Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Description:

We have an urgent job opening for Financial Controller with Anti Drone Industry.

Location : Gurugram

About This Role:

As they scales, we need a Financial Controller who can own the numbers, systems, and financial strategy with precision and judgement. This is not bookkeeping; this is building the financial backbone of a high-growth defence-tech startup.

You will work directly with founders and the leadership team, ensuring that every rupee is tracked, every risk assessed, and every financial decision aligns with business priorities.

This role is strategic, hands-on, and requires someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and elevates the finance function beyond compliance.

Must Have:

- 6+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally with 3 to 5 years in startups or high-growth companies

- Strong expertise in accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management

- Hands-on experience with statutory compliance, GST, TDS, PF/ESI, and other regulatory requirements

- Experience with financial systems, Zoho Books, and audit processes

- Demonstrated ability to structure finance functions from scratch or scale them significantly

- Excellent judgement and ability to communicate financial insights clearly to non-finance stakeholders

- High ownership mindset; you identify issues and drive solutions proactively

Bonus Points For:

- Experience in defence, aerospace, or deep-tech sectors

- Exposure to fund management, investor reporting, and management, or capital raising

- Experience implementing ERP or financial automation systems

- Prior experience with audit coordination, risk management, and internal controls

What Will Make You Successful in This Role:

- Deep Financial Expertise in accounting, reporting, budgeting, and compliance

- Building financial systems from scratch and scaling them fast

- Getting s- t done

How Will We Set You Up for Success?:

- Live Project: You will jump straight into a live project as soon as you join. No dummy or test projects.

- State-of-the-Art Tools and Technologies: You will have access to industry-leading software, CRMs, and any other facility required.

- Access to Resources: You name it, we will do everything to get it for you.

- Supportive Team: You will be surrounded by the best minds ready to help you.

- A leadership team: An A-level leadership that values judgement over process theatrics

- An iterative space: Space to experiment, iterate, and course-correct as the company scales

- Working Vibe: A high-ownership culture that prioritises speed, honesty, and outcomes over optics, politics, or performative processes.

Our Hiring Process:

Round 1: Screening Application

- Duration: At your own pace, but if it takes you less than 15 minutes to apply, you are unlikely to move to the next round.

- How to ace: Do not copy-paste your answers from a website or ChatGPT. Be specific in your answers. Its about you.

- Codeword: Use LEDGERLORD in the application form where it asks you for Codeword. This way we know you have read the JD :)

Round 2: Introduction round

- Duration: 1 hour

- How to ace: Be yourself. We want to know YOU, not some ideal, unrealistic person. Demonstrate your expertise in the area we are evaluating. Ask good questions.

Round 3: Culture Fitment

- Duration: 1 hour

- How to ace: Help us understand your goals & aspirations. Share some of the stories that have made you what you are. Ask good questions.

Round 4: Technical Round

- Duration: 1 hour

- How to ace: Demonstrate real-world problem-solving, clear thinking, and strong judgment, not just textbook knowledge.