21 Oct
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Locobuzz
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Mumbai
Locobuzz is a SaaS-based customer experience management and social listening platform that helps brands understand their customers, manage conversations, and make smarter decisions through technology, data, and AI.
As we continue to grow, we’re looking for leaders who can bring clarity, ownership, and a strong business perspective to the way we operate. We value people who go beyond managing processes to building better ones.
About the Role:
We’re looking for a commercially sharp, hands-on finance leader to take ownership of the end-to-end finance function at Locobuzz.
This role goes beyond accounting, compliance, and financial reporting. You will work closely with the CEO and COO to connect financial performance with business decisions, strengthen financial discipline, improve visibility into profitability and cash flows, and build processes that can scale with the business.
Location: Mumbai
Work Mode: On-site
Qualification: Chartered Accountant (CA)
Experience: 7–10 years post-qualification
Industry Preference: SaaS / IT / Technology
Reporting To: Founders
What's the Job?
- Financial Planning & Analysis: Lead budgeting, forecasting, MIS, profitability analysis, and financial modelling to support business decisions.
- Accounting & Compliance: Own financial closures, reporting, audits, taxation, and statutory compliance.
- Treasury & Working Capital: Manage cash flows, collections, receivables, payables, banking relationships, and liquidity.
- Strategic & Commercial Finance: Partner with leadership on business planning, commercial decisions, fundraising, investor reporting, and financial performance.
- International Operations & Governance: Oversee overseas subsidiary reporting and compliance while strengthening financial controls, policies, and risk management.
- Finance Transformation & Team Leadership: Drive process automation, ERP improvements,
and AI adoption while leading the finance team and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders.
Who's a fit?
- A qualified Chartered Accountant with 7–10 years of relevant post-qualification experience.
- Experience in a SaaS, IT, technology, or similarly fast-paced business environment is strongly preferred.
- Strong command of FP&A;, accounting, taxation, treasury, financial reporting, and statutory compliance.
- A sound understanding of SaaS business models, subscription revenue, profitability, and operating metrics.
- Experience managing audits, banking relationships, working capital, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Exposure to international subsidiaries, fundraising, investor reporting, or board reporting would be an advantage.
- Comfortable working hands-on while independently owning the larger finance agenda.
- Strong analytical thinking, commercial judgement, communication, and negotiation skills.
- An ownership mindset, with the ability to identify gaps, recommend solutions, and drive them through to completion.
Why Locobuzz?
- Work close to the business: Partner directly with the founders and contribute to decisions that shape business performance.
- Own the function: Take meaningful ownership of finance operations, governance, and financial strategy.
- Build, improve, and transform: Have the opportunity to strengthen processes, introduce automation, and improve how finance works.
- Make a measurable impact: Connect financial discipline with profitability, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.
- Work across the business: Collaborate with leadership and teams across functions, with a view of the organisation beyond finance alone.
If you’re someone who enjoys combining financial rigour with commercial thinking, and wants to build a finance function that is both operationally strong and strategically valuable, we’d love to hear from you.
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📌 Head of Finance (Mumbai)
🏢 Locobuzz
📍 Mumbai