Chief Operating Officer | Real Estate Development | FDI Funded Co. |

Job Description

ABLEHUNT seeking to hire for Leadership position for the role of Chief Operating Officer-COO with a reputed clients pioneer in Real Estate Developments and headquartered in Gurugram. My client is a FDI funded company and developing projects in Commercial, Residential and Institutional domain. Role: Chief Operating Officer [COO and CFO] Exp. 20-25 Years [Min 5 Years in Leadership Role] Location Gurugram Core Expertise and Key Competencies: 1. Strategic Financial Planning & Leadership 2. P&L Ownership and Management 3. Project Finance and Treasury Operations Management 4. Accounting, Audits and Compliance 5. RERA Compliance & Legal Due Diligence 6. Contract Administration and Management 7. Regulatory and Statutory Compliance 8. Business Development 9. Statehooder Engagement and Management 10. Project Monitoring and Controls 11. Cross Functional Reporting and Dashboards Job Role and Key Deliverable’s Strategic Financial Planning & Leadership 1. Core expertise in Financial Planning-Budgeting, Modelling, Restructuring and Controls. 2. End to End P&L Management for broad functions in Real Estate Developments: Finance, Business Development, Contracts Management and Legal Due Diligence 3. Design, Develop and monitor the execution of Business Plan, Budgeting, Forecasting, Projections, Revenue Generation and P&L Management 4. Drive financial strategy and planning aligned with business objectives. 5. Advise the management on key financial decisions, investment strategies, and risk mitigation. 6. Provide financial insight and recommendations for real estate acquisitions, developments, and disposals . Fund Raising & Treasury Operations Management 1. Lead Project Finance: Including Debt, Equity, Structured Finance and Joint Ventures-Collaborations 2. Build and maintain strong relationships with Bankers, NBFCs, Private Equity Funds and Financial Institutions. 3. Ensure optimal capital structuring for real estate projects. Project Finance & Cost Control 1. Monitor financial health of ongoing and upcoming projects. 2. Develop project-wise profitability, ROI analysis, and cash flow forecasting. 3. Implement cost control measures to enhance project viability. Accounting, Audit & Compliance 1. Oversee accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with IND-AS, RERA, and other statutory norms. 2. Ensure robust internal controls, risk management, and audit compliance. 3. Liaise with external auditors, tax consultants, and legal teams. Taxation & Regulatory Compliance 1. Supervise and Monitor GST, Income Tax, TDS, Stamp Duty, and other Real Estate-specific event based regulatory and statutorily Compliances. 2. Regulatory requirements of Real Estate Projects pertaining to RERA, ROC & other Statutory bodies. Investor & Stakeholder Management 1. Manage investor relationships, reporting, and performance communication. 2. Support investor exit strategies, valuations, and due diligence processes. 3. Cross Functional coordination with Overseas Investors, Stakeholders 4. Market Intelligence: in-depth Competition Analysis in the Residential, Commercial Real estate segment on a regular basis and work out appropriate strategies to tackle competition. 5. Ability to consider wider picture, diagnose problems and identify and drive appropriate solutions Team Leadership 1. Lead and mentor the finance, accounts, and legal teams. 2. Drive continuous improvement in financial systems, controls, and processes. 3. Excellent communicator: both verbal and written, and ability to build strong productive partnerships throughout all levels and across cultures & conflict management skills 4. Strong team leader, team player, people, organizational & culture savvy Preferred candidate profile: 1. Shall have 20+ Years of experience with Reputed Real Estate / Infrastructure/ IPC Companies and minimum of 5 Years+ in Leadership Role. 2. Feasibility studies for market expansion, product, pricing, sales velocity estimations studies, market trend analysis. 3. Overall Profit Centre Management for Real Estate Business Verticals of the Group 4. Excellent Communication, Inter-personal and Team Handling & Team Development skills 5. RERA guidelines / Knowledge about local bye laws 6. Proven expertise and experiment in Financial Planning, Modelling, Treasury Operations and P&L Operations Management in Real Estate Development’s. 7. Strong knowledge of RERA Regulation & Compliance, Direct and Indirect Taxation of GST-TDS, IND-AS and Real Estate Legal & Regulatory landscape. 8. Technocracy: ERP platforms like SAP, Tally, or customized real estate finance software. 9. Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and analytical skills. 10. Self-starter with a passion for results & ability to balance strategic perspective with operational excellence in a fast paced, start-up set up