Vice President - Finance & Accounts - CA (9-15 yrs)

Looking for a Vice President - Finance and Accounts to be based out of Bangalore

Experience in B2C e-commerce companies

Key Responsibilities:

1. Business growth and scalability

- Be an effective 'checker' of sound financial management practices and aligning with the business goals.

- Oversee cash flow management and optimize capital availability to aid growth and rapid scale-up.

- Manage treasury operations, short-term investments, relationship with lenders, repayment obligations, maintain healthy leverage levels

2. Accounting /Financial Reporting

- Lead month-end and year-end accounts closing process.

- Ensure 100% readiness at all times for financial or legal or compliance due-diligence by lenders and investors

- Establishing and enforce accounting policies& Flag-off non compliances to CEO/Leadership in a timely manner.

- Collaborate with auditors and other stakeholders to ensure clean audits and quick closure of audit processes.

3. Relationships with Investors

- Preparing and presenting detailed financial updates and forecasts to investors on monthly basis.

- Providing all required assistance to the CEO/Founders to actively identify and pursue fundraising opportunities.

- Developing compelling financial narratives and investor communication strategies.

- Assisting the investors and their DD teams to conduct due diligence & Also aid in closing transaction documents.

- Represent the company's financial health and performance in investor meetings and forums

4. Compliance to Statutory & Regulatory Requirements

- Setting up & managing FPA process and implementation of necessary internal controls/SOPs

- Ensuring compliance with tax regulations, corporate laws, requirements as per SHA

- Building monthly budgeted financial statements (Accounting P&L, B/S, CF) & perform a comparative assessment of budget vs actuals.

- Monitoring key financial & accounting metrics, publish monthly MIS/Dashboards on financials, providing actionable insights to the CEO/Head-BizFin.

- Automating financial reporting processes and leverage including identifying and implementing most suited ERP solution.

- Monitoring evolving regulations and implementing necessary changes to financial practices.

- To be on top of quick-commerce / e-commerce-specific regulatory requirements and ensure alignment.

5 . Financial Health & Compliance.

- Building a risk-aware culture, assist the Leadership/Business teams in building robust fraud prevention mechanisms in the business

- Building processes and tools to scale up the organization, ensuring we are building for the future and building to be 'always ahead of the curve'

- Training and coaching business and operating functions on best financial process-compliance practices.

Required Qualifications:

Education: Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, or equivalent advanced degree in finance or accounting.

Experience:

- Min 12+ years of progressive experience in finance and accounting, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.

- Strong background in financial planning, analysis, and reporting.

- Experience in managing complex budgets and multi-departmental teams.

Technical Skills:

- Proficiency in financial software and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle).

- Advanced knowledge of financial modeling, valuation techniques, and business analytics tools.