SquadRun Inc - Lead - Finance - CA

Finance Manager at Squadrun Inc

About Squad:

Squad combines crowdsourcing and AI in one platform to help solve large-scale operational processes. Humans are great at solving complex tasks but perform poorly at repetitive tasks whereas ML works great with bounded repetitive problems & fails with open problems. We see ML & a distributed workforce as two key phenomena that would drastically change how work gets done in the future.

As Finance Manager, your sound planning, process freakiness, and systematic execution will help us grow efficiently. You will be the core driver of our processes: make sure our accounts (in US and India entities) are watertight, our finances zero-defect, our business process crystal clear, and everything end-to-end compliant and monitored. You make sure that no auditor or lawyer can challenge our processes.

This role blends accounting/bookkeeping, FP&A, strategy, and operations. You will manage the major components of the financial operations of the business. You will work on the monthly close, customer collections, forecasting, investor reporting, internal metrics collection, and lead financial analysis to inform critical business decisions. You will also play a hands-on role in tackling operational challenges around the business, ranging from negotiations with major vendors to sales operations to drafting legally binding contracts and agreements. You will have the opportunity to grow quickly within our rapidly scaling company, leveraging your past experience and building valuable skills.

This position is based out of Noida.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Financial Controller: Handle the entire finances of the company. Responsible for handling internal and external finance and audit systems and teams in India and the US. Manage and direct the review of new customer and partner contracts. Manage and lead outsourcing partnerships and vendors.

- Finance Planner: Prepare annual operating plan with follow-on updates and forecasts. Lead financial planning functions across the organization in support of corporate goals and objectives. Support the management team with strategic financial analyses and insights.

- Investor Relations: Support CEO with investor communication and keeping them updated with the KPIs of the business

- Compliance Leader: Make sure that the firm is compliant with all regulations, legally and secretarially, in both the US and India, and the compliance calendar is followed diligently.

- BizOps: Help with everything from optimizing day-to-day operations to carrying out high-priority initiatives to tackling the most important strategic questions. Work with cross-functional teams on high impact projects to deliver value to the firm. Routine responsibilities will include:

- Preparation of quarterly/ annual financial statements including consolidation of Global subsidiaries.

- Develop and maintain financial accounting systems for cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control, and petty cash

- Manage day to day operations of the Finance department including interaction with business teams

- Control & monitor all departmental costs on a regular basis to ensure performance against budget

- End to end responsibility for monthly and annual financial closure process

- Data collection analysis, Investigation, Prepare recommendations, Eliminate Surprises.

Background and Educational Requirements:

- CA with 1- 3 years of experience

- Experience in an early stage startup is highly preferred. Experience in the finance team of a SaaS firm with operations in India and the US is highly valued.

- Experience in financial management, administration, personnel management, and business development required. Demonstrated analytical, project management, and leadership skills.

- Knowledge of various financial principles, practices, and applications including budgeting, financial planning, and financial reporting required.

- Ability to learn quickly, think independently, and develop new processes/analyses required.

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time.

Why should you consider us seriously?

- We have an audacious vision of reimagining how work gets done! We- re one of the few applications of AI/ Machine Learning that actually has a massive market and business model to create a long-term valuable business rather than a short-term acquisition play!

- In the last one year, we have built a product and solved problems for some of the largest brands in the world and tested platform at scale (processed 100+ million units of data; 10+ million calls). We have plans to grow 10x in the next 1.5 years.

- We are a well-balanced team of experienced entrepreneurs and are backed by top investors across India and the Silicon Valley (Blume Ventures, 91springboard, senior product execs at Square, Genpact & Flipkart; co-founders of Infosys, Snapdeal, Slideshare, Zomato, etc)

- Our platform empowers college students, stay at home mothers and grey collared workers as a stable source of income for working on their smartphone (Android App Link). Our contractors earn 3x of what a typical back office BPO employee makes. For us, this is truly impactful. Every day, we see success stories such as this one - how a single mother is sustaining herself. Empowering our contractors to be financially independent is a strong part of our vision!

This is just the beginning and we're here to change the world.

Logistics

Compensation: INR 10 - 16 Lacs per annum + up to 5 Lacs of ESOPs.

Location: Noida, Joining ASAP :)