Job Description
Lumikai, India’s Pioneering Games & Interactive Media Fund
Finance Manager Job Specification & Role
Interested applicants should apply via the following form only : https : / / form.jotform.com / 2313114+2658052
About the Fund :
Lumikai combines the Latin word for light and the Japanese word for tribe .
Lumikai is the pioneering VC fund catalysing India’s gaming & interactive media revolution.
We are India’s first seed stage venture capital fund operating exclusively in India’s interactive entertainment ecosystem.
We are a 100% operator driven, partner led fund with founding partners who have been in the gaming, media & entertainment business with combined experience of over 3 decades.
At Lumikai, we are building a tribe of India’s most forward thinking, creative and talented founders. The leadership team combines decades of strategic experience and sector knowledge while leveraging all-star local and global networks to help propel founders to success.
We have already backed some of India’s leading games companies including Bombay Play (building global hypersocial, cross-platform games), Loco (India’s leading game streaming platform), and Elo Elo (creator-led, social gaming, live streaming platform), Studio Sirah and several others.
Our portfolio has collectively raised $100M, employs 300+ people and seen co-investments from marquee global investors like Sequoia, Lightspeed, Stellaris, Krafton, Kalaari Capital, Makers Fund, Hiro Capital, Hashed etc.
As a fund, we have been investors and entrepreneurs. We have seeded companies, scaled and exited businesses, raised tens of millions, closed multi-billion $ deals and helped manage India’s biggest media and gaming exit.
We are proudly backed by a consortium of the world’s iconic gaming, technology and entertainment companies.
Our Investing Philosophy and Who We Are
Lumikai invests in companies at the cross-section of technology, culture and new media in India. We actively seek companies which understand the current pulse of consumers and also build sustainable, long-standing online entertainment for both the world and local audiences.
We are fascinated by future facing, transformational businesses in new media and understand the deep art and science of building gaming experiences.
We seek to build a small team of experts who share these interests and passions. We geek out about tech, love to play games, talk about entertainment trends and new products.
If you want to build an investing career and this sounds like something you would enjoy, then we would love to hear from you.
As we believe great opportunities and talent can come from anywhere, diversity within our team is critical to us. We strongly believe diverse teams and perspectives lead to superior decision making, better financial outcomes and can enable higher value creation.
Job Role Specification
We are seeking an individual who can support our fund finance efforts, help us scale our fund operations and fund admin efforts.
This role will report into the fund CFO and will be supported by an excellent legal team, fund administrators, auditors, company secretary and tax consultants.
So if you like start-up style execution, autonomy, independence and ownership, this is the right fit for you!
Desired Skills and Experience :
Required Experience, Attributes & Skills
• Complete owner mindset
• Meticulous, with extreme attention to detail
• Desire to punch above their weight and constant learning mindset
• Laser focus and ruthless prioritisation
• High deadline adherence
• Exceptional analytical / quantitative capabilities
• Comfortable in small teams and high-pressure situations
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong presentation skills and communication skills
• 5-8+ years of finance experience in Big 4 accounting firms, fund finance teams of venture funds and finance divisions of investment banks / private equity funds.
• CA or equivalent finance degree
• Desire to work in a cutting edge, fast moving and dynamic industry
Favourable Attributes & Skills
• Previous experience in fund compliance and operations
• Well versed with legal documents including investor documentation
• Excellent data analysis and comfort with MS Excel
Finance Manager Job Role
Job Role Details
We are particularly keen on individuals who can demonstrate first principles thinking in finance, help us lead and scale our finance, fund operations and compliance efforts
1. Fund Finance
1.1 Fund Finance
• Manage, oversee efforts and co-ordinating fund finance activities
• Monitor capital drawdowns, respond and manage investor inquiries
• Liaise with investment team to facilitate documentation
• Enable closing of new deals post transaction documentation to complete wiring
• Enable process for follow-ons in existing portfolio
• Finance and operations
• Preparation and maintenance of monthly MIS, budget vs actual analysis, compliance trackers
• Prepare annual budget along with fund’s partners
• Co-ordinating payroll and liaising with company auditors, company secretarial services on compliance with tax, GST, data entry, vendor invoicing and payments
• Coordinate and facilitate audit with fund auditors and external valuers
• Manage finance, audit, secretarial and compliance responsibilities of multiple fund entities
• Review of financial statements across multiple fund entities
• Administrative support for fund onsite and other events
2. Monitoring and Reporting
2.1 Fund performance
• Prepare quarterly portfolio valuation across both funds
• Computation of fund metrics and key KPI’s TVPI, IRR, DPI’s, MOIC etc
• Track portfolio company movements - follow-ons, stake sales, exits etc
2.2 Investor reporting
• Assist investment team in preparing quarterly LP reports
• Review of LP NAV statements and preparation of quarterly financial statements across fund entities
• Response to LP queries
• LP onboarding process, in accordance with regulatory requirements
3. Compliance
• Maintain responsibility for audit, regulatory and compliance responsibilities across all fund entities
• Ensure compliance with fund administrators and legal counsel
• Liaise and co-ordinate with our outsourced financial services regulatory consultants to ensure compliance
• Board Meetings / Partners’ Meetings across fund entities : Scheduling, agenda, minutes
4. Treasury Management
• Computation of management and advisory fees
• Short-term investing of excess funds in accordance with applicable regulations and organizational policies
Interested applicants should apply via the following form only : https : / / form.jotform.com / 2313114+2658052
Finance Manager Job Specification & Role
Interested applicants should apply via the following form only : https : / / form.jotform.com / 2313114+2658052
About the Fund :
Lumikai combines the Latin word for light and the Japanese word for tribe .
