Chief Financial Officer - CA

About the Company:

Amber is the world's largest student accommodation marketplace, think Booking.com for student housing. We help students find and book long-term accommodation near their universities without the usual mess of negotiation, non-standard paperwork and broken payments. Today, we list 1M+ beds across 800+ universities, 250+ cities and 10 countries, and we are on track for $1B in annual gross bookings value by 2026. Amber is backed by marquee investors like Gaja Capital.

About the Role:

You will own finance end to end: the numbers we run the business on, the story we tell, and the controls and structures that hold a multi-country operation together. You will work directly with the founders and the leadership team.

Responsibilities:

Strategic finance and FP&A:

- Own the annual operating plan, the long-range model and the monthly forecast, and hold the business accountable to them.

- Build the unit economics view of the business: contribution margin by market, channel and supply type, cohort behaviour, payback and LTV/CAC.

- Partner with Growth, Supply and Product on pricing, commission structures and market entry decisions, with the financial case behind each one.

- Run capital allocation: where we spend, what we stop, and what returns we hold each function to.

- Run any potential M&A transactions.

Fundraising and investor relations:

- Run the fundraise round whenever comes end to end: model, narrative, data room, diligence, and support on term sheet negotiation.

- Own the board pack, the quarterly investor update and the relationship with existing investors between rounds.

- Build and maintain the debt and working capital options that suit the business and manage banking relationship.

Controllership, tax and global structuring:

- Own accounting, monthly close, statutory reporting and the internal control environment across all entities.

- Manage a multi-entity, multi-currency structure: transfer pricing, cross-border flows, FEMA and RBI compliance, and international tax exposure across our operating markets.

- Own direct and indirect tax compliance, assessments and litigation, in India and in overseas jurisdictions.

- Run treasury: cash flow, FX exposure, payment rails across markets, and the controls around all of it.

- Coordinate statutory and internal audits, and hold clean, timely closes as a standard rather than an achievement.

Team and systems:

- Lead a finance team which is already in place.

- Whenever required hire and develop the finance team across FP&A, controllership and accounts.

Qualifications:

- CA with 10+ years of experience, including at least 4 years leading a finance team.

- Experience in a high-growth environment.

- Strong command of corporate finance and investor relations, with real exposure to fundraising and diligence.

- Depth in direct and indirect tax compliance, and comfort with multi-entity and multi-currency operations.

- Analytical strength: you build the model yourself and can defend every assumption in it.

- Clear communication with founders, board members, investors and auditors.

Good to have:

- Experience taking a company through a Series B or later round.

- Exposure to international entity setup, transfer pricing or overseas tax structuring.

- Having built or replaced a finance system stack during a period of fast growth.

What you get from amber:

- Fast-paced growth, with the room to skip intermediate levels.

- Full ownership of the function and the authority that comes with it.

- An open and inclusive environment.

- Strong compensation and ESOPs.

Location: Pune