About the Role

We are looking for a Finance & Risk Lead who can build and own the financial foundation of a growing wellness and healthcare company.

This is not a role where you simply step into an established finance function and manage what already exists. We are looking for someone who has built or significantly shaped finance processes and structures in a growing organisation and is comfortable creating the right systems, processes and controls from the ground up.

The person will work closely with the leadership team and become a trusted advisor on financial decisions, cost optimisation, resource utilisation, business risks and financial governance.

We are looking for someone who can look at the organisation holistically, understand where our money is going, identify where we can do better, and proactively tell us what we should change.

What You Will Own

Build the Finance Function

- Set up and strengthen the finance structure, processes and systems required as the company grows.
- Establish financial controls, approval mechanisms, reporting processes and documentation.
- Create simple and effective ways for leadership to have visibility into the organisation's financial position.
- Build processes that can scale with the organisation without creating unnecessary complexity.

Own Payroll & People Costs
- Design and manage the overall payroll structure and processes, including payslip structure and related financial controls.
- Ensure payroll is accurate, timely and appropriately structured.
- Work with HR and leadership on compensation-related financial planning.
- Track employee costs and provide visibility on the overall people-cost structure.

Track & Optimise Spend
- Own visibility into organisational spending across functions.
- Track where money is being spent and identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary costs and improve efficiency.
- Review vendor costs, recurring expenses and major commitments.
- Recommend where the organisation should optimise,



renegotiate, restructure or eliminate spend.
- Help leadership make informed decisions on resource utilisation.

Financial Planning & Business Advisory
- Build budgets, forecasts and financial plans as the organisation grows.
- Provide leadership with a explicit understanding of cash position, commitments, expenses and future requirements.
- Evaluate the financial implications of new initiatives, investments, hiring plans and business decisions.
- Develop scenarios and provide practical recommendations to leadership.
- Bring an owner's mindset to financial decisions. Do not simply report what happened. Advise on what should happen next.

Risk, Policies & Governance
- Identify financial, operational and business risks that could impact the organisation.
- Review business arrangements, contracts, policies and processes from a financial and risk perspective.
- Highlight potential exposure and recommend practical ways to protect the organisation.
- Work with external experts, including auditors, tax advisors and legal counsel, wherever specialised support is required.
- Help establish appropriate policies and governance mechanisms as the organisation scales.

What We Are Looking For We are looking for someone who has built things, not simply managed them.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a startup, scale-up, wellness, healthcare or other rapidly growing organisation, with significant ownership of setting up or strengthening the finance function.

You should be someone who:

- Has a strong foundation in Finance, Accounting and/or Audit.




- Has a deep understanding of P&L;, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, expenses and financial controls.
- Has experience setting up finance processes and structures from scratch or significantly improving an existing function.
- Has strong experience with payroll and employee-cost management.
- Can analyse spending and identify meaningful cost optimisation opportunities.
- Is comfortable building budgets, forecasts and financial models.
- Can look beyond the numbers and understand the business implications behind them.
- Has good knowledge of business risk, contracts, policies and compliance.
- Can work effectively with external auditors, tax consultants and legal advisors.
- Is comfortable working in an environment where processes are still being built.
- Is hands-on, entrepreneurial and willing to take ownership rather than operate within a narrow functional boundary.

The Person We Are Looking For This role would suit someone who has worked in a startup, scale-up or rapidly growing organisation and has had the opportunity to build the finance function rather than simply inherit one.

You should be the kind of person who can come in and say:

This is what we have today. This is what we need to build. This is where we are spending too much. This is where the risk is. And this is what I recommend we do.”

You will be expected to build, own, question, advise and improve, not simply report.

Qualifications

- 5 to 10 years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related field.
- CA, CMA, ACCA or MBA Finance will be an advantage.
- Strong practical experience and demonstrated ownership of building finance functions will be valued as much as formal qualifications.
- Experience in wellness, healthcare, healthcare services, clinics, hospitals or a related sector will be an advantage.
- Strong financial acumen combined with commercial and business understanding.

📌 Finance & Risk Lead (Chennai)
🏢 Chennaijobs, Recruitment agency
📍 Chennai