AquaExchange - Vice President - Finance - CA/IIM/ISB/FMS/MDI

Key Result Areas:

As a Finance Leader with a fast-growing agri-fintech startup, you will :

- Be the strategic business partner to functional leaders and other stakeholders

- Lead and develop short-term and long-term financial strategies to achieve company objectives

- Lead financial forecasts, annual plan/budget, long-range plan and programs associated with driving business growth and productivity

- Drive business strategies to scale up and plan for growth

- Evaluate and advise on the long-term impact of financial planning, launch of new products or strategies, and regulatory actions

- Manage capital structure, identify working capital and growth investment financing needs, oversee both debt and equity financing efforts

- Directly manage investor and board of directors relationships and general investor communications

- Collaborate closely with and provide key insights to teams throughout the company, including Sales, Operations and Marketing

- Evaluate, improve and help build cross-company processes that are efficient and scalable; assist with crafting and realizing company policies and procedures that institutionalize proper control

- Lead and develop top finance and accounting talent

- Help us scale efficiently - we'll always move fast, but evolving our planning processes and ensuring finance best practices spread through the organization

- Oversee weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and ensure overall compliance with all financial rules and regulations

- Be responsible for the oversight of all financial accounting, including receipts, payments and related controls

- Support and improve compliance with all regulatory requirements, including controls over purchasing, sales and taxation; Oversee overall compliance with direct and indirect tax

- Ensure there is minimum legal exposure and liability; Supervise, analyze and research the implication of laws, legislation, etc., that may affect the organization.

Key Skills & Competencies :

- Hands on with the fundamentals of finance, accounts, financial planning, annual planning, budget planning, demand forecasting

- Must have excellent Interpersonal, Presentation & Analytical Skills.

- Must display humility, honesty, integrity and a strong sense of ethics in all decisions and actions.

- Must display team orientation and cross functional collaboration.

- Strong understanding of the P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and GAAP principles

- Track record of close partnership with C-suite / senior level executives

- Prior experience of working in an ERP environment, with the maturity to work closely with Investors and senior stakeholders.

- Must be passionate about the function and willing to take a stand on key financial matters based on a strategic point of view.

- Must be self-driven and entrepreneurial with an eagerness to experiment and take calculated risks.

Education & Experience :

- CA with a minimum of 12-15 years of post-qualification experience & proven track record in reputed financial services industry or new-age fintech startups.

- MBA (Finance) from a premier institute would be preferred.

- Demonstrated ability / track record of managing relationships with banks and resource mobilization