Housr - Chief Financial Officer - CA

Position Overview

As a key member, the CFO assists on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to management of finance, strategic planning activities, investment analysis and implementation, accounting, tax, legal, human resources, IT, and organizational administration and support, as well as, ensures necessary and effective controls and procedures remain in place to safeguard all assets and resources.

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Prepare Annual Plans and Periodic Forecasts: Help meet growth goals to support the decision-making process. Help define boundaries around already defined AOP, proactively.

- Numbers savvy, eye for details, a doer, and self-driven. Excited to work in a small but fast-growing startup company.

- Management/Leadership oversight of the finance function.

- Responsible for driving internal financial control strategy implementation, including ensuring consistency and compliance with guidelines.

- Define the company's financial strategy (Controllership, Treasury, Taxation, Internal Audit & Compliance, Investor relations) in alignment with business objectives.

- Responsible for budgeting, forecasting and business planning.

- Conduct Internal Financial Audits: Ensure adherence to checks and balances over processes involving financials and help tax compliances.

- Balance sheet Reconciliation, Financial Planning & Reporting activities.

- Alignment to our core values.

- Providing leadership, direction and management to the finance and accounting team.

- Providing strategic recommendations to the CEO/president.

- Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting.

- Advising on long-term business and financial planning.

- Reviewing all formal finance, HR and IT related procedures.

Qualifications & Requirements:

- CA with 12 or more years of experience.

- Experience in a new age start up firm is preferable.

- At least 12-15 years' experience in the finance industry and managing a team is a must - with examples of when they have demonstrated excellence in the workplace.

- Fluency in standard financial software like Quickbooks, Google Sheets/Excel.

- Demonstrates strong leadership, communication, and persuasion skills.

- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.

- Assertive, confident and potential to build team and processes.