Job Description Financial Controller

Location: Bangalore (On-site)

Experience: 8-12 years

Compensation: upto 12 LPA

Role Type: Full time (Founder-facing)

Reports to: Founder & CEO

About Bhashsms

Bhashsms is one of India’s fastest-growing SME communication platforms enabling 1 lakh+ SMEs through WhatsApp API, SMS, RCS, and AI-powered engagement tools. We are scaling from 1 crore 3.5 crore monthly revenue in the next 18 months and aiming for 200 crore/month by 2030.

To support this growth with strong financial discipline, we are hiring a hands-on Financial Controller who can build airtight systems, control cash flow, and help the company scale safely and profitably.

Role Overview

This is NOT a corporate finance role.

This is a builder role for someone who enjoys:

- Running daily cash operations
- Ensuring financial discipline across teams
- Building dashboards
- Tracking ROI of sales, marketing, retention, and tech
- Managing accrual cash conversion
- Partnering closely with Founder for growth planning

You will be the backbone of financial stability for the next 24 months.

Key Responsibilities

1. Daily Cashflow & Control

- Maintain daily cash flow sheet
- Monitor collections vs sales every day
- Salary planning (multiple schedules)
- Manage payouts across 3–5 dates without disrupting cash
- Enforce spending discipline across departments

2. Budgeting & Forecasting

- Create monthly budgets for all departments
- Build 12–24 month forecasting models
- Track budget vs actual weekly
- Predict cash runway with accuracy

3. Sales, CAC & ROI Analytics

- Track CAC across channels (FB, Google, WhatsApp)
- Run LTV/CAC cohort analysis
- Build ROI dashboards for:

- Sales teams
- Retention
- Performance marketing
- Tech initiatives

4. Financial Hygiene & Systems

- Standardize invoicing, credit notes,



payouts
- Strengthen internal controls
- Build SOPs across finance
- Work with CTO to integrate finance data into ERP (Pulse)

5. Hiring & Scaling Control

- Build “Hiring Throttle Dashboard”
- Define when to slow down or accelerate hiring
- Create formulas linked to:

- Collections last 60 days
- Fixed cost for next 90 days
- Cash buffer needs

6. Compliance & Audit

- Manage GST, TDS, PF compliance
- Liaise with auditors (internal & statutory)
- Ensure zero financial leaks

7. Support Founder for Scale

- Support planning for 3.5 Cr/month by Dec 2026
- Build playbooks for 20–30 crore annual cash reserve by 2030
- Prepare company for future CFO hire

Who Will Succeed in This Role

You should be someone who is:

- Extremely disciplined
- Founder-driven
- Strong with numbers
- Zero tolerance for financial leaks
- Comfortable with daily operational finance
- Good at dashboards + analysis
- Has worked in SaaS/telecom/CPaaS/fintech/startups
- Can build systems from scratch

NOT looking for:

Strategy-only FP&A; people

Big-4 theoretical finance profiles

People who want a CFO-like role on day 1

Must-Have Skills

- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets
- Strong in MIS, budgeting, forecasting
- Hands-on experience in cashflow management
- Experience managing multi-crore P&Ls;
- Financial modelling
- Understanding of SaaS metrics (CAC, LTV, churn)
- Strong communication skills

Good to Have

- Experience with ERP/CRM finance modules
- Worked in fast-scaling companies (20–100 crore revenue)
- Exposure to SQL/Python (basic)
- Experience with CPaaS, SaaS, Martech, or telcom

Why Join Bhashsms?

- Work directly with the Founder
- Build finance from scratch
- Be part of a 5-year 200 crore/month journey
- Fastest career growth—real ownership
- Opportunity to become Deputy CFO in 2 years

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