Head | Finance and Accounts

Key Business Objectives and Philosophy Key Responsibilities Provide financial guidance and leadership to the Management team in delivering their business objectives. Ensure robust financial evaluation of all major business decisions such as pricing, capital investment and returns on promotional and marketing budgets. Ensure appropriate financial controls and risk management processes exist and are executed. Ensure financial statements are fully compliant with all appropriate accounting standards and corporate reporting requirements are met in a timely and high-quality way. Manage and develop a team of direct reports, providing leadership to develop the engagement, capabilities and talent pipeline of the finance division. People Management and Engagement Build, manage, and lead an effective team by attracting, developing, retaining, and motivating high-caliber associates in line with the Organizations HR strategy. Ensure direct reports know their roles and responsibilities, performance standards, and expectations. Be the center of expertise for your own team by sharing knowledge, mentoring, and training them on the skills aligned with their development objectives, constantly developing and leveraging capabilities within the F&A function. Provide a world-class Financial Operations and regulatory requirements. Provide stewardship of organizational assets and ensure that the organization is compliant with relevant legal Ensure processes are lean and agile, and associates are enabled to focus on making the right decisions. Ensure the financial transactions have the proper documentation and are in accordance with the control Ensure information is prepared fairly, honestly, and in accordance with relevant professional standards. environment expectations. Contributing to a fast-paced business changing business conditions. processes. sustainable organizational success. Support business in developing processes and continuous improvement in existing processes in line with Be a problem solver and support businesses in decoding complex transactions into simple and effective Balance short-term concerns and pressures, such as managing cash, liquidity, profitability, long-term vision, and Drive and manage change and innovation within the organization to contribute to overall business efficiency. Build tools meant to simplify, standardize and automate reporting. Key Relationships Internal stakeholders: Co-founders & Leadership team F&A team Other departments like sales, operations, HR External stakeholders: Banks Auditors & Consultants Local government authorities Investors Job Qualifications Chartered Accountant with experience of 8-12 years Experience in leading a finance function or a sub-finance function of at least 2 years Strong experience in building finance capabilities from early stage to more robust and agile Setting up processes in a complex business environment Must be able to think strategically with emphasis on the big picture A proven experience as a business co-pilot Should be hands-on with the latest in Finance Should have a solution-oriented mindset and be able to guide business on complex transactions Experience in people management Industry preference Big 4 Accounting firms, Startups, E-commerce, Agri-based companies Strategic Agility Standing Alone Business Acumen Hands-on Financial Shaping & Decision Making Financial Analysis and Reporting Tax Management Accounting Key Competencies Dealing with Ambiguity Handle pressure and multiple tasks together Problem-solving Developing Direct Reports Key Functional Competencies Banking & Treasury Compliance Financial Control Financial Processes Technical Skills MS Office Excel ERP systems (Zoho, Tally) MS Office Word, PP Google docs. Organizational Structure Co-Founder & CEO Head-Finance 1-2 specific outsourced functions 3 central resources (MIS and Accounts, payments, collections) 4 resources at hub (bill booking, local payments, GRN recon, retail 2-4 stock auditors (to audit physical stock inventory and dump in hubs) Structure invoice recon