Vice President - Finance Strategy & Transformation

About RateGain

RateGain Travel Technologies Limited is a global provider of AI-powered SaaS solutions for travel and hospitality that works with 3,200+ customers and 700+ partners in 100+ countries helping them accelerate revenue generation through acquisition, retention, and wallet share expansion. RateGain today is one of the world’s largest processors of electronic transactions, price points, and travel intent data, helping revenue management, distribution, and marketing teams across hotels, airlines, meta-search companies, package providers, car rentals, travel management companies, cruises and ferries drive better outcomes for their business. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in India, today RateGain works with 26 of the Top 30 Hotel Chains, 25 of the Top 30 Online Travel Agents, 4 of the Top 5 Airlines, and all the top car rentals, including 16 Global Fortune 500 companies in unlocking new revenue every day.

The Mission:

Drive RateGain’s Finance Strategy & Transformation agenda, partnering with the CFO to reimagine how financial efficiency, automation, and technology-led decision-making can unlock scalable, profitable growth. This role will lead the Finance Strategy Office, focusing on optimizing IT & operating costs, embedding automation, and building a governance framework that delivers measurable efficiency and long-term financial excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Finance & Efficiency Leadership

• Partner with the CFO to design and implement RateGain’s multi-year financial efficiency roadmap.
• Lead enterprise-wide initiatives in cost optimization, automation, and process transformation across all business units.
• Translate financial insights into actionable programs that enhance profitability and cash flow.

IT, Cloud & Vendor Optimization

• Audit IT & SaaS spend; deliver 20–30% annual reduction through rightsizing, contract renegotiation, and vendor consolidation.
• Build and govern the Tech Spend Framework for visibility, control, and ROI tracking.
• Explore AI-based cloud cost optimization tools and evaluate startup PoCs to drive smarter technology utilization.

Automation & Process Excellence

• Identify and automate 3–5 high-effort, low-value workflows across Finance, Operations, and Content.
• Deploy AI and analytics to drive efficiency, standardization, and faster decision cycles.
• Establish a Process Excellence function under the CFO to ensure sustained gains.

Workforce Productivity & Operating Model Design

• Conduct workforce productivity mapping (“who does what”) to optimize global cost structures.
• Reallocate or outsource transactional work to India/SEA hybrid delivery hubs.
• Partner with HR to integrate performance and productivity analytics.

Governance, Reporting & Transformation Office

• Create and manage the Finance Strategy Office, acting as the CFO’s program management hub.
• Develop dashboards and savings scorecards.
• Institutionalize reporting cadence and quarterly reviews with all business units.

Functional KPIs:

• Deliver annualized $2M–$5M in verified cost savings.
• Reduce cloud/IT spend by 20–30% YoY.
• Consolidate redundant tools/vendors by ≥30%.
• Achieve ≥25% productivity uplift in identified functions.
• Build enterprise-wide automation playbooks deployed across at least 3 business units.

Strategic KPIs:

• Operationalize a Finance Strategy & Transformation Office under CFO within 6 months.
• Embed AI-based cost visibility and reporting across RateGain’s ecosystem.
• Partner with BU heads to reorient global cost structures using outsourcing/automation.
• Institutionalize a quarterly financial efficiency review cadence.
• Deliver sustainable YoY improvement in EBITDA margins through structural cost discipline.

Key Competencies:

• Strategic Finance & Business Acumen: Connects financial metrics with operational efficiency and growth drivers.
• Tech & Automation Fluency: Understands cloud, SaaS, and AI optimization frameworks.
• Analytical Rigor: Uses data-led insights to identify value and measure ROI.
• Program Leadership: Runs multi-functional transformation projects with precision.
• Influence & Collaboration: Builds strong partnerships with CFO, CHRO, and CTO.
• Change Leadership: Drives transformation with empathy, clarity, and pace.
• Execution Discipline: Balances strategy with measurable, bottom-line outcomes.

Education & Work Experience:

- MBA from Tier-1 institute (IIM/ISB) or Chartered Accountant with strong analytical foundation.

- 12–18 years of progressive experience in Finance Strategy, Business Transformation, or Shared Services within SaaS or tech-driven global organizations.

- Proven success in delivering multi-million-dollar savings through automation, process redesign, and outsourcing.

- Strong exposure to AI/automation tools, cloud spend management, and digital finance transformation.

- Experience in influencing senior leadership and managing high-impact, cross-functional programs.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on grounds of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying disability, or any other basis covered by law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.