Financial Controller - Consumer Internet

Financial Controller : 4-8 Years Consumer Internet Company

Job Description :

The incumbent will be responsible for the company's financial and fiscal management aspects, providing leadership and coordination in the administrative, business planning, accounting and budgeting efforts. He/she will be a part of the senior management team working closely with the COO, charting the company's future.

Responsibilities :

Business planning and budgeting :

- Play a key role in the business decisions by understanding the business relevant metrics, carrying out financial analysis and providing strategic inputs.

- Ability to take a contrarian view to the Management if required, and ensure the right fiscal decisions are taken

- Ability to strategize and make good financial plans that will give the Founders an advantage/leverage

- Budgeting top down and bottom up and stretch wherever there is opportunity

- Communicate monthly sales targets along with operational metrics

- Publish monthly P&L statements

Cash flow management :

- Support operations on cost optimization and buying team on vendor partnerships

- Ensure working capital management and cash burn rate

- Exposure to fund raising - equity/ debt

Commercial deliverables and control :

- Ensure adherence to commercial processes, taxation etc.

- Overall cost control within budget / cost optimization / operations expenses control

- Align every expenditure till it gets accounted

Financial reporting :

- Responsible for accounting and financial systems, 100% statutory compliance and timely, adequate controls and accurate book keeping

- Prepare structured MIS for internal reporting and the board

- Monitor the preparation and maintenance of ledgers

Statutory compliance :

- Ensure registrations and compliance are in place

- Ensure accurate statutory reporting to relevant authorities and related regulatory guidelines

Taxation :

- Understanding of tax structures for the company and taxation for products sourced internationally

- Monitor compliance with statutory authorities for taxation

Desired Skills and Experience

- Education: C.A/C.F.A. / M.B.A. (Finance) with demonstrated experience in heading the finance functions in a young setup.

- Young dynamic individual with a minimum 8~12 years in accounts / controller / finance role with hands-on experience

- Having the ability to work with increasingly complex revenue models

KEY PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES :

- Dynamic and Entrepreneurial at heart and likes to take ownership

- Excellent leadership, decision making and execution skills

- Excellent people, relationship and communication skills

- Excellent analytical skills, motivated, hardworking and self-driven leader

- Engaging personality with high work ethics and sense of fairness