Position: Finance Controller

Location: Bangalore

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Experience Required: 10 years

The Role

The Financial Controller owns the controllership backbone , FinOps, Company Secretarial, and Taxation (Direct & Indirect) , ensuring the company's books, compliances, and statutory obligations are accurate, timely, and audit-ready at all times.

This is a core finance leadership role reporting to the Head of Finance. You will take end-to-end ownership of the FinOps, Secretarial, and Tax functions, drive statutory and internal audits to clean closure, and build the governance and SOPs needed for a best-in-class controllership function.

Your mandate is to build a controllership function so disciplined that audits close clean, compliances never lapse, and the Head of Finance and leadership can rely on your numbers without question.

Reporting & Interfaces

- Reports to: Head of Finance
- Team Owned: Fin Ops Controller, AR Leads & Support, Secretarial (Outsourced), Tax , TDY / DT & IDT (Outsourced)
- Internal Interfaces: Head of Finance, Business Finance, Legal, Sales, Supply Chain, HR
- External Interfaces: Statutory Auditors, Internal Auditors, Banks, Tax Consultants, Company Secretary / RoC, GST Authorities

What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)

Within the first quarter, success in this role would mean:

- Month 1 , Understand: Develop a complete, ground-level understanding of all FinOps, Secretarial, and Tax requirements, current processes, and open items.
- Month 2 , Diagnose & Build: Identify gaps in the current process and build the process, governance, and SOPs required for a best-in-class controllership function.
- Month 3 , Advise & Drive: Operate as a trusted advisor to the Head of Finance and management. Drive monthly book closure to 5 working days, enabling MIS & reporting to close by 7 working days.

What You'll Own

A. FinOps & Controllership

- Take complete ownership of the FinOps function, including the Fin Ops Controller, AR Leads, and Support team
- Own end-to-end accounting, reconciliations,



and monthly book closure
- Drive monthly book closure to 5 working days, enabling MIS & reporting to close by 7 working days
- Build and sustain strong internal controls, documentation, and reconciliation discipline

B. Statutory Audit, Internal Audit & Compliance

- Own Statutory Audit, Internal Audit, and all other compliance matters end-to-end
- Ensure every matter identified by auditors is tracked to closure and does not recur in future audits
- Build an audit-issue tracker and governance cadence with clear ownership and timelines
- Be the primary point of contact for auditors and drive a culture of clean, first-time-right compliance

C. Company Secretarial

- Own all company secretarial matters, internal and external, without exception
- Ensure Board/RoC filings, statutory registers, and minutes are accurate, timely, and tracked to closure
- Manage the outsourced secretarial partner and ensure zero non-compliance

D. Taxation (Direct & Indirect)

- Own the direct and indirect tax function end-to-end, including GST, TDS/TCS, and direct tax
- Manage the outsourced tax partner (TDY / DT & IDT) and ensure timely, accurate filings
- Drive assessments, notices, and tax positions to closure in partnership with external advisors

E. Banking, Treasury & External Stakeholders

- Develop and maintain strong operational relationships with banking partners
- Own day-to-day banking operations, documentation, and limit management
- Support the Head of Finance on treasury planning and fund-raising readiness

F. Leadership & Governance

- Build, mentor, and manage a high-quality FinOps and controllership team




- Operate as a trusted advisor to the Head of Finance and management by Month 3
- Institutionalise SOPs and governance so controllership quality does not depend on any one individual

Authority & Decision Rights

- Sign-off on monthly book closure and reconciliations
- Escalate and drive audit findings to closure within agreed timelines
- Oversee and approve deliverables from outsourced Secretarial and Tax partners
- Day-to-day authority over banking operational matters, within agreed limits
- Direct access to the Head of Finance on compliance, audit, and controllership risks

Who You Are

Mandatory

- Chartered Accountant (CA)
- 10 years of post-qualification experience (PQE), with a track record in Financial Controller roles
- Demonstrated growth into leadership, having managed a finance team
- Strong hands-on exposure to statutory/internal audits, company secretarial matters, and direct/indirect tax

Strongly Preferred

- Experience in D2C consumer brands
- Prior ownership of banking relationships and treasury operations
- Comfortable operating in a quick-paced, founder-led environment

How You Show Up

You bring:

- Rigor and attention to detail across books, controls, and compliance
- An ownership mindset , you close items, you don't just track them
- The ability to build process and governance from scratch, not just operate within it
- Clear, calm communication that earns the confidence of leadership, auditors, and bankers alike
- A collaborative approach, balanced with the ability to hold the line on controls and compliance

Compensation Philosophy

Fixed compensation aligned with market benchmarks for Financial Controller-level roles

Performance-linked variable tied to:

- Book closure timeliness (5 working-day close / 7 working-day MIS)
- Audit and compliance closure rate, with zero repeat findings
- Secretarial and tax compliance robustness
- Quality and reliability of banking relationships

Long-term incentives may be considered for exceptional impact and ownership.

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