Head of Finance
Head of Finance
gedu services- Posted 2 days ago
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Job Description
About The Role
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Head of Finance – India & Middle East to lead the regional finance function across multiple entities. This role will be responsible for financial reporting, taxation, compliance, budgeting, treasury, audit management, and business partnering, while providing strategic financial leadership to support growth and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Head of Finance – India & Middle East to lead the regional finance function across multiple entities. This role will be responsible for financial reporting, taxation, compliance, budgeting, treasury, audit management, and business partnering, while providing strategic financial leadership to support growth and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the finance function across India and the Middle East.
- Drive budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance management.
- Ensure compliance with Indian and Middle East statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements, including corporate tax, VAT/GST, withholding tax, financial reporting, and other applicable legal obligations
- Oversee financial reporting, month-end close, and management reporting (MIS).
- Manage revenue recognition, financial controls, and governance frameworks.
- Lead internal and external audits and ensure timely compliance with audit requirements.
- Manage treasury, cash flow, banking relationships, and financial institution negotiations.
- Partner with business leaders to provide financial insights and support strategic decision-making.
- Drive process improvements, automation, and shared services optimization.
- Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing finance team.
- 12-15+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership roles.
- Strong expertise in Indian and Middle East taxation, statutory compliance, financial reporting, and controllership.
- Experience managing multiple legal entities and regional finance operations.
- Solid understanding of revenue recognition, treasury, and audit management.
- Experience working within shared services or multinational environments is preferred.
- Advanced Excel and financial analysis skills; ERP experience is an advantage.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Chartered Accountant (CA) strongly preferred.
- MBA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification is an advantage.
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Key Skills
shared services optimization
governance frameworks
financial insights
taxation compliance
About Company
Skills:
Defect Management, Operational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Quality Audit, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Governance, SOP readiness, Quality dashboards and scorecards, Training governance, Compliance, Client governance, Internal Audit, Certification and training-effectiveness measurement, Predictive quality analytics, executive reporting, Knowledge assessment, Quality scorecard design and deployment, Process Standardization
Skills:
Advanced Excel analytics, Chartered Accountant CA or equivalent qualification, ERP financial systems
Skills:
manufacturing finance, Leadership, Audits, Compliance, Cash Flow, Mis, Financial Strategy, Strategic Planning, Risk Management
Skills:
lending , Capital structuring, Funding, Financial Planning, Structured Finance, Project funding, Project Finance, Financial due diligence, Corporate finance, Financial structuring, Cash-flow management, Debt Syndication, Financial strategy, Financial Operations, Negotiations with lenders and financial institutions
Skills:
Revenue Assurance, performance metrics, Cost Optimization, data-driven recommendations, Financial Planning