Senior Finance Manager

Role: Senior Finance Manager

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (On-site)

Employment type: Full-time

Industry: Space Technology

About Catalyx Space:

We're building AWS for spaceproviding in-space experiments and tech demos across LEO, deep space, and lunar orbit. Our offerings include unmanned labs, testbeds for rideshare and dedicated missions, and re-entry capsules for payload return. We simplify access with end-to-end solutions, no minimum mass limits, zero integration fees, and fast deployment (6 months), serving biopharma, semiconductors, materials science, defense, and more.

Role:

Partner with the COO to build and scale our finance function. Lead investor-facing MIS, cross-border consolidation, compliance, planning, and systems as we prepare for rapid growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own AR/AP, bank/loan/credit-card recs, GL oversight, and monthly P&L/BS/CF.
• Build investor MIS: dashboards, KPIs, variance analysis, board/investor packs.
• Manage cross-border finance: FX accounting, inter-company, multi-entity consolidation.
• Ensure GST/TDS/Income-tax compliance; prepare tax-audit schedules.
• Coordinate statutory audit; develop internal controls & accounting policies.
• Drive budgeting/forecasting, cash-flow planning, and financial models (burn, capex, scenarios).
• Lead system improvements: tool migrations, cashaccrual, chart-of-accounts redesign.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 46 years finance/accounting experience (tech/hardware/startups preferred).
• Strong month-end close, AR/AP review, reconciliations, and GL accuracy.
• Proven MIS development and leadership/investor communication.
• Comfortable in cross-border, multi-entity environments.
• High ownership; thrives in fast-moving, hands-on settings.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Indian + US compliance nuances, ERP/accounting migrations, and SaaS finance stacks.

Why join us:

• Foundational role shaping finance at a space-hardware startup.
• Work closely with leadership; real impact.
• Build something that matters.

Compensation & benefits:

• Competitive salary + potential ESOP (details will be shared with shortlisted candidates),
• health insurance
• Provident fund.

How to apply:

Apply via Zoho Recruit: https://catalyxspace.zohorecruit.in/jobs/Careers/193193000000993707/Senior-Finance-Managersource=CareerSite

We only contact candidates from @catalyx.space emails. No fees are required at any stage of our hiring process.

Equal Opportunity: Catalyx Space is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on any protected characteristic.