Finance Manager - CA

About Gravity:

Gravity is building the operating system for India's home interiors and renovation industry. Today, more than $40 billion of home interior material purchases are controlled by Interior Designers and Studios, yet procurement remains fragmented across multiple suppliers with unreliable fulfillment and limited visibility. Gravity brings together AI-native technology, strategic manufacturing partnerships, curated materials and an integrated supply chain to simplify how projects are designed, specified and delivered.

Mission of the Role:

Your mission is to build and run a strong, reliable finance backbone for Gravity as we scale. You will own accounting, book-keeping, financial controls, statutory compliance and reporting across our business, ensuring the leadership team has accurate, timely numbers to make decisions. You will bring the discipline of high-volume Retail and Internet businesses to a fast-growing, supply-chain-heavy model spanning customers, supply partners and inventory.

What You'll Own:

1. Accounting and Financial Reporting:

- Own end-to-end accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and fixed assets.

- Ensure accurate and timely recording of all transactions in line with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS / AS).

- Drive monthly, quarterly and annual book closures with clean reconciliations of bank, vendor, customer and inter-company accounts.

- Monthly/Quarterly preparation and consolidation of financial statements.

2. Financial Control and Internal Controls:

- Act as Financial Controller, designing and enforcing internal controls, approval matrices and SOPs across procure-to-pay and order-to-cash.

- Oversee inventory accounting, stock reconciliations and valuation across warehouses and supply partners.

- Identify control gaps, revenue leakages and process risks, and fix them proactively.

- Oversee and lead the banking and treasury operations for the business.

3. Taxation and Statutory Compliance:

- Ensure timely compliance with GST, TDS, Income Tax, ROC and other statutory requirements, including returns and reconciliations (GSTR-2B, 26AS).

- Coordinate with statutory, internal and tax auditors; own audit readiness and closure of audit points.

- Manage marketplace / payment-gateway reconciliations and TCS compliance relevant to Retail and Internet businesses.

4. Financial Reporting and MIS:

- Prepare monthly MIS, P&L, balance sheet and cash-flow statements with variance analysis.

- Track unit economics, gross margins, working capital and category-level profitability.

- Build dashboards and periodic finance reviews for the leadership team and investors.

5. Budgeting, Cash and Cross-Functional Partnership:

- Drive annual budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow planning; monitor burn and runway.

- Manage banking relationships, payments, collections and working-capital cycles with vendors and customers.

- Partner with Sales, Supply Chain, Category and Tech teams to support pricing, commercial terms and process automation.

Key KPIs:

- Timely monthly book closure (within defined close calendar).

- Accuracy of financial statements and MIS; zero material audit observations.

- 100% on-time statutory filings (GST, TDS, Income Tax, ROC) with no penalties.

- Reconciliation coverage and ageing of open items (bank, vendor, customer, marketplace).

- Receivable and payable days; working-capital efficiency.

- Inventory accuracy and reduction in write-offs / leakages.

- Banking and treasury operations.

- Strength of internal controls and SOP adherence across processes.

What We Are Looking For:

Qualification: Chartered Accountant (CA) - completed.

- Experience: 4 - 8 years of post-qualification experience in accounting, book-keeping and financial control.

Industry exposure: Experience in Retail- Inventory led business and / or Internet (e-commerce, marketplace, D2C, consumer-tech) companies.

- Accounting expertise: Strong command of Ind AS / Indian GAAP, book closures, reconciliations, finalisation and consolidation of accounts.

- Financial control: Proven experience as Financial Controller or in a controllership role, setting up internal controls and SOPs.

- Compliance: Hands-on knowledge of GST, TDS, Income Tax and statutory / internal audits.

- Tools and systems: Proficiency in Tally / Zoho Books / SAP / NetSuite (or similar ERP) and advanced Excel.

- Core skills: High ownership, attention to detail, strong analytical thinking and ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

- Good target backgrounds: Finance Manager / Assistant Finance Controller / Accounts Manager from Retail, E-commerce, Marketplace, D2C or Internet companies, or Big 4 / mid-size CA firms with subsequent industry experience in these sectors.