Finance Controller – CA | Startup

About Company:

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

- 4–6 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.