About the Opportunity A profitable, fast-growing dairy and F&B; business with a strong D2C and B2B presence is looking for an AVP Finance to build and strengthen its financial backbone for the next phase of growth.
The company operates with a lean, technology-enabled and highly automated model and is backed by a leading growth-equity investor. This is a high-ownership build role, working directly with the Founder.
The role will lead a team of 45 people and will have the opportunity to professionalise and scale the finance function.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the finance function end-to-end and build a scalable, systems-driven finance organisation.
- Lead and develop a 4–5 member finance team.
- Own AOP, budgeting, forecasting, month-end closure, P&L; and variance analysis.
- Build robust MIS and management reporting for leadership, investors and the board.
- Automate reporting using Power BI and advanced Excel.
- Select and implement scalable ERP/accounting systems.
- Build and institutionalise SOPs across finance, procurement and operational interfaces.
- Own statutory compliance, audit readiness and financial controls.
- Manage cash flow, working capital, CAPEX and procurement finance.
- Partner with operations and category teams on unit economics, cost optimisation and margin management.
- Strengthen financial processes, controls and reporting as the business scales.
What We're Looking For
- CA / equivalent qualification with 8–15 years of progressive finance experience.
- Strong experience across Business Finance, FP&A; and Controllership.
- Proven ownership of AOP, budgeting, forecasting, month-end close and P&L.;
- Hands-on experience with ERP/accounting systems such as SAP, D365, NetSuite or Tally.
- Strong Power BI, advanced Excel and MIS automation skills; SQL exposure is a plus.
- Experience in a high-growth,
lean organisation where you have personally built or scaled processes.
- Experience in F&B;, FMCG, dairy, D2C, manufacturing or agri-processing is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of working capital, margins, cost management and operational finance.
- Proven people-management experience, ideally leading a small, high-performing team.
- Comfortable working directly with the Founder, leadership team, investors and auditors.
- Pune-based candidates preferred, or candidates genuinely willing to relocate and work from Pune full time.
Ideal Candidate We are looking for someone who has been the finance backbone of a growing business — someone who can combine strong financial discipline with business understanding and build systems that support scale.
The right candidate will be hands-on, entrepreneurial and systems-oriented, with the ability to move seamlessly between detailed financial analysis, operational discussions and strategic conversations with the Founder.
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