Finance & Accounts Manager

COMPANY - CITiLIGHT (Tahinium Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)

LOCATION - Gurugram/Delhi

REPORTS TO - CEO

EMPLOYMENT TYPE - Full-time

About CITiLIGHT

CITiLIGHT is a smart street lighting and IoT infrastructure company, managing 810,000+ automated street lights across 140+ cities in India and internationally. We deliver through government projects, smart city missions, and national highway programmes, working with clients such as NHAI, municipal bodies, and private contractors. CITiLIGHT is also the anchor operating business behind Citichip, a custom IoT semiconductor programme under our parent company, Tahinium Technologies.

Role Summary

We are looking for a Manager – Finance & Accounts to own day-to-day financial operations and strengthen financial discipline as the company scales. This role is critical for a business that works extensively with government and institutional clients, involves long project cycles, statutory compliance, and vendor/procurement-heavy operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day accounting, bookkeeping, and monthly/quarterly closing of books
• Own statutory compliance — GST, TDS, PF/ESI, income tax filings, and related returns; ensure accurate deduction and timely deposit (including correct application of sections such as 194-I)
• Reconcile vendor and client ledgers, including recurring vendor accounts (e.g., co-working/office space, equipment, subcontractors)
• Manage accounts receivable for government and institutional billing cycles — invoicing, milestone billing, retention tracking, and follow-up on payments from government/municipal clients
• Manage accounts payable, vendor payments, and procurement-linked cash flow planning in coordination with the procurement team
• Prepare MIS reports, cash flow statements, and budget vs. actual tracking for management and investor reporting
• Support fundraising-related financial workstreams — data room preparation, financial statements, and investor query resolution
• Coordinate with auditors, tax consultants, and company secretary for statutory and internal audits
• Maintain project-wise costing and profitability tracking across tenders and ongoing contracts
• Identify and correct compliance/process gaps (e.g., TDS decimal or rate errors) proactively, and put controls in place to prevent recurrence
• Support contract and MOU review from a commercial/financial terms perspective

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce/Finance/Accounting; CA (Inter or Qualified), CMA, or MBA Finance preferred
• 5–8 years of relevant experience, ideally including exposure to government/institutional billing, manufacturing/hardware, or infrastructure businesses
• Strong working knowledge of GST, TDS, and Indian statutory compliance
• Hands-on experience with accounting software (Tally/Zoho Books or equivalent) and advanced Excel

Key Skills

• Strong attention to detail and reconciliation discipline
• Comfortable working with long payment cycles typical of government contracts
• Clear communicator who can explain financial matters to non-finance stakeholders (founders, engineering, procurement)
• Process-oriented, with the ability to build controls in a fast-growing, still-informal environment

What We Offer

• Ownership of finance function in a growing hardware/IoT company with a clear scale-up trajectory
• Direct exposure to fundraising, government tenders, and cross-border vendor relationships
• Compensation: INR 10,00,000 per annum