Manager - Finance

About Aspire Lifestyles

Aspire Lifestyles is an integrated Concierge, personal assistance and customer relationship engagement company. We develop & design white label loyalty programs for leading brands as their marketing preposition which enables new customer acquisitions, retention and loyalty of their customers.This position is responsible for new business development (B2B) by targeting CXO’s, CMO’s and product managers of leading banks, Hospitality Luxury Auto &  Insurance companies along with retention and growth of the current business through relationship & key account management.

Aspire Lifestyles (www.aspirelifestyles.com) is part of International SOS, a leading travel, medical and security assistance company

Key responsibilities

General

• Ensure timely completion of monthly and quarterly reporting as well as local management reporting
requirements.

Accounting and Statutory Tax compliances
• Ensure accurate and timely financial information and reports for statutory and management purposes.
• Manage Statutory and Tax Auditors. Ensure organization follows all Statutory compliances like GST, Transfer Pricing, Withholding taxes and other tax compliances
• Co-ordination with the CS for completing the legal compliances. Manage the accounting for Aspire entity in India.
• Working with Corporate/ Regional office to ensure tax optimization planning.
• Advise on the implications and issues relating to business taxes e.g. withholding tax etc

Monthly closing and activities
• Month end closing P&L, Cash and Working Capital. Monthly Business Reviews with management. Ensure that all KPIs are met every month
• Ensure adequate Cash Management.
• Account Receivables: Drive collections and ensure collections based on credit limit & terms – with minimal bad debts.
• Account Payable: Establish good credit terms with service providers and manage the payments. Manage network and other supplier discounts.
• Manage the banking and financing relationships with existing or potential financial institutions.

Billing – Contractual and Transactional
• Monthly, Quarterly and Annual billing as per contract to clients. Liaise with clients for monthly declarations of CIF and issue invoices
• Transactional billing for Aspire Cases in Ops for clients – Weekly basis. Receiving invoices from the Service Providers and issue invoices to clients for recharges
• Ensure output GST and input GST is properly recorded. Work closely with Sales team and Ops team for Billing matters
• Ensuring all accruals and deferred are properly accounted into respective months and correction of any mistake in the following month but ensuring that quarterly and year end information are accurately posted and rectified.

Working Capital and Accounts receivable management.
• Weekly ageing report to team and follow up for AR
• Periodic reconciliation with clients and handling queries related to billing and GST
• AP management for providers, Audit and Tax documentation from Revenue related activities.

Financial Control Standard
• Ensure compliance to General Affairs Policy and Procedures (GAPP) applicable to the company.
• Ensure compliance of accounting/reporting treatment in line with Group requirements, including treatment for new products.

Process improvements
• Working closely with the Head of finance on process improvements/ cost optimizations, SOP’s and
Internal Control

Job Requirement

Required Skills and Knowledge 
• Excellent direct customer service management skills and Excellent organizational and administrative skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey an understanding to technical and non-technical
users, in addition to the ability to communicate across a wide spectrum of people and backgrounds.
• Have excellent computer skills; proficient in using the internet for information gathering; good skills in
Microsoft Office i.e. Word, Excel.
• Detail oriented.

Required qualification and Work Experience
• A qualified individual with a minimum of 6-8 years of experience in overall finance function.
• Demonstrated success as a team leader and managed a team of 4-5 people
• Track record of effective Financial, Accounting and Tax management.

We take care of our Employees

• Medical coverage for employee
• Highly engaged and empowered work culture
• Continuous learning & development