CashFlo - Lead - Strategy

Cashflo, true to its name, is on a mission to unlock $100+ billion of trapped working capital in the economy by creating India's largest marketplace for invoice discounting to solve the day-to-day cashflow problems faced by businesses. Founded by ex-BCG and ISB / IIM alumni, and backed by SAIF Partners, Cashflo helps democratize access to credit in a fair and transparent manner. Awarded Supply Chain Finance solution of the year in 2019, Cashflo creates a win-win ecosystem for Buyers, suppliers and financiers through its unique platform model. Cashflo shares its parentage with HCS Ltd., a 25 year old, highly reputed financial services company has raised over Rs. 15,000 Crores in the market till date, for over 200 corporate clients.

Our leadership team consists of ex-BCG, ISB / IIM alumni with a team of industry veterans serving as the advisory board. We bring to the table deep insights in the SME lending space, based on 100+ years of combined experience in Financial Services. We are a team of passionate problem solvers and big thinkers and are looking for like-minded people to join our team.

We are looking for someone who loves a challenge, is ambitious, super tenacious and persistent. S/he is a self-starter, thrives in a dynamic, small start-up environment, has a knack for understanding customer needs, and loves to get sh-t done! If you check these boxes - we want to talk to you!

The opportunity:

- Solve a complex $100+ billion problem at the cutting edge of Fintech innovation, and make a tangible difference to the small business landscape in India

- Join a high performance, dynamic and collaborative work environment that throws new challenges on a daily basis

- Build a business ground-up - be part of the early team and be directly responsible for driving company's success

- Grow into a business leader role over time within the organisation

Key Role and Responsibilities:

- Inform company's business strategy - Continually evaluate market opportunities, business models, competing product propositions, key go - no-go decisions

- Provide decision support on new initiatives through data gathering and analysis, and presenting considerations to relevant stakeholders

- Undertake key capability building and growth initiatives for the company from time to time depending on business priorities - execute select initiatives end-to-end

- Run the annual budget cycle process, quarterly business reviews, creating and updating monthly dashboards to track changes in key metrics

- Work with different functions from time to time to help them setup best-in-class processes

- Over time, grow into a leadership role in the company

Skills/ Qualities Required:

- Entrepreneurial bent of mind: Someone who is looking to build a company ground up and is passionate about the SME lending space

- A First-principles thinker: Has ability to structure complex problems, analyse and synthesize available data and come up with practical and quality answers

- A "Figure things out" kind of person: If you are looking for a well-defined, structured role with fixed responsibilities we are probably not the right fit. We will expect you to come figure stuff out with us!

- Gets things done: Has the knack for getting the job done - A combination of grit, hustle and problem-solving skills to deliver results

- An Infinite Learner: Willing and able to rapidly learn new skills and adapt to new roles as and when required by the business. If you are not hungry to learn, we won't be a good fit. We want to be able to learn from you as well, so we'll love it if you come with some deep knowledge or domain expertise from a previous job

- An eternal optimist with a big imagination: Finally, we want someone who can imagine what the future would look like, and then push the boundaries of what's possible to get there, not someone who finds a 100 ways of why it cannot be done

Preferred qualifications

- Graduate/Post Graduate degree from a Tier 1 institute, with 2-5 years of execution experience in operational role or management consulting role

- Experience in program management and customer success

- Experience in leading initiatives and delivering results in time-bound manner

- Prior exposure to Financial services a plus

Key details:

- Role: Lead, Strategic initiatives

- Location: Mumbai

- Compensation: Negotiable based on candidate profile

- Date of Joining: ASAP