Head of Finance / CFO

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior finance leader who will own the entire financial ecosystem of the organization—from strategy and controls to identifying revenue leakages and building scalable systems. This is a business-critical role, not a compliance-only position. The person will work closely with founders and leadership to drive profitability, financial discipline, and long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Finance & Business Partnering

• Act as a strategic advisor to founders on financial planning and decision-making

• Build and own annual budgets, forecasts, and rolling cash-flow models

• Evaluate business models, pricing strategies, and unit economics

• Support growth initiatives with data-backed financial insights

2. Revenue Assurance & Cost Optimization

• Identify revenue leakages, margin gaps, and inefficiencies across systems

• Track revenue vs realization and plug process loopholes

• Optimize costs without impacting business velocity

• Monitor profitability at client / product / campaign level

3. Financial Controls & Governance

• Own end-to-end finance: accounting, taxation, audits, compliance

• Strengthen internal controls across invoicing, collections, payouts & refunds

• Ensure accurate MIS, dashboards, and timely reporting to leadership

4. Systems & Process Building

• Audit existing finance and operational processes

• Implement scalable finance systems, tools, and reporting frameworks

• Build finance dashboards that founders can quickly act upon

5. Team Leadership

• Build, mentor, and lead the finance team

• Drive ownership, accountability, and high standards across the function

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 10–15+ years of experience in Finance Leadership roles

• Prior experience as CFO / Finance Head / Director – Finance

• Strong exposure to startups, scale-ups, or VC/PE-backed companies

• Experience with complex revenue models (SaaS, marketplace, fintech, consumer tech, platforms)

• Strong business acumen — understands how sales, growth, tech & ops impact finances

• Hands-on, detail-oriented, yet strategic in thinking

What Will Not Work

• Pure accounting-only or compliance-focused profiles

• Candidates uncomfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments

• Leaders who operate only as back-office support

Bring this Mindset:

This role needs a builder + strategist, not a caretaker.

The person should:

• Think “Why is this number happening?”, not just “What is the number?”

• Be obsessed with:

i. Revenue leakages

ii. Margin erosion

iii. Cost inefficiencies

iv. Process loopholes

• Be comfortable challenging founders / business heads with data

• Ask uncomfortable but necessary questions