Sirona Hygiene - Finance Lead - CA

Job Description: Finance Lead

About Sirona:

At Sirona, we are on a mission to break taboos and create thoughtful, innovative solutions for women's intimate and menstrual hygiene. From India's first PeeBuddy to toxin-free period care, menstrual cups, and intimate hygiene essentials, we're building a brand that empowers women to live freely and confidently.

About Role:

Sirona is looking for a strategic and execution-driven Finance professional to lead the company's financial planning, controllership, budgeting, taxation, compliance, and reporting functions. This role will be responsible for building strong financial processes, driving financial governance, supporting fundraising initiatives, and enabling leadership with actionable insights for business growth. The candidate will work closely with the CEO, COO, and Chief of Staff to develop financial strategies, optimize cash flow, ensure compliance, and strengthen internal controls while maintaining accurate and timely financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Financial Planning & Business Finance

- Lead the financial planning function, including Annual Operating Plan (AOP), budgeting, and forecasting.

- Partner with COO to define financial strategies aligned with Sirona's business goals.

- Conduct variance analysis between actuals vs budget/forecast and provide actionable insights.

- Build models to support growth initiatives, pricing decisions, and profitability improvement.

2. Controllership & Financial Reporting

- Own end-to-end controllership, ensuring accurate books of accounts and strong financial governance.

- Oversee monthly closure and ensure timely preparation of monthly MIS reports and financial dashboards.

- Prepare and present financial reports and analysis for leadership team.

- Administer and lead the finalisation of year-end financial statements.

3. Audit & Due Diligence

- Lead statutory audit, internal audit, and ensure closure of audit observations.

- Create and manage audit schedules, financial statement schedules, and supporting documents.

- Support due diligence activities for fundraising, investor reporting, and strategic transactions.

- Act as the SPOC for auditors, consultants, and external financial stakeholders.

4. Fundraising & Investor Reporting

- Support fundraising initiatives including investor presentations, financial models, and business performance reporting.

- Coordinate preparation of financial data and reports required for investors.

- Assist in due diligence processes and ensure readiness of financial documentation.

5. Taxation (GST, TDS, Income Tax)

- Oversee end-to-end tax compliance and strategy including GST, TDS, and Income Tax.

- Ensure accurate and timely filings and optimize tax outflows within legal frameworks.

- Manage GST reconciliations, input credit reviews, notices, and departmental queries.

- Monitor changes in tax laws and implement necessary process improvements.

6. Compliance & Governance

- Ensure adherence to all statutory and regulatory compliance requirements.

- Ensure strong corporate governance across financial operations.

- Develop compliance calendars and ensure timely completion of all filings and obligations.

- Strengthen internal controls and ensure financial risk mitigation.

7. Process Excellence & SOP Implementation

- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to establish and improve finance processes.

- Define and lead SOPs for extraction and reporting of financial.

- Drive process automation, reporting standardization, and efficiency improvements.

- Continuously identify gaps in finance operations and implement improvements.

8. Cross-functional Collaboration

- Collaborate with other teams (Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing) to collate data required for management reporting.

- Support operational decision-making through financial insights.

9. Contract Review & Commercial Support

- Review, negotiate, and validate commercial and legal contracts to ensure financial compliance and favorable terms.

- Ensure proper accounting and financial impact assessment of vendor, distributor, and business contracts.

- Partner with legal and operations teams to safeguard company interests.

Key Deliverables:

- Monthly MIS reports and performance dashboards.

- Annual budget and rolling forecasts.

- Statutory financial statements and audit closure.

- Tax compliance (GST/TDS/Income Tax) with reconciliations.

- Fundraising financial models and due diligence readiness.

- SOPs for Zoho reporting and finance operations.

- Strong internal controls and compliance frameworks.

Candidate Profile / Requirements

- Qualified CA (Chartered Accountant) mandatory (preferred).

- Experience in finance roles from startup/D2C (preferred).

- Strong experience in financial reporting, controllership, budgeting, MIS, taxation, and compliance.

- Experience supporting fundraising / investor reporting / due diligence is highly desirable.

- Strong contract review and negotiation exposure preferred.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with senior leadership.

Key Skills:

- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

- Budgeting, Forecasting & AOP

- MIS Reporting & Dashboards

- Statutory Audit / Internal Audit

- Taxation (GST, TDS, Income Tax)

- Fundraising Support & Due Diligence

- SOP Development & Process Improvement

- ERP/Zoho Reporting

- Compliance & Governance

- Stakeholder Management

Behavioral Competencies:

- High ownership and accountability

- Strategic thinking with strong execution orientation

- Strong communication and stakeholder management

- Analytical mindset and attention to detail

- Ability to build scalable finance processes for a growing organization