- As a SEBI-registered stockbroker, BondScanner runs on a foundation of trust client funds segregation, daily reconciliation, and clean books are not back-office hygiene, they are the licence to operate.

- You will own the finance function end-to-end for the entity: the books, the regulatory filings, the audits, the client-funds discipline, and the liquidity and capital management that keep us compliant and investor-ready as we scale.

- This is a build-and-own role reporting directly to the CEO, with a clear path to Head of Finance as the business grows.

What you''ll own

- Controllership Books of accounts and IndAS-compliant financial statements for Sustvest Broking accurate, timely, and audit-ready.

- Statutory and tax audits, internal audits, and SEBI / exchange inspections owning preparation, response, and remediation end-to-end.

- All statutory and regulatory filings: SEBI half-yearly net worth certificates, NSE/BSE stockbroker compliance returns, GST, TDS, advance tax, and MCA filings.

- Monthly MIS and management reporting for the founders and board, with a clean, reconciled view of revenue, costs, and profitability.

- Client funds & settlement discipline Daily and weekly reconciliation of client funds across pool and settlement accounts, ensuring complete segregation from the firm''s own funds.

- Ownership of the upstreaming of client funds to the clearing corporation and the weekly settlement / running-account settlement obligations under SEBI rules.

- Settlement reconciliations with exchanges and clearing corporations, and OBPP-specific reporting under the SEBI Master Circular for Stock Brokers.

- Zero tolerance for client-funds shortfalls you treat the weekly settlement report as a hard, penalty-bearing deadline, not an accounting nicety.





- Asset-liability & treasury management Manage the entity''s liquidity ensuring funds are available to meet settlement obligations on time, every cycle.

- Maintain net worth and regulatory capital comfortably above SEBI minimums; model capital requirements as transaction volumes scale.

- Own day-to-day cash management, bank relationships, and the firm''s own treasury (distinct from client funds).

- Build the liquidity and capital dashboards the founders need to monitor the entity''s financial health in real time.

- Audit, fundraise & team Lead financial diligence support for fundraising rounds data room, MIS packs, investor Q&A;, and audit coordination.

- Build and maintain a clean, audit-ready data room from day one, so every round and inspection finds the books in order.

- Hire, lead, and develop a small finance team across accounts, treasury, and compliance operations.

- Choose and scale the finance stack ERP, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting tools that supports the next phase of growth.

Who you are

- Must-have CA qualified (Chartered Accountant) mandatory.

- 8-10 years of post-qualification experience, with meaningful time in a regulated financial services entity stockbroker, NBFC, bank, asset manager, or large fintech.

- Hands-on experience with controllership: books, statutory audits, regulatory filings, and board- level financial reporting.

- Strong understanding of client funds handling, reconciliation, and settlement or the ability to ramp on it quickly from an adjacent regulated background.

- Robust IndAS, GST, and direct tax fundamentals.

- Proven ability to build process and lead a small team.

- Strongly preferred Direct experience in a SEBI-registered stockbroker or OBPP, with familiarity with the Master Circular for Stock Brokers.

- Experience handling SEBI / exchange inspections first-hand.

- Exposure to a fundraise on the finance side diligence, data room, investor MIS.

- Familiarity with bond / fixed-income market mechanics settlement, CCIL, NSDL/CDSL flows.

📌 Finance Controller (Bengaluru)
🏢 Leaf Round
📍 Bengaluru