Vice President - Finance - FinTech (10-16 yrs)

VP Finance

Responsibilities of the Position include but are not limited to:

Accounts and Finance:

- Ensuring maintenance of financial records in compliance with applicable laws.

- Timely monthly closure of books of accounts and preparation of Standalone Financial Statements.

- Timely Revenue recognition and billing.

- Timely Vendor Payments.

- Oversight of Payroll Processing.

- Maintaining vendor relationships.

- Automation and Transformation.

- Driving and closing audits such as Statutory, Internal, Transfer Pricing & Tax Audit) and responding appropriately to auditor requests.

- Developing, documenting, and continuously improving accounting and business policies and internal control procedures in line with industry best practices

- Sound Treasury Management.

MIS and Reporting:

- Analyzing monthly financial performance and effectively reporting information to the Management.

- Developing annual budgets with the Management.

- Effectively managing expenses within agreed budgets.

- Monitoring Business Performance against agreed plans, targets / budget, identify and take timely and appropriate action to address issues.

- Developing monthly forecasting and other MIS and reporting it to the Management.

Compliance and Risk:

- Ensuring compliance to applicable laws and regulations including but not limited to:

- Ensuring GST Compliances and Filing.

- Ensuring payroll Compliances including but not limited to PF, PT, Bonus etc.

- Ensuring Tax Compliances and Overseeing Tax assessments.

- Ensuring secretarial Compliances and handling Board, shareholder and investor Matters.

- Ensuring RBI Compliances.

- Dealing with Regulators such as RBI, ROC for inspections, audits etc.

Investor Management:

- Dealing with investors for reporting and potential investors for due diligence.

- Liaise with bankers to develop relationships, identify funding requirements, raising working capital.

- Capex/Opex and appropriate funding options, ensure documentation requirements for banking.

Legal:

- With the help of external consultants.

- Drafting, Vetting, Reviewing, Negotiating and closing Agreements, Contracts, MOUs with external parties.

- Dealing on specific matters including litigations.

Strategy and Risk Management:

- Advising Founders on strategic decisions, its financial impact, legal implications and associated risks.

- Identifying risks associated with business operations and proposing strategies to mitigate those risks and Implementing risk management policies and procedures.

- Instituting Business Continuity Plan.

Key Attributes of a successful applicant:

- Chartered Accountant with 10+ years of relevant experience.

- Strong People Management skills.

- Effective Communication skills.

- Champion of various processes within Finance.

- Experience of working with Start-ups.

- Fintech experience desirable.