Lumikai is the pioneering VC fund catalysing India’s gaming & interactive media revolution.
We are India’s first seed stage venture capital fund operating exclusively in India’s interactive entertainment ecosystem.
We are a 100% operator driven, partner led fund with founding partners who have been in the gaming, media & entertainment business with combined experience of over 3 decades.
At Lumikai, we are building a tribe of India’s most forward thinking, creative and talented founders. The leadership team combines decades of strategic experience and sector knowledge while leveraging all-star local and global networks to help propel founders to success.
We have already backed some of India’s leading games companies including Bombay Play (building global hypersocial, cross-platform games), Loco (India’s leading game streaming platform), and Elo Elo (creator-led, social gaming, live streaming platform), Studio Sirah and several others.
Our portfolio has collectively raised $100M, employs 300+ people and seen co-investments from marquee global investors like Sequoia, Lightspeed, Stellaris, Krafton, Kalaari Capital, Makers Fund, Hiro Capital, Hashed etc.
As a fund, we have been investors and entrepreneurs. We have seeded companies, scaled and exited businesses, raised tens of millions, closed multi-billion $ deals and helped manage India’s biggest media and gaming exit.
We are proudly backed by a consortium of the world’s iconic gaming, technology and entertainment companies.
Our Investing Philosophy and Who We Are
Lumikai invests in companies at the cross-section of technology, culture and new media in India. We actively seek companies which understand the current pulse of consumers and also build sustainable, long-standing online entertainment for both the world and local audiences.
We are fascinated by future facing, transformational businesses in new media and understand the deep art and science of building gaming experiences.
We seek to build a small team of experts who share these interests and passions. We geek out about tech, love to play games, talk about entertainment trends and new products.
If you want to build an investing career and this sounds like something you would enjoy, then we would love to hear from you.
As we believe great opportunities and talent can come from anywhere, diversity within our team is critical to us. We strongly believe diverse teams and perspectives lead to superior decision making, better financial outcomes and can enable higher value creation.
Job Role Specification
We are seeking an individual who can support our fund finance efforts, help us scale our fund operations and fund admin efforts.
This role will report into the fund CFO and will be supported by an excellent legal team, fund administrators, auditors, company secretary and tax consultants.
So if you like start-up style execution, autonomy, independence and ownership, this is the right fit for you!
Desired Skills and Experience :
Required Experience, Attributes & Skills
• Complete owner mindset
• Meticulous, with extreme attention to detail
• Desire to punch above their weight and constant learning mindset
• Laser focus and ruthless prioritisation
• High deadline adherence
• Exceptional analytical / quantitative capabilities
• Comfortable in small teams and high-pressure situations
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong presentation skills and communication skills
• 5-8+ years of finance experience in Big 4 accounting firms, fund finance teams of venture funds and finance divisions of investment banks / private equity funds.
• CA or equivalent finance degree
• Desire to work in a cutting edge, fast moving and dynamic industry
Favourable Attributes & Skills
• Previous experience in fund compliance and operations
• Well versed with legal documents including investor documentation
• Excellent data analysis and comfort with MS Excel
Finance Manager Job Role
Job Role Details
We are particularly keen on individuals who can demonstrate first principles thinking in finance, help us lead and scale our finance, fund operations and compliance efforts
1. Fund Finance
1.1 Fund Finance
• Manage, oversee efforts and co-ordinating fund finance activities
• Monitor capital drawdowns, respond and manage investor inquiries
• Liaise with investment team to facilitate documentation
• Enable closing of new deals post transaction documentation to complete wiring
• Enable process for follow-ons in existing portfolio
• Finance and operations
• Preparation and maintenance of monthly MIS, budget vs actual analysis, compliance trackers
• Prepare annual budget along with fund’s partners
• Co-ordinating payroll and liaising with company auditors, company secretarial services on compliance with tax, GST, data entry, vendor invoicing and payments
• Coordinate and facilitate audit with fund auditors and external valuers
• Manage finance, audit, secretarial and compliance responsibilities of multiple fund entities
• Review of financial statements across multiple fund entities
• Administrative support for fund onsite and other events
2. Monitoring and Reporting
2.1 Fund performance
• Prepare quarterly portfolio valuation across both funds
• Computation of fund metrics and key KPI’s TVPI, IRR, DPI’s, MOIC etc
• Track portfolio company movements - follow-ons, stake sales, exits etc
2.2 Investor reporting
• Assist investment team in preparing quarterly LP reports
• Review of LP NAV statements and preparation of quarterly financial statements across fund entities
• Response to LP queries
• LP onboarding process, in accordance with regulatory requirements
3. Compliance
• Maintain responsibility for audit, regulatory and compliance responsibilities across all fund entities
• Ensure compliance with fund administrators and legal counsel
• Liaise and co-ordinate with our outsourced financial services regulatory consultants to ensure compliance
• Board Meetings / Partners’ Meetings across fund entities : Scheduling, agenda, minutes
4. Treasury Management
• Computation of management and advisory fees
• Short-term investing of excess funds in accordance with applicable regulations and organizational policies
Interested applicants should apply via the following form only : https : / / form.jotform.com / 2313114+2658052
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Finance Manager position is now open for candidates interested in the MIS Executive sector. This role in Mumbai offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in MIS Executive is a plus.
