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Kent Recruitment

Manager - Finance

Location
Mumbai, India
Category
Finance
Date Published
13/01/26
Status
Open
About you:
Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

Our purpose and beliefs:
As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

About the job:

The Corporate Finance Manager is responsible for multiple corporate entities within the Group, ensuring accurate financial reporting, statutory and tax compliance, and alignment with group-level policies. This role is pivotal in managing intercompany settlements, optimizing tax efficiency, and ensuring compliance with corporate law, including capital maintenance and distribution of reserves. The position requires strong technical expertise in accounting and corporate structuring and is ideally suited for a finance professional with Big 4 audit or tax experience.

Your Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting and compliance:

  • Own and manage the trial balance for assigned legal entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting.
  • Support the finance teams in the preparation, review and analysis of quarterly and annual financial reporting in accordance with IFRS for the corporate entities.
  • Coordinate and support annual statutory audits for all corporate entities, ensuring clean audit outcomes and effective collaboration with external auditors.
  • Develop and maintain robust a process for tracking compliance for financial statement filing across the full group.
  • Interface with the financial shared services team for all corporate entity transactions.
  • Manage and reconcile intercompany transactions and settlements globally, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing policies, withholding tax and documentation standards.
  • Monitor and drive compliance to intercompany funding and dividend strategies.
  • Support treasury operations across entities in relation to timely intercompany settlements across the group and dividends, ensuring efficient use of cash and capital.
  • Ensure compliance with corporate law and governance requirements, including dividend policy.
  • Advise management on corporate structuring, dividend planning, and reserve distributions in line with legal and tax frameworks.
  • Ensure appropriate documentation is in place for all group’s intercompany balances
  • Liaise with company secretaries, legal counsel, and external auditors to maintain governance and statutory compliance across jurisdictions.
  • Support the optimization of the group structure with key projects such as entity liquidation.
  • Work closely with other departments, such as Treasury, Tax, global finance teams and the financial shared services team.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:

Qualification/ Certification:

Education:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
  • Professional Qualification: ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent certification required.

    Experience:

  • Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in corporate finance, accounting, or tax. This can be within a multinational or group environment but prior experience in Big 4 audit or tax is essential.
  • Proven ability to manage multi-entity compliance and reporting, intercompany transactions, and tax-efficient corporate structures.

Skills Requirement:

  • Solid understanding of IFRS and basic practical issues associated with international tax e.g. withholding tax
  • Familiarity with principles of corporate law, including distribution of reserves.
  • Understanding of intercompany funding and settlement and associate tax compliance.
  • Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g. Oracle) and advanced Microsoft Office skills.
  • Proficient in building and maintaining strong working relationships with internal teams, external auditors, and other stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Strategic thinking with meticulous attention to detail and compliance.

Communication:

  • Proficient in building and maintaining strong working relationships with internal teams, external auditors, and other stakeholders.

Core Competencies:

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Strategic thinking with meticulous attention to detail and compliance.

HSSEQ:

The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country.

  • Employee is responsible for adhering to all health and safety procedures, reporting hazards or incidents promptly, and actively participating in maintaining a safe workplace.
  • Ensure mandatory safety training are completed.

Benefits

  • Medical Insurance of 5 Lacs (includes self, spouse and 2 kids upto 24 years)
  • Flexible Working Hours
  • 21 Days PL and 7 Days CL addition to 12 Public Holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Our Employee Assistance Programme is available to all Kent employees, and their dependents, 24/7, and is always confidential.

  • Provided by ComPsych, an independent specialist organisation, this benefit provides you and your dependents 24/7 support, resources, and information to help you with all of life's challenges. From no-cost, confidential counselling and legal support to financial information and personalized work-life resources, we've got you covered.
  • ComPsych can support you with guidance related to behavioral health, wellness, work-life, financial, or employment issues, in most languages.

Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging

We care about people.

  • It’s as simple as that. At Kent, we want people to find a place they belong. A place that will keep them safe and make sure they’re OK and feel happy. A place that wants the best for their future

Our policy’s purpose

This policy strives to make sure that every person employed at Kent, whether temporary, part-time, or full-time, is treated with equality, fairness and respect. We oppose and avoid all forms of discrimination, including in:

  • terms and conditions of employment,
  • dealing with grievances and discipline,
  • dismissal,
  • redundancy,
  • access to leave for carers in line with local policy,
  • requests for flexible working,
  • selection for employment, promotion, training or other development opportunities.

Our commitments

We are committed to:

  • Encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
  • Valuing the contributions of every member of the Kent family, treating everyone with dignity and respect. We foster an environment that celebrates individuality and where bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination have no place.
  • All our managers and employees are trained on the Inclusion and Belonging policy, so they know their rights and responsibilities and, more importantly, our culture. Our people should understand they are accountable for acts of bullying, harassment, victimisation and unlawful discrimination against fellow employees, customers, suppliers or member of the public. Any misconduct will be disciplined, and gross misconduct could lead to dismissal without notice.
  • Sexual harassment is both an employment rights matter and, in the case of sexual assault allegations, a criminal matter. Harassment, whether related to a protected characteristic or not, may be treated as a criminal offence.

Details about the role:
Location: Mumbai
Relocation required: No
Travel required: Maybe
Contract type: Permanent
Experience level: 5-10 Years

Why Join us?
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
• Health & Wellbeing Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Inclusion & Belonging Program
• Health insurance
• Work for a brand that's been in the industry for over 100 years
• Great Culture
• Safety-first culture with a collaborative and supportive team environment
• Opportunity to contribute to some of the largest and most impactful projects in the global energy sector

We foster an environment where you are challenged professionally and empowered to take the lead on your career development with the support and guidance of our Leaders. We’re committed to making sure that every single person uses their time with us to gain valuable experience and skills for their future, so why not pursue your career so why not pursue your career with us today!



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