Senior Manager – Financial Reporting

6 days ago


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Fueling Brains & Academies Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year
Overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly organized Senior Manager – Asset Management & Reporting, based in Chennai, to own portfolio-wide financial analysis and reporting for Fueling Brains' North America centers and corporate sites while operating from India. You'll drive asset and lease performance, partner on transactions and development projects, and build a disciplined digital records program that enables fast, audit-ready decisions across Real Estate & Development. This role acts as a strategic and operational extension of the Senior Vice President, Real Estate, and will serve as the primary liaison with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Construction, and Facilities.

A successful candidate will bring strong administrative discipline, experience in financial analysis, accounting, and an ability to implement scalable systems and workflows. The role requires a high degree of precision and confidentiality, 

Key Responsibilities

A) Financial Analysis & Reporting
  • Build monthly/quarterly portfolio packs: NOI, yield, ROCE, IRR/NPV, leverage, capex vs. budget, rent roll, occupancy.
  • Run budgeting & forecasting for Real Estate Opex/Capex; explain variances and recommend corrective actions.
  • Model business cases for new sites, relocations, expansions, fit-outs, refinancing, and exits (with sensitivities).
B) Asset & Lease Management
  • Maintain the asset & lease register, ensuring accurate tracking of critical dates, renewal/termination options, deposits, insurance, permits, and utilities, with automated reminders for timely actions.
  • Build and maintain a comprehensive list of all FFE (Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment) and chattel amortized in real estate, while preparing and maintaining depreciation schedules in compliance with accounting standards.
  • Drive cost optimization across CAM (Common Area Maintenance), utilities, and maintenance by implementing benchmarking practices, leading RFP processes, and renegotiating vendor/service contracts to achieve efficiency and savings.
  • Oversee and collaborate with property management and on-ground coordination teams to ensure effective execution of asset management strategies, adherence to SLAs, and resolution of operational issues.
  • Ensure lease compliance, including escalations, indexation, break options, and restoration obligations, as well as municipal, health, and landlord compliance requirements. Review every lease agreement thoroughly and maintain a comprehensive lease compliance register.
C) Document Digitization & Records Governance
  • Lead digitization of leases, amendments, drawings, warranties, invoices, permits—using OCR, structured metadata and decision logs.
  • Define and enforce taxonomy, naming, retention, versioning, and access controls; conduct periodic audits.
  • Implement e-signature & approval workflows (DocuSign/Adobe) for contracts, renewals, capex approvals; ensure legal-hold readiness.
D) Transactions & Development Support
  • Partner with RE&D, Legal, and Projects on site due diligence, fit-out/renovation capex, and close-out documentation.
  • Prepare landlord/vendor negotiation models; track savings and service-level outcomes.
  • Coordinate with Facilities/Projects on budget control, progress tracking, and ROI measurement for capex programs.
E) Stakeholder & Vendor Leadership
  • Act as the finance/analysis hub for Finance, Legal, Facilities/Projects, Center Operations and external landlords/PMs.
  • Present clear, decision-ready recommendations to CFO/Investment Committee/Board with options and risk views.
Qualifications
  • 8–12 years in financial analysis/reporting with strong real estate asset/lease management experience; multi-site North America exposure preferred.
  • Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Real Estate; CA/CPA/CMA preferred.
  • Proficiency with lease abstraction, and multi-entity consolidations; audit-facing experience.
  • Advanced Excel/Sheets (Power Query, pivots, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH; basic VBA a plus) and BI (Power BI/Tableau/Looker; basic SQL).
  • Experience implementing DMS/workflows (SharePoint/Google Drive/Box/Notion/Confluence, DocuSign/Adobe, OCR).
  • Familiarity with lease/RE systems (Yardi/MRI/Argus) and ERP (NetSuite/Oracle/SAP/QuickBooks).

Background in education/healthcare/retail or other multi-site operations is a plus.

Work Environment Requirements

  • Full-time, on-site role based in Chennai, India.
  • Comfortable working with cross-functional and international teams, including stakeholders in Canada and the United States.
  • Must be flexible to overlap with North American time zones when required (up to 30% of the time)
  • Fast-paced, dynamic environment where priorities shift frequently and initiative is essential.


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