Job Description

The Role

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We are looking for a commercially oriented finance leader who can go beyond traditional reporting and work closely with the leadership team to build financial discipline and support business growth.

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The ideal candidate will have experience in B2B businesses, marketplaces or high-growth startups , with strong exposure to unit economics, FP&A;, cash management and working capital.

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Key Responsibilities

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1. Unit Economics & Marketplace Metrics

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• Build and own transaction-level / placement-level contribution margin models.

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• Track and analyse CAC per worker, cost per placement, take rate, contribution margin and

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payback period .

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• Develop cohort and retention economics.

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• Translate unit economics into actionable decisions around pricing, growth and burn .

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2. FP&A; & Cash Management

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• Own the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and rolling forecasts.

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• Lead monthly financial and variance reviews with business and leadership teams.

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• Build and maintain 13-week cash-flow forecasts .

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• Establish and monitor burn, spend and runway guardrails.

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• Identify financial risks early and translate them into clear business actions.

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3. Working Capital & Receivables

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• Manage working capital in a business with large enterprise customers.

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• Own receivables forecasting and collections discipline.

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• Track and manage 60–90+ day DSO cycles .

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• Build escalation mechanisms for delayed collections.

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• Assess the cash-flow impact of commercial decisions and support credit-risk management.

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4. Business Partnership

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• Partner closely with founders and business leaders on financial and strategic decisions.

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1• Bring a strong financial lens to growth investments, pricing, cost structures and resource

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allocation.

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• Build simple, decision-oriented financial dashboards and insights.

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• Help create a culture of financial discipline across the organisation.

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What We’re Looking For

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• 7–10 years of relevant finance experience , with meaningful experience in a high-growth

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environment.

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• Prior experience in B2B, marketplace or startup businesses .

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• Strong hands-on experience across FP&A;, business finance and cash management .

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• Proven understanding of marketplace / transaction-level unit economics .

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• Experience managing enterprise receivables and working-capital cycles.

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• Strong analytical and commercial thinking, with the ability to connect financial metrics to

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business outcomes.

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• Comfortable working with ambiguity and operating hands-on in a lean startup environment.

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• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence business leaders through data and

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insights.

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• Willingness to work 2–3 days a week from Vahan's Bengaluru office .

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What Success Looks Like

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In this role, success means:

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• Clear visibility into unit economics and contribution margins .

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• Stronger forecasting and cash-flow predictability.

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• Better control over burn, spend and runway .

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• Improved receivables discipline and working-capital management.

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• Finance becoming a solid business partner in pricing, growth and investment decisions .

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If you enjoy building financial discipline in a fast-growing business and want to work closely with leadership rather than operate as a traditional reporting CFO, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Fractional CFO (Bengaluru)
🏢 Vahan.ai
📍 Bengaluru