Position: Manager – Finance (Fractional Ownership & SM REIT Finance Operations)
Location: Mumbai
Reporting To: Deputy CFO / CFO
The Company is looking for a finance professional who can independently manage finance operations, investor servicing finance, cash flow monitoring, controllership, and business support activities across multiple SM REIT and fractional ownership entities.
Role Summary
The role will be responsible for managing finance operations and controllership activities across multiple fractional ownership/SPV structures and SM REIT-related entities.
The position requires strong operational finance skills, stakeholder management capability, investor payout oversight, cash flow monitoring, process controls, and the ability to coordinate across operations, legal, compliance, treasury, and investor relations teams.
The candidate should be highly responsive, execution-oriented, and capable of driving closure of time-sensitive activities in a multi-entity environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Fractional Ownership & SM REIT Finance Operations
- Manage finance operations for multiple fractional ownership structures, SPVs, and SM REIT-related entities.
- Monitor property-level revenues, rental collections, investor payouts, operating expenses, and cash flow movements.
- Ensure timely processing, verification, and review of investor distributions and related transactions.
- Track collection cycles, payout schedules, escrow balances, and fund flow requirements.
- Monitor property operating performance and support management with financial insights.
- Coordinate with asset management and property management teams on financial matters.
2. Investor Servicing & Fund Flow Management
- Review and monitor investor payout calculations and distribution statements.
- Coordinate with investor relations teams to resolve investor finance-related queries.
- Ensure timely execution of investor payment obligations and reconciliations.
- Monitor capital contributions, deployment of funds, and return distributions.
- Maintain investor-level financial records and supporting documentation.
3. Cash Flow & Treasury Monitoring
- Prepare and review periodic cash flow forecasts across SPVs and operating entities.
- Track liquidity positions and funding requirements.
- Monitor debt servicing obligations, lender covenants, and repayment schedules where applicable.
- Coordinate with treasury teams for fund transfers, banking transactions, and liquidity management.
- Support management in optimizing cash utilization across entities.
4. Finance Controls & Process Governance
- Establish and maintain financial controls across all fractional ownership entities.
- Ensure timely completion of reconciliations, documentation, and operational finance reviews.
- Monitor compliance with internal policies and approval workflows.
- Drive closure of open finance matters and unresolved operational issues.
- Identify process gaps and implement stronger control mechanisms.
5. Business MIS & Performance Monitoring
Prepare periodic MIS reports covering:- Collections
- Investor payouts
- Occupancy and rental performance
- Cash flow position
- Working capital movements
- Property-level profitability
- Develop dashboards and trackers for management review.
- Support business teams with financial analysis and decision-making inputs.
- Track key operating metrics and highlight exceptions to management.
6. Cross-Functional Coordination
- Work closely with:
- Investor Relations
- Legal
- Compliance
- Operations
- Asset Management
- Property Management
- Treasury
- Ensure timely closure of dependencies impacting investor servicing and finance operations.
- Drive accountability and follow-ups across teams.
Desired Candidate Profile
Qualification & Experience
- B Com + MBA Finance.
- 5–8 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in finance operations, controllership, treasury, business finance, fund operations, or real estate finance.
- Exposure to REITs, SM REITs, AIFs, PMS, NBFCs, real estate funds, asset management, or investment-linked businesses will be preferred.
- Understanding of investor servicing and multi-entity structures will be an advantage.
Key Skills
- Cash Flow Management
- Investor Payout Management
- Treasury Operations
- Finance Controllership
- SPV Accounting Oversight
- Fund Flow Monitoring
- MIS & Business Analytics
- Process Controls
- Stakeholder Management
- Financial Reconciliations
- Excel & Financial Modelling
- ERP Systems & Finance Automation
The ideal candidate should demonstrate:
- Strong ownership mindset
- Excellent execution capability
- High responsiveness and follow-through
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Strong coordination and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial and business-oriented thinking
- Attention to detail with strong control orientation
- Problem-solving approach and ability to work in dynamic environments
- High integrity, accountability, and professionalism
Why Join Us
Opportunity to work in one of India's emerging SM REIT and fractional ownership platforms.- Exposure to innovative real estate investment structures.
- Cross-functional exposure across finance, operations, treasury, legal, compliance, and investor relations.
- Opportunity to build scalable processes in a high-growth business environment.
- Direct interaction with senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
