Head - Finance Accounts (IPO Readiness Finance Transformation)

Location: Mumbai (On-site)

Industry: Luxury Jewelry Retail

This is a strategic leadership opportunity to build robust finance, governance, reporting, and control frameworks while partnering directly with the promoters to shape the companys long-term growth journey.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance

- Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-term business strategy.

- Present monthly MIS, dashboards, and strategic insights to the Directors.

- Drive profitability through financial analysis and cost optimization.

Treasury Working Capital

- Manage banking relationships, treasury operations, and cash flow.

- Handle Gold Metal Loans (GML), bullion financing, and banking facilities.

- Optimize working capital and borrowing costs.

Financial Control

- Ensure timely financial closures and statutory reporting.

- Strengthen internal financial controls and accounting processes.

- Drive ERP adoption and finance process improvements.

- Oversee inventory valuation, bullion accounting, and store profitability.

Corporate Governance Compliance

- Lead Board and Committee meeting compliance.

- Manage ROC, MCA, GST, Income Tax, PF, ESI, and statutory filings.

- Coordinate statutory, internal, and secretarial audits.

- Develop governance frameworks and risk management processes.

Retail Finance

- Monitor store-wise profitability and inventory performance.

- Improve inventory controls, pricing analysis, and business dashboards.

IPO Readiness Finance Transformation





- Lead the companys three-year IPO readiness roadmap.

- Enhance governance, financial reporting, internal controls, and documentation standards.

- Coordinate with auditors, legal advisors, tax consultants, merchant bankers, and other external stakeholders.

- Build institutional finance practices aligned with public company standards.

Leadership

- Lead and mentor a team of 5-7 finance professionals.

- Develop scalable SOPs, control frameworks, and finance best practices.

- Partner closely with promoters and business leaders on strategic initiatives.

What Were Looking For

- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) (Mandatory)

- 12-18 years of progressive finance experience with at least 3 years in a senior finance leadership role

- Experience as Head of Finance, Finance Controller, VP Finance, Financial Controller, or equivalent

- Prior experience in Jewelry, Luxury Retail, Consumer, Retail, or Lifestyle industries preferred

- Solid exposure to IPO readiness, pre-IPO transformation, corporate governance, investor due diligence, private equity reporting, or capital market transactions

- Hands-on expertise in treasury, MIS, ERP, financial controls, budgeting, compliance, and working capital management

- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills

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