Co-founder (with Investment) & Chief Financial Officer

Job Post: Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Location:HSR Layout, Bengaluru

Stage:Seed funded | Deep Tech | Cybersecurity + Identity + Fraud Prevention

Commitment:Full-Time | Equity + Milestone-Based Vesting

About Us

We're buildingKreesalis a new category in digital trust.

Our flagship platform,K-Protect, combines identity verification, behavioral biometrics, real-time policy enforcement, and hardware-backed authentication (FIDO) into a single trust layer that works across banking, telecom, e-commerce, fintech, and government ecosystems.

Fraud is no longer a security problem it's atrust infrastructure failure.

We are fixing that.

We're backed by industry leaders from cybersecurity, enterprise tech, compliance, and identity systems and now preparing for aPreSeries A raiseas we enter large enterprise and government deployments.

Why This Role Exists

We're at a critical inflection point:

• Enterprise deals in pipeline
• Hardware + SaaS recurring model validated
• Strategic partnerships in motion
• Massive demand pull from BFSI, telecom & public sector

Now, we need a financial leader who can help architect scale not just manage books.

We are looking for someone who thinks like acapital strategist, operator, and category builder.

This is not a finance manager role. This is aco-founder seat.

What You Will Own

Lead ourPreSeries A and Series A fundraise from investor strategy to term sheet negotiation

Build and overseefinancial models, unit economics, revenue architecture, pricing frameworks, and SaaS + hardware margins

Design ourcapital allocation plan, entity structure (India + global), tax strategy, and treasury systems

Owncompliance, audit, governance, ESOPs, FP&A, and board reporting frameworks

Shape and optimise ourgo-to-market cost structure, enterprise contracting, and scalability metrics

Serve as a strategic partner onGTM, partnerships, procurement, and risk management

You Are a Fit If You Have:

• Experience scaling a Series A+ or high-growth SaaS / Fintech / Cybersecurity startup
• Strong exposure to enterprise SaaS, fintech, compliance, or identity/fraud ecosystems
• Proven fundraising experience with VCs, strategics, or capital markets
• Strategic and analytical thinking not just accounting execution
• Ability to speak confidently with investors, regulators, enterprise boards, and banks
• The ambition to help build a category-defining company, not just another software product

Bonus if you have worked in:Identity, authentication, risk, payments, telecom, BFSI or cybersecurity.

Structure & Compensation

Title:Co-Founder & CFO

Compensation:Meaningful equity + milestone-based upside + future salary post-fundraise

Vesting: Standard 34 year + performance-linked ramps

We are open toformer Founders, Strategy Chiefs, Venture-backed CFOs, or Finance Directorsready for a co-founder role.

Why Join Us

Because this isn't a job it's a chance to build one of the most important digital infrastructure layers of the next decade.

• A platform that will sit behindbanking, commerce, identity, and governance.
• A team with deep enterprise, product, and engineering DNA.
• A problem space withglobal urgency and billion-dollar pull.

If you want safety, join a unicorn.

• If you wantimpact, ownership, and legacy join us now.