Vice President Finance

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About ScrapUncle

ScrapUncle is on a mission to make recycling convenient, transparent, and rewarding. Through our app and website, users can schedule doorstep pickups for junk items like paper, metal, plastic, and e-waste and get paid for it.

● Featured and funded on Shark Tank India Season 2

● Completed 200K+ pickups in NCR

● Diverted 15M+ kg of recyclables from landfills

● Winners of the Urban Works Challenge by Columbia University

We’re growing fast and looking for passionate teammates who believe in building for impact.

We’re looking for a visionary VP Finance 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: Unlike traditional marketplaces, we operate in a reverse supply chain, buying from unregistered sellers (households) and selling to B2B buyers. Standard e-comm SOPs don’t apply, you'll help build new systems altogether.
• Everything Needs to Be Built: From Finance SOPs and internal controls to barcoding, revenue tracking, and payout mechanisms, you’ll be the architect.
• Operations x Tech x Finance: You’ll work closely with the founder, tech team, and ops heads to make sure every rupee and kg is traceable, compliant, and optimised.
• Investor-Facing Leadership Role: Fundraising, due diligence, MIS, equity modeling, you’ll own the data room and investor dashboards.

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 We 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