Vice President - Finance & Accounts - CA

VP Finance & Accounts:

Company: The Indus Valley

Location: Chennai

Experience: 15+ Years

Work Mode: 5 Days WFO

About The Indus Valley:

The Indus Valley is a fast-growing D2C healthy kitchenware brand focused on building a strong, scalable, and sustainable business through high-quality cookware and kitchen solutions.

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced VP Finance & Accounts to lead the overall finance function and provide strategic financial leadership to the organization. The role will oversee financial planning, accounting, compliance, controls, cash flow, business finance, and investor/stakeholder reporting while supporting the companys growth strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the overall Finance & Accounts function, including accounting, FP&A, taxation, treasury, controllership, and compliance.

- Develop and drive financial strategy, annual budgets, business plans, and long-term financial planning.

- Own P&L, cash flow, working capital, profitability, and financial performance.

- Provide strategic insights to the Founders and leadership team for business and investment decisions.

- Drive cost optimization, margin improvement, and financial efficiency across the organization.

- Establish strong financial controls, processes, MIS, SOPs, and governance frameworks.

- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing and reporting.

- Ensure compliance with GST, Income Tax, Companies Act, TDS, statutory audits, and other applicable regulations.

- Manage relationships with auditors, banks, investors, consultants, tax advisors, and other financial stakeholders.

- Lead cash-flow planning, treasury management, banking relationships, and working-capital optimization.

- Oversee inventory valuation, receivables, payables, and financial risk management.

- Build robust MIS and dashboards to track revenue, margins, costs, EBITDA, cash flow, and business KPIs.

- Support fundraising, due diligence, investor reporting, and financial documentation.

- Partner with Sales, E-commerce, Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, and HR teams to drive profitable growth.

- Lead and mentor the Finance & Accounts team and build a high-performing finance organization.

- Identify financial risks and implement appropriate controls and mitigation strategies.

Requirements:

- 15+ years of experience in Finance & Accounts, with significant leadership experience.

- CA qualification is strongly preferred.

- Proven experience leading finance functions in a D2C, e-commerce, FMCG, consumer brand, retail, or high-growth startup environment.

- Strong expertise in FP&A, accounting, taxation, treasury, working capital, financial controls, and compliance.

- Experience managing P&L, cash flows, budgets, audits, and financial planning.

- Strong understanding of e-commerce/D2C business models, marketplace economics, inventory, and unit economics is preferred.

- Experience working with founders, investors, and senior leadership teams.

- Excellent analytical, strategic, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

- Strong proficiency in Excel/financial modelling and ERP/accounting systems.

Key Success Metrics:

- Revenue and profitability improvement

- EBITDA and margin optimization

- Healthy cash flow and working-capital management

- Accurate and timely financial reporting

- Strong compliance and financial controls

- Cost optimization and operational efficiency

- Investor and stakeholder reporting quality

Ideal Candidate:

A strategic, commercially oriented finance leader who can go beyond accounting and compliance to become a strong business partner to the Founders and leadership team, enabling The Indus Valley to scale sustainably and profitably.