Manager- Finance

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location:
Mumbai

Department:
Finance

Experience:
4–7 years

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive
Finance Manager
with 4–7 years of experience to oversee financial operations, ensure statutory compliance, and support strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in
taxation
,
financial statement preparation
, and a sound understanding of the
Companies Act, 2020
and related regulatory frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and finalise monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements while ensuring accuracy and statutory compliance.
• Manage direct and indirect taxation, including GST, TDS,and corporate tax, and ensure timely filings and compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Ensure adherence to the Companies Act, 2020 and maintain all necessary compliance documentation.
• Coordinate and support internal and statutory audits, and strengthen internal financial controls.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and MIS reporting, and provide financial insights to management.
• Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll coordination, daily cash flow, banking operations, and working capital.
• Liaise with auditors, tax consultants, and regulatory authorities as required.
• Drive process improvements, enhance financial systems, and support implementation of best practices.

About Havas

Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world's largest global communications networks, with more than 22,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model through its 70+ Havas Villages around the world, covering all communication activities. The teams of the three business units, Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network, and Havas Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer tailor-made, innovative solutions to clients that support them in their positive transformation. Havas is committed to building a diverse culture where everybody feels they belong and can be themselves and thrive. Havas was integrated into Vivendi, a global leader in media, entertainment, and communications, in December 2017.

Further information about Havas is available at

About Havas India

Havas India gathers the expertise of 25 agencies, specialized divisions, and strategic alliances across 3 verticals:

1. Havas Media Network
   – Havas Media, PivotRoots (integrated digital), Arena Media, Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (sports, entertainment & content), CSA (technology, data & analytics), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (pure-play social media), Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home), Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing), KlugKlug (influencer tech stack), and Havas Play SGSE (sports & entertainment).
2. Havas Creative Network
   – Havas Creative India (creative), Havas People India (talent communications & employer branding), Havas CX India (customer experience), ekino (technology), Think Design (UX/UI), Shobiz (experiential marketing), Shobiz Exhibits (exhibitions), Conran Design Mumbai (branding & design), GateOne (business & digital transformation management), PR Pundit Havas Red (PR), and Prose on Pixels (content-at-scale)
3. Havas Health Network
   – Havas Life Mumbai (health & wellness communications)

With its unique Village model, it is an integrated network present across 3 Villages in Mumbai, Gurugram, and Bengaluru, and regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Chennai, with over 2500+ professionals and associates.

As one of India's fastest growing and agile networks, Havas India has bagged multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last 3 years including the group being Great Place To Work Certified twice in a row (Nov Nov 2023 & Dec 2023 – Dec 2024), consistently being featured in the top 3 at R3 New Business League rankings, and winning at Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year awards, London International Awards (LIA), e4m Indian Marketing Awards, ABBY One Show, Campaign Women Leading Change awards, and more. Our CSR programs, DE&I initiatives, and being actively involved in various industry associations is what keep us invested as a network that has a clear mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people.

For more information, visit and follow Havas India on social media.