Founder’s Office – Strategy, Finance & Strategic Initiatives

About the Role

strategy, finance, and execution

You’ll move fluidly between:

• Building long-term business models
• Crafting investor-worthy decks
• Deep-diving into unit economics
• Strengthening financial hygiene
• Leading special projects end-to-end

numbers and narratives

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Initiatives & Special Projects

• Lead cross-functional strategic projects (category launches, pricing overhauls, GTM plans, international expansion, OEM evaluations).
• Build strategy documents, roadmaps, and internal frameworks to bring clarity to ambiguous business problems.
• Conduct market and competitive analysis to support category and business planning.

2. Storytelling, Decks & Investor Communication

• Own creation of founder-level decks:
• Investor pitches
• Board decks
• Monthly/quarterly review decks
• Category strategy decks
• Fundraising narrative and storyline development
• Convert complex data and founder insights into

  clear, compelling business stories

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• Maintain brand-consistent visual language and messaging.

3. Financial Modelling, Valuation & Business Planning

• Build and refine

  financial models

  for forecasting, budgeting, scenario analysis, and category feasibility.
• Conduct

  valuation work

  : DCFs, comparables, dilution models, cap-table planning, and fundraising structures.
• Partner with founders on AOPs, 3-year plans, category P&Ls, and business cases.
• Track and evaluate

  unit economics, CM3, working capital, CAC/LTV, pricing levers, and profitability drivers

  .

4. Accounting, Finance Processes & MIS

• Work closely with the internal finance team and external CFO partners to:
• Strengthen monthly MIS flows (internal + investor-facing).
• Improve financial hygiene — revenue recognition, COGS clarity, accruals, and expense classifications.
• Participate in monthly book-closing conversations and help validate numbers before leadership review.
• Drive automation in reporting, dashboards, and financial systems wherever possible.
• Support compliance-linked financial requirements (BIS, OEM costing audits, SKU costing reviews).
• Conduct deep dives on SKU-level margin tracking, inventory movements, and cost structures.

5. Cross-functional Partnership

• Work with Marketing, Ops, Product, Finance, and Customer Experience to tie financial decisions back to business outcomes.
• Help founders maintain clarity across fast-moving priorities and data-heavy decisions.

Who You Are

• 2–5 years in

  consulting, investment banking, transaction advisory, corporate finance, or founder’s office

  .
• Strong financial modelling + valuation fundamentals.
• Excellent at presentations, structuring, and communicating insights.
• Comfortable diving into accounting details when needed — and zooming out for strategy the next minute.
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and proactive.
• CA / MBA preferred, but analytical and execution skillsets matter more.

Why Cumin Co.

• Cumin Co. is building India’s most loved health-first cookware brand, backed by leading consumer investors. In this role, you’ll operate at the heart of the company — shaping strategy, strengthening financial decision-making, and driving initiatives that directly impact growth, profitability, and category leadership.