Location: Noida (Work from Office - 5 days in week)

CA (Chartered Accountant) Qualified

Own financial strategy and operations for 20M users across 15 regional languages with scope to go global soon. Build systems that enable disciplined growth and turn financial data into strategic advantage — not just close books.

What You Will Own (Non-Negotiable)

This role owns the financial health and strategic clarity of the business, not just accounting.

You Are The Final Authority On

- How company allocates resources (content budgets, marketing spend, expansion decisions)

- How company plans for the future (fundraising, runway, scenario modeling)

- What the real numbers are — and what they mean for decision-making

- How company leverages AI to automate, predict, and optimize financial operations

- How company communicates with investors — with clarity, confidence, and credibility
- The systemic rigor that turns financial data into strategic advantage

Your mandate spans FP&A; Accounting Compliance Treasury Strategic Finance Investor Relations AI Adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Own All Fundraising Activities

- Financial Planning &
- Analysis (Strategic Finance Engine)

- Build company's Financial Command Center — the single source of truth on business performance, unit economics, and growth levers.

- Own monthly/quarterly financial reviews with sharp insights on:

- Revenue trends by region, language, and content category

- Subscriber cohorts, churn, LTV, and payback periods

- Content ROI and acquisition efficiency

- Cash burn and runway projections

- Present a monthly Finance Insights Deck to leadership with clear, articulate recommendations on resource allocation and strategic pivots.

- Influence Content, Marketing, Product, and Growth roadmaps with financial clarity and strategic foresight.

- Build predictive financial models using AI/ML tools for forecasting, anomaly detection, and scenario planning.

- Content Economics &

- Unit Economics Mastery (OTT-Specific Intelligence)

- Build and continuously refine the unit economics model:

- Subscriber acquisition cost (CAC) by channel, region, and language

- Lifetime value (LTV) by cohort, content genre, and user behavior

- Content cost per hour watched and per subscriber

- Revenue per user (ARPU) trends and payment method analysis

- Churn drivers and retention economics

- Master content economics:

- Content amortization schedules for library valuation

- Licensing vs. original content ROI trade-offs

- Content asset valuation and depreciation

- Regional content performance (Haryanvi vs. Gujarati economics)

- Structure content deals from a finance lens:

- Minimum guarantees, revenue shares, licensing windows

- Creator contract economics and payout structures

- Content investment cycles and working capital management

- Identify margin leaks and partner with Growth, Product, Content, and CX teams to improve efficiency.

- Use financial data to uncover hidden consumer pain points — subscription drop-offs, regional pricing mismatches, payment gateway issues.

- 3. Fundraising &

- Investor Relations (Capital Strategy &




- Articulation) This is a senior-level, strategic mandate requiring exceptional articulation skills.

- Build compelling pitch decks and financial models

- Lead investor conversations with clarity, confidence, and strategic depth

- Coordinate due diligence processes with legal, product, and operations teams

- Manage data room preparation and investor queries

Growth Fundraising Expertise Required

- Series B/C dynamics: growth metrics scrutiny, path to profitability, valuation defense

- Secondary transactions and cap table optimization

- Investor syndicate management

Own Investor Communication

- Monthly investor updates with sharp insights and honest assessment

- Quarterly board decks that tell the business story through numbers

- Annual audited financials and investor reporting

- Board relationship management and governance

- Accounting, Compliance &
- Regulatory Rigor (Operational Foundation)

Accounting Operations

Own ALL finance verticals with zero gaps:

- P&L;, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow statements

- Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) management

- Month-end and year-end close processes

- Fixed asset management and depreciation schedules

- Revenue recognition under Ind AS 115 (subscription complexity, bundles, ads, B2B licensing)

Compliance &

- Statutory

- GST (registration, filing, reconciliation, audits across multiple states)

- TDS (deduction, payment, returns — especially for content creators and licensing)

- Income Tax (advance tax, returns, assessments)

- ROC filings (annual returns, financials, director KYC)

- Audit coordination (statutory, tax, internal)

- FEMA compliance (for foreign investments and international content deals)

- Digital Media regulations (Intermediary Guidelines compliance)

- Audit Committee readiness and governance

Treasury &

- Banking

- Cash flow management and liquidity planning

- Bank account management and signatories

- Forex management for international content licensing

- Vendor payment systems and approval hierarchies

- Crisis/runway management under stress scenarios

- Payment Infrastructure &
- Tier 2/3 Economics

- Payment gateway economics and transaction costs

- Carrier billing partnerships and economics

- UPI, wallets, and regional payment behavior

- Payment failure patterns and recovery

- Regional pricing strategy and elasticity

- AI Adoption &

- Finance Automation (Future-Ready Finance) This is a core requirement, not a nice-to-have.

Lead AI Adoption Across The Finance Function

- Implement AI-powered tools for expense categorization, invoice processing, and reconciliation

- Build predictive analytics for cash flow, churn, and revenue forecasting





- Automate financial reporting and dashboard generation

- Use AI for fraud detection, vendor analysis, and spend optimization

Evaluate and deploy finance tech stack (ERPs, FP&A; tools, automation platforms).

Train the finance team to work alongside AI systems — not resist them.

Stay ahead of AI trends in finance and continuously improve automation maturity.

- Strategic Thinking &
- Cross-Functional Leadership You are not just the Finance head — you are a strategic thought partner to the CEO and leadership team. Translate complex financial concepts into explicit, compelling narratives for board, investors, and teams. Influence company culture around financial discipline, data-driven decisions, and long-term thinking. Your strategic thinking must elevate every major business decision.

- Team Building &

- Finance Culture (Leadership Excellence) Create a culture of curiosity, rigor, and continuous improvement within finance. Train non-finance teams to understand key financial metrics and think like owners. Foster an AI-first mindset where automation is embraced, not feared. You create the systems and culture that make the finance engine run predictably, intelligently, and withquality.

Requirements

Experience: 10–15 years in Finance, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles (Head of Finance, CFO, VP Finance, or equivalent).

Proven Ownership Of

- Financial planning & analysis (FP&A;)

- Accounting operations (AR, AP, GL, fixed assets)

- Compliance & statutory (GST, TDS, Income Tax, ROC, FEMA)

- Treasury & cash management

- Fundraising & investor relations

- Strategic finance & unit economics

Must-have Experience

- Growth Fundraising (Series B/C ) — Series C scrutiny is different — path to profitability,

valuation defense, investor syndicate management

- AI Adoption — Implemented automation tools or used AI/ML for forecasting/analytics

- Content Deal Structuring — Experience structuring content licensing deals, MGs, revenue

shares from finance POV

- Compliance Mastery — Zero compliance delays or penalties in previous roles

- Consumer Business — OTT, fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, food delivery, or mobility with deep understanding of unit economics

- Payment Infrastructure — Understanding of Tier 2/3 payment behavior, gateway economics, carrier billing

- Revenue Recognition (Ind AS 115) — Subscription revenue complexity — bundles, ads, B2B licensing

- Strategic Thinking — Changed business strategy or resource allocation through financial

insights

- M&A; / Strategic Partnerships — Evaluated acquisition targets or structured strategic deals

(preferred)

- International Finance — Multi-currency, transfer pricing, international entity setup (preferred, given global expansion plans)

- Crisis Management — Runway extension under stress, turnaround scenarios

- Audit Committee Experience — Board-level governance and audit processes

Skills: financial planning & analysis (fp&a;),accounting operations,compliance & statutory,treasury & cash management,undraising & investor relations,finance head

📌 Associate Director - Finance (Noida)
🏢 Zealant Consulting Group
📍 Noida