Description
Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Location: Bangalore, Vasanth Nagar.
Reports To: MD.
Role Overview
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key strategic leader responsible for the organizations financial, legal, and compliance functions.
This role ensures sustainable growth, fiscal integrity, and governance excellence while driving business decisions with a balance of risk, performance, and regulatory discipline.
The CFO partners closely with the CXOs to shape the companys long-term financial, legal, and operational strategy.
Key Leadership
- Partner with CXOs to define and execute the organizations growth and capital strategies.
- Translate business objectives into financial, legal, and compliance roadmaps.
- Support M&A, due diligence, and integration initiatives.
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial modeling.
- Build robust scenario planning and performance metrics for all business units.
- Present actionable financial insights to drive profitability and resource optimization.
Treasury & Capital Management
- Manage cash flow, liquidity, and investment strategies.
- Optimize capital structure and oversee relationships with investors, banks, and rating agencies.
- Drive fundraising, debt structuring, and capital deployment aligned with growth priorities.
Accounting, Audit & Controls
- Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Maintain a strong internal control environment and clean audit track record.
- Oversee ERP and automation initiatives to improve finance efficiency.
Legal & Compliance
- Lead corporate legal affairs, contracts, and regulatory compliance.
- Oversee company secretarial activities, statutory filings, and board governance matters.
- Ensure compliance with corporate laws, tax regulations, data privacy, and labor codes.
- Partner with external counsel to manage legal risk, litigation, and regulatory interactions.
- Implement and monitor a strong compliance framework and ethical code of conduct.
Risk Management & Governance
- Develop enterprise risk management (ERM) policies across operational, financial, and legal domains.
- Anticipate potential business risks and ensure adequate mitigation measures.
- Build transparent relationships with auditors, regulators, and the Board.
Leadership & Culture
- Build and mentor a high-performing team across finance, legal, and compliance.
- Promote continuous improvement and capability development within the Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, or MBA (Finance).
- 10+ years of progressive experience in finance, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role.
- Proven track record of leading finance and legal/compliance functions in multi-entity environments.
- Deep understanding of corporate law, taxation, governance, and risk management.
- Strong experience in investor relations, board communication, and stakeholder management.
Skill Sets
- Strategic financial planning and business modelling with proficiency in financial modeling tools (Excel, Power BI, etc.
- Capital structuring, fundraising, and investor management.
- Cost optimization and value engineering.
- Familiarity with ERP platforms (SAP, Zoho) along with ERP implementation.
- Contract negotiation and management.
- Executive presence and board-level communication.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving orientation.
- Ethical leadership and sound judgment.
- Stakeholder alignment and cross-functional influence.
- Change management and team development.
- Data-driven decision-making mindset.
- Understanding of automation, AI, and analytics in finance.
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