Role Overview:

We are looking for a Chartered Accountant (CA) to lead the finance function for production and manufacturing operations. This role will support audits, external diligences, fund-raise activities, and special projects. Also, will own the end-to-end financial oversight of our third-party manufacturing plants, ensuring strong cost controls, billing accuracy, rate negotiations, and process governance.

This is a high-impact role based at the Head Office, responsible for building scalable systems and driving financial discipline across manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Manufacturing Finance & Cost Control

- Oversee finance operations for third-party manufacturing plants

- Validate production costs, conversion costs, and yield efficiencies

- Monitor BOM vs actual consumption and highlight variances

- Drive cost optimization initiatives across plants

2. Billing & Commercial Controls

- Review and validate manufacturing billing from third-party units

- Handle rate negotiations, conversion cost discussions, and commercial terms

- Ensure proper adjustment entries, receipt reconciliation, and calibration of rates

- Manage debit/credit notes and commercial settlements

3. Production Finance Governance

- Own the finance part of production processes

- Ensure proper documentation, compliance, and financial controls

- Standardize plant-level reporting formats

- Implement strong internal controls and SOPs

4. System & Process Building

- Build scalable systems and reporting frameworks from scratch

- Strengthen MIS, dashboards, and plant-wise profitability tracking

- Work closely with operations to improve transparency and accountability

- Drive automation and structured workflows

5. Team Management

- Lead and manage a 7-member finance team

- Build capability, accountability, and structured review processes

- Create clear KPIs for plant finance monitoring

Candidate Profile:

Mandatory:

- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA)

- Strong Manufacturing Finance experience (FMCG preferred)

- Experience handling third-party manufacturing / contract manufacturing models

- Strong commercial negotiation skills

- Hands-on and execution-driven

Highly Preferred:

- Experience with bakery / bread category

- Experience in high-growth startups

- Experience building systems from scratch (no dependency on fully structured legacy systems)

What We Are Looking For:

- Someone who understands both numbers and ground-level production realities

- A commercially sharp finance professional

- Strong in negotiations and cost analytics

- Comfortable working in a fast-scaling, unstructured startup environment

- Process builder, not just a process follower