Role

The Finance Manager will serve as the custodian of the company's financial health, governance, and scalability. This role exists to build a world-class finance function that enables sustainable business growth while ensuring complete financial control, compliance, and operational excellence.

The Finance Manager will own the end-to-end finance ecosystem across India and international operations (If required), partnering closely with Founder to provide financial visibility, commercial insights, and strategic decision support.

This is a high-ownership role for a Chartered Accountant who can seamlessly operate as a Controller, Business Finance Partner, Compliance Lead, and Finance Operator within a fast-growing, dynamic media and content organization.

Responsibilities : Financial Controllership & Accounting

- Own the end-to-end finance function including accounting, reporting, controls, and governance.
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closures.
- Maintain complete integrity of financial records, ledgers, and statutory books.
- Establish robust financial controls and approval mechanisms across the organization.
- Lead statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits, and financial due diligence exercises.

Revenue Management & Commercial Finance

- Own the complete revenue lifecycle from client onboarding to invoicing, collections, and revenue reconciliation.
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition and eliminate revenue leakages.
- Monitor receivables, collection cycles, and client outstanding balances.
- Drive working capital optimization and cash-flow visibility.
- Build profitability tracking mechanisms across clients, business units, and service lines.

Payroll, Employee Finance & Compliance

- Own payroll governance for all employees across entities and Insurance.




- Ensure accurate salary processing, reimbursements, incentives, settlements, employee payouts and drive payroll accuracy.
- Ensure complete compliance with PF, ESIC, Professional Tax, Labour Laws, TDS, and other statutory obligations.

Taxation & Regulatory Compliance

- Drive end-to-end compliance for GST, TDS, Income Tax, ROC, and all applicable statutory requirements.
- Ensure zero compliance lapses through strong governance and monitoring mechanisms.
- Manage relationships with external consultants, legal advisors, and regulatory bodies.
- Stay updated on evolving regulations and proactively implement changes.

Treasury & Vendor Management

- Manage company cash flows, banking relationships, and treasury operations.
- Oversee vendor onboarding, payment controls, and working capital planning.
- Ensure optimal utilization of funds while maintaining adequate liquidity.
- Establish strong payment governance and approval workflows.

Budgeting, Forecasting & MIS

- Lead annual budgeting and periodic forecasting exercises.
- Develop founder-level MIS reports, dashboards, and financial performance reviews.
- Monitor business performance against budgets and identify risks and opportunities.
- Deliver actionable financial insights to support strategic decision-making.

Process Excellence & Automation

- Design scalable finance processes aligned with organizational growth.




- Identify automation opportunities and eliminate manual dependencies.
- Build SOPs, policies, and governance frameworks across finance operations.
- Drive operational efficiency through systems, controls, and process improvements.

Requirements : Education Qualification

- Chartered Accountant (CA) - Mandatory.

Experience

- 7-10 years of post-qualification experience in Finance, Controllership, Audit, or Business Finance roles.
- Experience in high-growth startups, media companies, agencies, consulting firms, SaaS businesses, or agile service organizations preferred.
- Prior exposure to multi-entity or international finance operations will be an advantage.

Functional Expertise

- Strong understanding of Accounting Standards, Financial Reporting, and Controllership.
- Deep expertise in Payroll, Taxation, Compliance, Audit, and Regulatory Governance.
- Strong experience in Revenue Management, Collections, Vendor Payments, and Working Capital Management.
- Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, MIS, and business finance.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and finance systems.

Leadership & Behavioural Competencies

- Exceptional ownership mindset with ability to independently run the finance function.
- Thrive in a high-growth, fast-paced environment where speed, accuracy, ownership, and execution excellence are equally critical, with little room for error.
- High attention to detail without losing sight of larger business objectives.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated integrity, confidentiality, and professional maturity.

Results

Success in this role will be measured by the ability to:

- Establish a highly reliable, scalable, and audit-ready finance function capable of sup

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