Finance Associate

Title: Finance Associate

Location: Navi Mumbai, India

Division: Finance

• Are you torn between the excitement of start-ups and the stability of corporate life?
• Do you have a finance background, a passion for technology-driven change, and the ability to collaborate across functions?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

ABOUT US

This portfolio business is at the forefront of digital transformation and innovation in the public services sector. With over two decades of experience, we have established ourselves as a trusted partner for governments, local authorities, and organisations nationwide. Our mission is to empower our clients to deliver exceptional public services by harnessing the full potential of technology and data.

ABOUT BLENHEIM CHALCOT

As part of the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio, we benefit from the expertise, infrastructure, and scale of the leading global venture builder. With over 25 years of experience creating and growing SaaS businesses powered by Generative AI, Blenheim Chalcot has built 60+ ventures across sectors such as financial services, education, health, and marketing. Their global ecosystem—including Scale Space in London, the Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai, and a go-to-market base in Austin—enables us to access world-class talent, tools, and support to accelerate our growth and build a market-leading business.

OUR VALUES

• Partnership: We become one team and family with organisations, helping them to navigate change and stay agile.
• Integrity: Our people really care, going beyond the brief to make change happen for organisations and citizens.
• Innovation: We bring together the right technologies and services to design solutions that work.
• Passion: We are passionate about - and dedicated to - public services and improving people’s lives.

THE ROLE

This role is an excellent platform for experienced professionals to take their career to the next level and an opportunity unlikely to be found anywhere else. You will play a key role in establishing and developing a Centre of Excellence to drive efficiency, standardisation, and automation across the business, working in close collaboration with various teams in Navi Mumbai and London.

Key responsibilities

The Finance Associate is a vital role within the Finance team and this role will support the wider business by managing financial processes, ensuring compliance, and driving process improvements. You will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced and progressive environment. 

The successful Finance Associate will play a vital role in leading and shaping the Finance department to:

• Attend workshops with stakeholders to understand key finance processes, risks, gaps, and inefficiencies across people, process, technology, data, and internal controls.
• Understand and document current processes, pain points, and stakeholder feedback via process flow diagrams.
• Drive process improvement and implement more robust financial controls by leveraging emerging technologies such as Generative AI.
• Act as the key liaison between finance and other departments to guarantee seamless integration.
• Establish and maintain clear communication plans to keep all stakeholders informed efficiently and effectively.
• Analyse and measure process performance, implement data-driven improvements, identify significant process improvements, and suggest changes to enhance performance.
• Lead the integration of AI technologies into operations, driving innovation and competitive advantage

Opportunity

This role is an excellent platform for experienced professionals to take their career to the next level. You will play a key role in establishing and developing a Centre of Excellence to drive efficiency, standardisation, and automation across the group, working in close collaboration with various teams in Navi Mumbai and London.

ABOUT YOU

The ideal candidate will have a track record in delivering results while embracing change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role.

The Ideal Candidate

• ACCA/CIMA qualified with experience working within large, more complex businesses.
• Strong understanding of finance processes and systems and experience in implementing new systems and processes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including professional written and spoken English.
• Strong practical analytical skills, ability to effectively interpret, summarise, and document data.
• Self-starter who is able to manage multiple workstreams with minimal oversight.
• Promotes resilience and inclusivity, encourages innovation, manages conflict, trains and empowers others.
• Fosters curiosity and communication, manages incidents and stakeholder relationships, develops strengths in reports.
• Leads successful projects, makes effective decisions, manages different perspectives, designs communication processes.

PROCESS

We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent. Please note we are office-based which requires our colleagues to be together in the office 5 days a week with flexibility around personal commitments, interests, and obligations. This ensures we have the opportunity to continuously collaborate with the whole portfolio to stay connected and grow our community.