Finance Manager

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Role Overview

Reporting directly to the Partners, you will steer end-to-end finance operations for VTC 3PL and its associate logistics entities. Your primary mandate is to deliver a fast, error-free billing and collections cycle across 26 GST registrations, optimise working capital, and ensure full statutory compliance-all within SAP B1. Lead and mentor a team of 8-9 finance professionals.

Key Responsibilities

Billing Excellence

o Design, document, and continually improve billing SOPs for diverse service lines (transport, warehousing, last-mile, project cargo).

o Validate service data, apply correct GST codes, and issue invoices within agreed SLAs.

Receivables & Cashflow

o Drive AR ageing targets; analyse debtor trends and lead proactive follow-ups to minimise DSO.

o Prepare weekly cash-collection forecasts and variance analyses for management.

Compliance & Controls

o Guarantee adherence to Ind AS, GST, TDS and other indirect-tax rules for 26 registrations.

o Coordinate monthly GST filings, reconciliations, and year-end audits.

Reporting & Insights

o Generate accurate MIS: billing, collections, margin analysis, and exception dashboards.

o Recommend process and system enhancements leveraging SAP B1 and MS Power BI/Excel.

Leadership & Collaboration

o Mentor a team of on-roll and client-site finance staff; set KPIs and conduct reviews.

o Liaise with operations, sales, and IT to resolve billing disputes swiftly.

o Lead and mentor a team of 8-9 finance professionals.

Stakeholder Management

o Serve as finance touch-point for key clients; present account statements and resolve queries.

o Support senior management with ad-hoc financial analyses and board presentations.

Required Skill Set

• Strong spoken & written English; crisp business communication.
• Proven ability to own and run finance processes independently in a high-volume environment.
• Solid grounding in accounting principles plus working knowledge of GST & indirect taxes.
• Hands-on expertise with SAP Business One, MS Excel, and basic Power BI.
• Experience leading multi-location teams and virtual resources.
• High resilience under tight deadlines; can-do attitude.
• Willingness to travel pan-India as business demands.

Desirable

• Exposure to complex billing models (recurring contracts, milestone/project billing, cross-border services).
• Track record of settling billing disputes and credit-note management.
• Exposure to fund-raising, working-capital lines, and bank liaison for BGs and OD limits.
• Strong negotiator for service-level deviations and claim settlements with Fortune 500 clients and global forwarders.
• Hands-on with complex billing models (recurring, milestone, cross-border) and efficient credit-note management.
• Help in TMS = Transport Management System (Inhouse system for Transport Management) stabilization.
• Experience leading multi-location teams and virtual resources.
• High resilience under tight deadlines; can-do attitude.
• Willingness to travel pan-India as business demands.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

Experience