management. Analyse financial performance against business plans and provide leadership in closing performance gaps to meet objectives. Implement monthly performance analytics, including re-forecasting and tracking tasks like Sales and Budget vs. Actuals (BVA)
• Oversee the quality of financial data integrity
• Support and implement strategies for process improvement, and standardisation
• Monitor financial performance and support the India regionally leadership team in preparing performance reviews for the COO.
• Oversee internal and external audit processes and implement recommendations and risk mitigation
• Train and induct India region team members in corporate financial management and systems compliance

Person Specification:

• Qualified Accountant with fluent Hindi language skills
• Commercial, retail, sales, stock and inventory accounting experience
• Experience working in India or with Indian businesses would be great
• Experience with Tally and SUN accounts, Vision XL and advanced Excel
• Experience within global organisations
• First-class business partnering and experience supporting senior decision making
• Team leadership experience, including building capacity within in-country teams
• Experience building finance functions, policies, procedures and systems during transformation and change

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