Job Description Resolute Group

Accounts Head Hair Drama Company

About us: Resolute Group is a diversified investment and venture-building house spanning fintech, consumer brands, and sports. Hair Drama Co. is India's premium hair accessories brand, known for bold design and quality across a curated D2C and retail range. This role reports to Group Finance.

About the role: We are looking for an Accounts Head to own end-to-end accounting, audit, and financial reporting for Hair Drama Company. This role suits someone who can bring rigour and structure to a fast-growing D2C consumer brand while maintaining a single source of financial truth for the business.

Responsibilities:

Financial Strategy & Business Planning

- Develop the company's financial strategy
- Build long-term financial models
- Drive sustainable, profitable growth
- Evaluate new business opportunities and support expansion into new categories and markets
- Partner with the CEO on strategic decisions

Financial Reporting & Controllership

- Prepare and finalize Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss statements, ensuring accuracy and timely closure each period
- Own monthly MIS reporting with clear commentary on variances and key drivers
- Track Standard Cost vs Actual Cost, investigate variances, and recommend corrective action
- Prepare Quarterly and Annual Budgets and report Budget vs Actuals to leadership, flagging risks early
- Strengthen internal financial controls and documentation

Cash Flow & Working Capital Management

- Own the company's cash position cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning, inventory funding, vendor and customer payment cycles, warehouse cash requirements, operating expenses, and capital expenditure




- Ensure a healthy cash runway and maintain optimal working capital

FP&A; (Financial Planning & Analysis)

- Develop dashboards tracking revenue, gross margin (COGS), direct costs, contribution margin, EBITDA, net profit, burn rate, CAC, LTV, repeat purchase rate, inventory turns, and cash conversion cycle
- Generate actionable insights for leadership from these metrics

E-commerce Finance

- Oversee accounting and reconciliation for E-commerce channels, including marketplace fees, returns, and payment gateway settlements
- Reconcile Sales vs Actual Receipts across all channels, resolving mismatches with sales, operations, and banking teams
- Monitor financial performance across channels Shopify, marketplaces, retail, and international
- Analyse product, SKU, collection, and channel profitability

Pricing & Margin Management

- Partner with NPD and sales teams to optimise selling price, discount strategy, promotions, gross margins, markdown planning, and product mix

Inventory Finance

- Work closely with Supply Chain on inventory investment, inventory ageing, dead stock, stock turns, replenishment planning, open-to-buy planning, and purchase planning

Statutory & Internal Audit

- Lead Internal Audit planning and execution; track findings through to closure with process owners
- Lead Statutory Audit end-to-end coordination with auditors, schedule preparation, and query resolution




- Ensure compliance with statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements applicable to the business (India)

Accounting & Compliance

- Ensure accurate and timely GST, TDS, income tax, and ROC filings and compliance
- Ensure payroll compliance

Risk Management

- Identify and mitigate financial, foreign exchange, credit, fraud, and operational risks
- Implement internal controls and governance

Business Partnering & Team Leadership

- Partner with business heads and Group Finance leadership on financial planning and decision support
- Build and mentor teams across Finance, Accounts, Treasury, FP&A;, Tax, and Payroll

Candidate requirements

- CA (qualified) is mandatory for this role
- 8+ years of progressive experience in accounts/finance, with at least 23 years in a leadership or head-of-function role
- Hands-on experience with statutory audits, internal audits, and MIS reporting
- Working knowledge of standard costing and budget-vs-actual analysis
- Preferred industry background: e-commerce/D2C accounting experience is strongly preferred; prior exposure to manufacturing is an add-on advantage
- Preferred: prior experience with a Big 4 accounting/audit firm (KPMG, Deloitte, EY, PwC)
- Preferred: experience working in a digital-first / digital business setting
- Proficiency in Tally/ERP and MS Excel; Desirable: exposure to Zoho Books or similar platforms

Qualifications

- CA (qualified) mandatory; no substitute qualification will be considered
- Additional certifications in internal audit or costing are a plus

Contact us to apply. Interested candidates can write in with their CV to [email protected].

📌 Accounts Head (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Resolute
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