Chief Financial Officer - Startup

About Company:

Company is a fast-growing startup building a tech-enabled platform in the sustainability and waste management space. It helps individuals and businesses sell scrap materials—like paper, plastic, metal, and electronics—through a simple and reliable doorstep pickup service.

By bringing structure to a traditionally unorganized sector, the company is creating both economic and environmental impact. It operates across multiple Indian cities and is backed by strong investors.

The founding team comes with solid experience in technology and operations, and the company is steadily scaling its reach and impact.

We’re looking for a visionary CFO who can lead from scratch, design custom SOPs, ensure robust controls, and partner in unlocking future growth.

Why This Role is Unique:

First Principles Thinking

Everything Needs to Be Built

Operations x Tech x Finance

Investor-Facing Leadership Role

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Financial Leadership

- Build and lead the Finance, Accounting, and Compliance team from scratch

- Create custom SOPs, budgeting frameworks, and internal controls suited to our C2B model

- Partner with the CEO to drive business planning, modeling, and capital allocation

- Own all unit economics, cash burn, city-level contribution tracking

Accounting, Taxation & Compliance

- Oversee bookkeeping, GST, TDS, ROC, PF, ESIC, and monthly closings

- Ensure daily tracking of pickups, payouts, invoice reconciliation, and ledger reconciliations

- Build frameworks for taxation around scrap purchases from households

- Ensure 100% audit-readiness across internal, statutory, and investor audits

Fundraising, Governance & Investor Reporting

- Prepare and maintain data rooms, MIS, board decks, and compliance docs

- Liaise with external consultants (legal, due diligence, secretarial, etc.)

- Ensure timely filings

Finance Automation & Tools

- Co-create tools with tech team for barcoded payouts, revenue tracking, and dashboarding

- Automate recurring finance workflows (POs, e-way bills, vendor payments, etc.)

- Build cost-control systems across warehousing, fleet, labor, and tech

Qualifications

- CA / MBA Finance / CFA preferred

- 8–15 years of experience in VC-backed startups / e-commerce / logistics / recycling / fintech

- Prior experience with ground-up finance setup, especially in asset-light or high ops-intensity businesses

- Deep familiarity with Tally, Zoho, Excel automation, and investor reporting tools

- Strong understanding of Indian tax, compliance, Companies Act, and startup capital instruments

- Bonus: Experience managing reverse logistics, scrap, waste management, or commodities

What they Offer

- Ownership in a first-of-its-kind impact-driven business

- Direct seat at the leadership table, build alongside the founder

- Backed by institutional investors, with a clear growth roadmap

- Opportunity to drive real-world environmental change

- Fast-paced, mission-driven team with a strong bias for action