Overview
About Company: Company is a fast-growing startup building a tech-enabled platform in the sustainability and waste management space.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Financial Leadership
– Build and lead the Finance, Accounting, and Compliance team from scratch
– Create custom SOPs, budgeting frameworks, and internal controls suited to our C2B model
– Partner with the CEO to drive business planning, modeling, and capital allocation
– Own all unit economics, cash burn, city-level contribution tracking
Accounting, Taxation & Compliance
– Oversee bookkeeping, GST, TDS, ROC, PF, ESIC, and monthly closings
– Ensure daily tracking of pickups, payouts, invoice reconciliation, and ledger reconciliations
– Build frameworks for taxation around scrap purchases from households
– Ensure 100% audit-readiness across internal, statutory, and investor audits
Fundraising, Governance & Investor Reporting
– Prepare and maintain data rooms, MIS, board decks, and compliance docs
– Liaise with external consultants (legal, due diligence, secretarial, etc.)
– Ensure timely filings
Finance Automation & Tools
– Co-create tools with tech team for barcoded payouts, revenue tracking, and dashboarding
– Automate recurring finance workflows (POs, e-way bills, vendor payments, etc.)
– Build cost-control systems across warehousing, fleet, labor, and tech
Qualifications
– CA / MBA Finance / CFA preferred
– 8-15 years of experience in VC-backed startups / e-commerce / logistics / recycling / fintech
– Prior experience with ground-up finance setup, especially in asset-light or high ops-intensity businesses
– Deep familiarity with Tally, Zoho, Excel automation, and investor reporting tools
– Strong understanding of Indian tax, compliance, Companies Act, and startup capital instruments
– Bonus: Experience managing reverse logistics, scrap, waste management, or commodities
What they Offer
– Ownership in a first-of-its-kind impact-driven business
– Direct seat at the leadership table, build alongside the founder
– Backed by institutional investors, with a clear growth roadmap
– Opportunity to drive real-world environmental change
– Fast-paced, mission-driven team with a strong bias for action