Senior Finance Associate

Senior Finance Associate

The role 

Senior Associate, Finance & Accounting is a vital role within the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio. You will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced and progressive environment, where you will support us in building our next generation of GenAI enabled tech businesses. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Accounting: 

• Manage timely accounting entries in the system to ensure accurate and timely reporting and forecasting. 
• Understand and manage accounting in foreign currency transactions. 
• Understand the basics of TDS and GST compliances and factor them into accounting processes. 

Banking: 

• Manage banking relationships to ensure smooth functioning of payments, receipts, and other banking transactions, including foreign remittances. 

Vendor and Client Management: 

• Maintain effective communication with clients and vendors. 
• Ensure all approved vendor invoices are logged in the system. 
• Coordination for payments and receipts with relevant vendors and clients. 

Financial Review: 

• Conduct weekly reviews of accounts to identify and address any pending entries. 

Audit and Compliance: 

• Assist in internal and statutory audits. 
• Maintain proper documentation records to comply with regulatory requirements. 

Reporting: 

• Provide regular reports to the Finance Manager on work progress and financial performance. 

Process Improvement: 

• Demonstrate a growth mindset and willingness to adapt to changing organizational needs. 
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and take the lead in implementing changes. 

About you

The ideal candidate will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role.

Must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2-4 years of experience in accounting roles, preferably in a MNC corporate environment
• Good Academic background where they possess lesser experience with an enthusiastic attitude and brilliant communication skills
• Strong understanding of month-end accruals and accounting principles.
• Good exposure to the Accounts Payable process
• Proficiency in bookkeeping tasks and accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks, Xero, SAP, Netsuite, etc.)
• Comfortable working with large data sets
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to express opinions and ideas clearly.
• Proactive attitude towards sharing opinions and contributing to team discussions.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in all work performed.
• Ensure that risks are flagged, and requisite controls are in place.
• Ensure to keep a tight eye on the emails received and respond as per the TAT agreed.
• Location: Andheri
• Shifts: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, on Month ends will be UK shifts (12:00 to 9:00 pm)

Nice to have:

• Able to multi-task and shift priorities based on the supervisor/stakeholder guidance.
• Flexibility towards working in supplementary hours.

About Blenheim Chalcot

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. We have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 26 years across sectors including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. These companies are all GenAI enabled and are some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world.

The BC team in India has been instrumental to the growth and success of Blenheim Chalcot. Established in 2014, Blenheim Chalcot India serves as a pivotal launchpad for those aiming to make a difference in the realm of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Blenheim Chalcot India is driven by a mission to empower visionaries to lead, innovate, and build disruptive solutions. We support our diverse portfolio of ventures and create impactful solutions that shape global trends. We provide a range of services to help new business get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax, plus so much more!

One of our Fintech ventures, Liberis, is scaling fast and we’re looking to hire high energy, motivated and curious talent to support them on that journey!

About Liberis

At Liberis – merchants matter most! We’ve been on a mission to provide small and medium businesses (SMEs) with accessible and responsive finance since 2007. SMEs account for most businesses worldwide and are critical contributors to job creation and global economic development. They represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide. Despite this, more than three quarters (77%) of SME businesses last year were unable to secure the traditional bank financing they desperately needed to grow and thrive. This has created a $5 trillion funding gap for SMEs globally. That’s where Liberis steps in! To best help small businesses, Liberis has built the leading global embedded finance platform. Through this, Liberis provides partners with the technology and financial solutions necessary to offer personalised and accessible funding to their small business customers. To date with ~20 global strategic partners and direct reach to more than 1 million small businesses, Liberis has provided $1 bn of funding in over 50,000 transactions, enabling more than 100,000 jobs to be created and saved. We are making a genuine difference to your local pub, hairdresser and online retailer! We are in a very exciting period of growth, in the UK and internationally, with teams based in London, Nottingham, Stockholm, Atlanta and remotely. We are looking for talented and ambitious individuals to help us reshape business finance.

What we can offer you

• Be part of the World’s Leading Digital Venture Builder
• Have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible diverse talent in BC
• Be exposed to the right mix of challenges, within a culture that promotes continuous learning and development and opportunity to work with Gen AI
• A fun and open, if a little cricket obsessed, atmosphere – we own the Rajasthan Royals IPL team!
• 24 days of annual leave & 10 public holiday days
• Private Medical for you and your immediate family & Life Insurance for yourself

Important

At Blenheim Chalcot, we strive to create an environment where differences are not only accepted but greatly valued; where everyone can make the most of their capabilities and potential. We promote meritocracy, competence and the sharing of ideas and opinions. We are driven by data and believe the diversity, agility, generosity, and curiosity of our people is what sets us apart as an organisation. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talent.