Finance Manager

Title: Finance Manager 

Location: Mumbai, India (roles in Andheri East and / or Turbhe) 

Division: Finance

• Are you torn between the excitement of start-ups and the stability of corporate life?
• Do you have a finance background, a passion for technology-driven change, and the ability to collaborate across functions?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

ABOUT BLENHEIM CHALCOT

As part of the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio, we benefit from the expertise, infrastructure, and scale of the leading global venture builder. With over 25 years of experience creating and growing SaaS businesses powered by Generative AI, Blenheim Chalcot has built 60+ ventures across sectors such as financial services, education, health, and marketing. Their global ecosystem—including Scale Space in London, the Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai, and a go-to-market base in Austin—enables us to access world-class talent, tools, and support to accelerate our growth and build a market-leading business.

OUR BEHAVIOURS

• Honesty and integrity – trustworthy.
• Resilience - keeps going when the going gets tough, remains optimistic in the face of challenges, open to feedback and willingness to change and experiment.
• Teamwork – is collaborative and supportive, elevating and developing others to deliver results.
• Innovation - restless to improve, challenges how to make things better.
• Deliver results - keeps promises, drives to achieve, commitment to high quality work.
• Commercial awareness - looks for best value solutions for the business, understand costs / revenues, spends money wisely.

THE ROLE

This role is an excellent platform for experienced professionals to take their career to the next level. The Finance Manager will oversee and manage all financial operations, ensuring the company's financial health and stability. This role combines strategic financial leadership with hands-on accounting expertise, supporting senior management in decision-making and driving the financial success of our GenAI-enabled tech businesses.

Key responsibilities

The successful Finance Manager will play a vital role in leading and shaping the Finance department to:

• Lead workshops with stakeholders to understand key finance processes, risks, gaps, and inefficiencies across people, process, technology, data, and internal controls.
• Understand and document current processes, pain points, and stakeholder feedback via process flow diagrams.
• Drive process improvement and implement more robust financial controls by leveraging emerging technologies such as Generative AI.
• Act as the key liaison between finance and other departments to guarantee seamless integration.
• Lead the integration of AI technologies into operations, driving innovation and competitive advantage.
• Complete ownership in month-end closing, variance analysis, and finalizing the business segmental P&L.
• Oversee daily accounting activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare financial reports by collecting, formatting, analyzing, and explaining information, including past trends in key performance indicators and all areas of revenue, cost of sales, and expenses.
• Assist senior business partners in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Prepare business review packs.
• Conduct regular financial analysis to identify trends, variances, and areas for improvement.
• Prepare and present financial reports to senior management and stakeholders.
• Support internal and statutory audits, ensuring timely and accurate completion.
• Maintain effective communication with clients, vendors, and other external partners.
• Coordinate payments and receipts, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
• Monitor compliance with local GAAP, VAT, and other regulatory requirements.

Opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to join the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio as a Finance Manager, where you'll play a key role in shaping the financial strategy of cutting-edge GenAI-enabled tech ventures. You'll work closely with senior leaders in India and the UK, owning end-to-end financial operations while contributing to high-impact decision-making in a fast-paced, growth-driven environment.

ABOUT YOU

The ideal candidate will have a track record in delivering results while embracing change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role.

The Ideal Candidate

• CA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with experience working within large, more complex businesses.
• Minimum of 4+ years in finance roles
• Strong understanding of finance processes and systems and experience in implementing new systems and processes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including professional written and spoken English.
• In-depth knowledge of financial accounting principles, regulations, and best practices
• Strong proficiency in accounting software (e.g., Xero) and advanced MS Excel skills
• Self-starter who is able to manage multiple workstreams with minimal oversight.
• Prior management and direct supervisory experience in a team environment.
• Strong business partnering skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams
• Flexibility to work within a high-growth, rapidly changing environment
• Commitment to continuous personal development

PROCESS

We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent. Please note we are office-based which requires our colleagues to be together in the office 5 days a week with flexibility around personal commitments, interests, and obligations. This ensures we have the opportunity to continuously collaborate with the whole portfolio to stay connected and grow our community.