Head - Finance - CA - Arkahub

About Arkahub:

Arkahub is a full-stack residential rooftop solar company, founded in 2025 and headquartered in Bengaluru. We own the customer from first enquiry through site survey, design, installation, DISCOM approvals, net-metering, subsidy paperwork, commissioning and after-sales service. Our mission is making every home energy independent.

We operate in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Nagpur, run our own R&D lab, and are backed by a USD 2 million seed round.

The Role:

You will be Arkahub's first Head of Finance: the person who makes our numbers trustworthy, fast and decision-ready as we scale across cities. Today the founders hold much of the finance function themselves. Your job is to take it off their hands and make it better.

This is a builder role, not a caretaker one. Half of it is controllership: a clean monthly close, a ledger the business can rely on for margins, and compliance that never becomes a fire. The other half is business finance: unit economics by city and channel, a plan the leadership runs the company against, and an investor narrative backed by numbers that reconcile.

- Reports to: the co-founders

- Team: the existing accounts team, with room to hire as we grow

- Location: Bengaluru, on-site

What you will own:

Controllership and close:

- Run a monthly close that finishes on a fixed calendar, so the general ledger, not side spreadsheets, is the source of truth for P&L and gross margin.

- Set up city-wise and channel-wise reporting from the ledger: direct, financed and franchise sales each read cleanly.

- Tighten procure-to-pay and site expense controls, including site cash, vendor approvals and inventory reconciliation.

- Own revenue recognition and receivables across customer payments, financing partner disbursements (net of subvention) and PM Surya Ghar subsidy flows.

Compliance, tax and audit:

- Own GST, TDS, ROC and statutory compliance end to end, with a calendar nobody has to chase.

- Run the statutory audit and keep the books audit-ready all year, not just in April.

- Work with company secretarial and legal advisors on board and shareholder matters.

Planning and business finance:

- Own the annual operating plan and a rolling forecast the leadership team actually runs the business against.

- Build unit economics per installation: kW sold, realisation, BOS and installation cost, gross margin, by city and system configuration.

- Partner with sales, supply chain and operations heads on pricing, procurement and expansion decisions, with a clear point of view, not just a model.

Cash, treasury and investors:

- Manage cash and working capital weekly: collections, subsidy receivables, vendor terms and runway.

- Own the monthly MIS and board pack, and the numbers behind every investor conversation.

- Lead diligence, data rooms and financial modelling for future fundraises and debt or working capital lines.

Systems and team:

- Take an AI-first approach to processes, reporting and systems: build fast, check rigorously, then automate. Invoice booking, bank reconciliation and MIS on Zoho Books are the first candidates.

- Lead and grow the accounts team; hire for the next stage when the volume calls for it.

What you will bring:

Must-haves:

- Chartered Accountant, with 6 to 10 years of post-qualification experience.

- Several of those years in high-growth, venture-backed businesses with physical operations: supply chain, inventory, field teams, multiple cities.

- Hands-on ownership of a monthly close, statutory audit and GST/TDS compliance. You have done the work yourself, not only reviewed it.

- Strong business finance: you have built unit economics and gross margin models, and used them to change a pricing, procurement or expansion decision.

- Comfort with ambiguity and messy data. You can build the process and the spreadsheet on the same day.

- Clear, direct communication with founders, operators and investors.

Good-to-haves:

- CFA or equivalent depth in valuation and financial modelling.

- Experience supporting a fundraise or setting up debt and working capital lines.

- Experience running finance on Zoho Books or a similar mid-market ERP, and automating around it.

- Prior experience building or leading a small accounts team.

What success looks like in your first 12 months:

- By month 3: the monthly close runs on a fixed calendar with no open compliance items; gross margin and the city-wise P&L come straight from the ledger; the monthly MIS and board pack are produced by your team without founder rework.

- By month 6: the AOP and rolling forecasts drive leadership reviews, and unit economics shape pricing and expansion calls.

- By month 12: the company is diligence-ready for its next raise.

Why this role, and how to apply:

You will build a finance function from its foundations at a company where every number changes a real decision: where to open next, what to charge, how to fund growth. You will work directly with the founders and sit at the table for every major call.

To apply, send your CV