Finance Controller - Accounting & Financial Control - CA
Growing Product based Fintech - B2B · Mumbai · onsite · Posted 43d ago
About a minute. You'll make an account on the way through.
About this role
Key Responsibilities:
1. ESOP & Cap Table Management:
- Manage and maintain the company's ESOP records and cap table, ensuring accuracy and timely updates.
- Oversee ESOP grants, exercise, vesting, transfers, and related documentation.
- Coordinate with legal, finance, and other stakeholders on ESOP-related matters.
- Ensure appropriate accounting, tax, and compliance treatment of ESOP transactions.
2. Accounting & Financial Close:
- Take hands-on ownership of bookkeeping and accounting activities.
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closure processes.
- Review and ensure completeness of all closure entries, provisions, accruals, reconciliations, and adjustments.
- Work closely with statutory auditors and manage audit requirements, queries, schedules, and supporting documentation.
- Ensure timely preparation and review of financial statements and MIS.
3. Tax & Statutory Compliance:
- Oversee direct and indirect tax compliances, including coordination with external tax advisors where required.
- Ensure timely completion of statutory filings and regulatory compliances.
- Monitor changes in applicable tax laws and regulatory requirements and assess their impact on the business.
- Support tax audits, assessments, notices, and other regulatory matters.
International Tax, FEMA & Structuring:
- Develop a working understanding of international taxation, FEMA regulations, and cross-border transactions.
- Assist in evaluating international transactions, remittances, investments, and related compliance requirements.
- Work with legal and tax advisors on entity structuring and transaction structuring.
- Ensure appropriate documentation and regulatory compliance for cross-border activities.
4. Legal & Contract Review:
- Review service agreements, commercial contracts, and other business agreements from a financial, commercial, and risk perspective.
- Coordinate with external/internal legal counsel for legal review and negotiation.
- Identify key commercial, financial, tax, and compliance implications in agreements.
5. Financial Analysis & Planning:
- Support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
- Analyse financial performance, costs, cash flows, and key business metrics.
- Provide actionable insights to management to support business and financial decisions.
- Assist in identifying opportunities for process improvement, cost optimisation, and better financial controls.
What We're Looking For:
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with relevant post-qualification experience.
- Strong hands-on experience in accounting, financial closure, audit coordination, and statutory compliance.
- Good understanding of ESOPs, cap table management, taxation, FEMA, and corporate/legal matters.
- Exposure to international taxation and cross-border transactions will be an advantage.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to review contracts from a commercial and financial perspective.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and evolving priorities.
Sourced from iimjobs