Co-Founder, Director and Investor

Company Overview

 Industry: Personal Care / D2C (Direct-to-Consumer)

 Founded: 2023

 Headquarters: Mumbai, India

 Company Size: Approximately 11–50 employees

 Business Model: Primarily D2C through its own e-commerce platform, supported by content-led marketing and creator-driven community building

Finance is not just a support function here - it's central to strategy, decision-making, and scaling the business

sustainably. We are seeking a Finance & Strategy Lead who combines sharp financial expertise with strategic vision,

and who has the credibility to partner with senior leaders and the board. This role is designed for someone with

future CFO potential.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance & Business Partnering

●Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.

●Partner directly with business leaders on strategic initiatives, investment cases, and growth opportunities.

●Present business performance, insights, and recommendations to the CEO, board, and senior leadership team.

●Act as a thought partner to challenge assumptions, evaluate risks, and ensure robust decision-making.

Corporate Finance & Growth Strategy

●Drive capital allocation, fundraising, and investor relations strategy.

●Lead financial due diligence, scenario analysis, and long-term planning.

●Provide insights on market trends, competitive positioning, and strategic growth opportunities.

Financial Control & Governance

●Ensure strong compliance, risk management, and governance frameworks.

●Oversee accounting, audits, tax, and regulatory requirements with internal teams and external advisors.

●Continuously improve financial systems, reporting accuracy, and process scalability.

Leadership & Influence

●Mentor and build a high-performing finance team with scalable systems.

●Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team.

●Engage effectively with the board and external stakeholders, demonstrating credibility and the ability to hold ground in strategic discussions.

●Evolve into a broader leadership role with increasing ownership of finance and operations.

Reporting & Financial Insights

●Manage the end-to-end MIS process, providing precise reporting across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

●Monitor liquidity by tracking burn rates and runway to ensure the leadership team has absolute visibility into working capital.

●Develop board materials and investor communications, distilling complex financial results into a compelling narrative regarding performance and future outlook.

●Function as the lead liaison for investor diligence while overseeing that all statutory audits and reporting remain compliant and timely.

Qualifications & Skills

●Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification strongly preferred; CFA/MBA Finance a plus.

●Strong track record in financial modeling, capital raising, and strategic problem-solving.

●Demonstrated ability to work with boards, investors, and senior leadership teams.

●Exceptional communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.

●Entrepreneurial mindset with ambition to step into a CFO role in the near future.

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Duties and Responsibilities

1. Build, lead, and motivate large teams, fostering a growth mindset and high performance
2. Develop and execute business strategies aligned with the company's vision to drive revenue, client acquisition, and market share expansion
3. Lead new account acquisition, product development, and management of the existing product suite
4. Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, providing regular advice on market opportunities and trading strategies
5. Innovate and leverage technology for new product launches and cost optimization.
6. Ensure high levels of customer experience and satisfaction.
7. Analyze market trends, customer feedback, and competitor activities to identify new business opportunities and cross-selling avenues
8. Oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring efficiency and regulatory compliance across all channels
9. Present and implement plans for client base and revenue growth, operational efficiency, cost optimization, and digitization
10. Helping clients on their Investments and managing their overall financial portfolio and deepening the wallet from existing clients.
11. Prepare and present investment and portfolio reports to clients, and conduct meetings or presentations as needed
12. Achieve revenue and client activation targets through effective advisory and relationship management
13. Attain through knowledge about stock market terms and trading practices

Strong Senior Product Manager — Vertical Products (Fintech, Growth & Conversion) Profile

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Mandatory(Experience 1)- Must have 6+ years of product management experience, with the most recent 3 years spent owning a consumer-facing product surface (app, web funnel, onboarding, checkout, or equivalent B2C surface).

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Mandatory(Experience 2) - Must have consumer-facing product ownership as the centre of gravity. Backend, API, infra, or internal-tools PMs with no recent consumer-facing surface will not be considered. Backend exposure alongside real consumer-funnel work is fine; a backend centre not.

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Mandatory(Experience 3)- Must have a metric-backed track record improving conversion, revenue yield, engagement, or lead quality in a consumer funnel — owned numbers, a steady experimentation cadence (A/B tests, rollouts, readouts), and comfort with analytics: funnels, cohorts, drivers, causal reasoning, measurement hygiene.

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Mandatory(Experience 4)- Must be fluent with AI — active, habitual use of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or equivalent) in daily product practice.

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Mandatory(Stakeholder Mgmt)- Must be able to act as the primary link between business leaders, tech teams, and external partners — communicating roadmap, priorities, trade-offs, and performance readouts to senior stakeholders, and working with distributed teams across time zones (Australia, India, Philippines).

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Mandatory(Product Writing & Agile Delivery)- Must have strong product writing — problem briefs, PRD-lite/user stories, experiment plans, decision logs — and deep working command of Agile frameworks and tools.

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Mandatory(Company) - Must be from B2C product company. FinTech is the priority . A non-fintech candidate qualifies only if currently or recently at a Series B plus company.

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Preferred(Skill)- Exposure to LangChain, RAG, or prompt engineering in a product context; experience working directly with data science/ML teams on model-backed features; prior AI features in transactional or financial-services consumer UX.

Senior Product Manager – Growth & Consumer Products (FinTech Preferred)

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager with 6+ years of product management experience, including the last 3+ years owning consumer-facing B2C products (app, onboarding, checkout, growth, or conversion funnels).

Must Have:

- Consumer product ownership (not backend/infrastructure-focused)

- Strong track record of improving conversion, engagement, revenue, or retention through A/B testing and data-driven experimentation

- Experience with analytics, funnels, cohorts, and product metrics

- Active use of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, etc.) in product work

- Strong stakeholder management across business, engineering, and design teams

- Experience writing PRDs, user stories, and working in Agile environments

- Current or recent experience in a B2C product company (FinTech preferred; otherwise Series B+ startup)

Good to Have:

- Experience with AI/ML products, prompt engineering, LangChain, or RAG.