General Manager Finance

Position Summary

The General Manager Finance & Accounts will be responsible for leading the Finance function across the organisation while acting as a strategic advisor to the Managing Director and business leadership.
The role extends beyond accounting and statutory compliance. The successful candidate will build a modern finance organisation that supports commercial decision-making, financial planning, governance, business performance, automation and long-term value creation.
The incumbent will also play a key role in strengthening financial discipline across television, digital, OTT, events and future business initiatives while preparing to assume broader CFO responsibilities over time.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Financial Leadership
   Develop and execute the organisation's financial strategy aligned with long-term business objectives.
   Partner with the Managing Director and senior leadership on strategic investments, expansion initiatives and capital allocation.
   Support commercial decision-making through financial analysis and business insights.
   Build finance into a strategic business partner across all functions.

2. Financial Planning & Business Finance
   Lead annual budgeting and rolling forecasts.
   Drive FP&A across all business verticals.
   Develop profitability dashboards by business unit, platform and product.
   Evaluate ROI of strategic initiatives, new businesses and capital expenditure.
   Support pricing, packaging and commercial decisions with financial analysis.

3. Accounting & Financial Reporting
   Ensure accurate accounting and timely financial reporting.
   Oversee monthly, quarterly and annual closures.
   Strengthen MIS and management reporting.
   Present financial performance and strategic insights to leadership.

4. Working Capital Management
   Optimise cash flow and working capital.
   Strengthen banking relationships.
   Improve cash forecasting and fund utilisation.

5. Taxation, Compliance & Governance
   Ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.
   Oversee Income Tax, GST, TDS, Companies Act and other applicable laws.
   Lead statutory, tax and internal audits.
   Strengthen governance through robust financial controls and policies.

6. Commercial Finance
   Analyse revenue performance across Television, Digital, OTT, Events and emerging businesses.
   Evaluate advertising, sponsorship, subscription and content monetisation.
   Recommend profitability improvement initiatives.
   Partner with business leaders on investment and pricing decisions.

7. Finance Transformation
   Lead finance automation initiatives.
   Strengthen ERP utilisation and process digitisation.
   Improve month-end closing efficiency.
   Develop dashboards for business and management.
   Simplify legacy finance processes and standardise SOPs.

8. Procurement Governance
   Establish financial governance over procurement and capital expenditure.
   Review procurement controls, spend analytics and vendor governance.
   Strengthen approval processes and financial oversight.
   Partner with Procurement to improve cost discipline.

9. Team Leadership
   Lead and develop the Finance & Accounts team.
   Build succession plans and leadership capability.
   Mentor second-line leaders.
   Foster a culture of ownership, integrity and continuous improvement.
   Key Performance Indicators
   Financial Excellence
   Timely financial reporting
   Accuracy of MIS
   Budget adherence
   Working capital improvement
   Cash flow optimisation
   Business Finance
   Forecast accuracy
   Business profitability improvement
   ROI analysis quality
   Commercial decision support
   Governance
   Audit observations
   Statutory compliance
   Internal control effectiveness
   Procurement governance
   Transformation
   ERP optimisation
   Finance automation
   Dashboard adoption
   Process standardisation
   Leadership
   Team capability development
   Succession readiness
   Employee engagement
   Cross-functional collaboration
   Technical Competencies
   Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
   Corporate Accounting
   Treasury Management
   Budgeting & Forecasting
   Working Capital Management
   Cost & Profitability Analysis
   Taxation & Statutory Compliance
   Audit & Internal Controls
   Commercial Finance
   ERP & Finance Systems (Zoho, SAP, Oracle or equivalent)
   Advanced Excel
   Power BI / Business Intelligence
   MIS & Dashboard Reporting
   Leadership Competencies
   Strategic Thinking
   Commercial Judgement
   Systems Thinking
   Financial Governance
   Business Partnership
   Executive Presence
   High Integrity
   Change Leadership
   Decision-Making Under Ambiguity
   Stakeholder Management
   Low-Ego Leadership
   Cross-Functional Collaboration

Ideal Candidate Profile
The successful candidate should demonstrate:
Strong financial and commercial acumen.
Experience building or transforming finance functionsnot just maintaining them.
Ability to operate effectively in a promoter-led organisation.
Comfort balancing governance with business enablement.
A data-driven, systems-oriented approach to decision-making.
The credibility to partner with senior leadership while developing the next generation of finance leaders.

Why Join OTV
This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of Finance at one of Eastern India's leading media organisations. The successful candidate will play a central role in strengthening governance, supporting business growth, modernising financial systems and ultimately leading the Finance function as the organisation continues to evolve.