Financial Controller at Complete Career Guidance Startup · Delhi, Gurugram, Noida · 4 - 5 years · ₹12L - ₹15L / yr · Posted 2 Jun 2022
The founder is a Finance Post Graduate who quit his glittering Investment Banking career to embark on this journey of helping out our future generation in selecting the right career option based on various aspects. They have already connected to a million students and plan to reach 10 million by 2022.
What you will do:
- Acting as a central point and facilitator for all financial reporting
- Helping develop detailed dashboards and KPIs and ensuring robust systems to track and monitor impact, financial and operating information
- Preparing necessary materials and information for the Board
- Ensuring robust governance norms are in place
- Ensuring timely and comprehensive financial reporting to all the funders, as outlined in contracts with funding agencies
- Preparing statements and necessary reports for the investors
- Coordinating with and responding in a time-bound manner to the information requested by investors
- Managing cash flows and treasury functions
- Managing banking relationships
- Developing profit center-wise budgets
- Preparing and maintaining regular financial reports; monthly expense forecast by segment (vs. projections); rolling 3-month cash out-flow forecast
- Maintaining of books of accounts through Tally/ Quickbooks and related activities
- Incorporating profit center wise reporting and analysis in the accounting system to separately track the performance of each activity against budget/projections
- Conducting all month-end closing activities including general ledger maintenance, balance sheet reconciliations, fixed asset verification, and corporate/overhead cost allocation
- Ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of financial and management reporting
- Preparing of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial statements
- Managing payroll and employee reimbursements
- Assisting in computing taxes and preparing tax returns (TDS, GST, Professional Tax, etc.)
- Reviewing and streamlining the financial, reporting, and compliance functions
- Developing and documenting robust accounting policies and procedures
- Ensuring maintenance of appropriate internal controls and financial procedures, at all times
- Serving as a key point of contact for internal and external auditors
- Managing preparation and support of all internal and external audits
- Participating in HR Administration in areas such as PF, offer letters, increments, appraisals, insurance policies, etc
- Managing the company’s assets, leases, and insurance coverage
- Reviewing all agreements and MoUs and appraise the management about any financial liability, prior to commitments made and signatures by authorized signatories
- Overseeing Admin, vendor, and office management to manage various facets of business – travel, corporate gifting, printing & stationery, etc
Desired Candidate Profile
What you need to have:- Qualified Chartered Accountant
- 5+ years of experience that is relevant to the above role
- Experience in a startup is preferred
- Good understanding of, interest in, and aptitude for financial accounting, business, and financial analysis, GST, Income Tax, Companies Act, etc.
- Attention to detail, strong analytical skills, business awareness, and problem-solving skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver high-quality work with tight timelines
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Location: Bangalore (in-office)
Reports to: Co-Founder & CEO
Experience: 8–10 years; CA qualified (mandatory)
Scope: Controllership + asset-liability / treasury management for the BondScanner entity
Team: Builds and leads a small finance function
About BondScanner
BondScanner is India's retail-native bond platform — operated by Sustvest Broking Pvt. Ltd., a SEBI-
registered Online Bond Platform Provider (OBPP). We give retail Indian investors zero-brokerage
access to listed corporate bonds and government securities. Built on rails proven by our predecessor
platform Tap Invest, which served HNI investors at meaningful scale, BondScanner is the retail
expansion of that thesis — and one of the fastest-growing platforms in India's bond market. We're
backed by leading fintech founders and institutional investors, and we're scaling fast.
Why this role matters
As a SEBI-registered stockbroker, BondScanner runs on a foundation of trust — client funds
segregation, daily reconciliation, and clean books are not back-office hygiene, they are the licence to
operate. You will own the finance function end-to-end for the entity: the books, the regulatory filings, the
audits, the client-funds discipline, and the liquidity and capital management that keep us compliant and
investor-ready as we scale. This is a build-and-own role reporting directly to the CEO, with a clear path
to Head of Finance as the business grows.
What you'll own
1. Controllership
• Books of accounts and IndAS-compliant financial statements for Sustvest Broking — accurate,
timely, and audit-ready.
• Statutory and tax audits, internal audits, and SEBI / exchange inspections — owning
preparation, response, and remediation end-to-end.
• All statutory and regulatory filings: SEBI half-yearly net worth certificates, NSE/BSE stockbroker
compliance returns, GST, TDS, advance tax, and MCA filings.
• Monthly MIS and management reporting for the founders and board, with a clean, reconciled
view of revenue, costs, and profitability.
2. Client funds & settlement discipline
• Daily and weekly reconciliation of client funds across pool and settlement accounts, ensuring
complete segregation from the firm's own funds.
• Ownership of the upstreaming of client funds to the clearing corporation and the weekly
settlement / running-account settlement obligations under SEBI rules.
• Settlement reconciliations with exchanges and clearing corporations, and OBPP-specific
reporting under the SEBI Master Circular for Stock Brokers.
• Zero tolerance for client-funds shortfalls — you treat the weekly settlement report as a hard,
penalty-bearing deadline, not an accounting nicety.
3. Asset-liability & treasury management
• Manage the entity's liquidity — ensuring funds are available to meet settlement obligations on
time, every cycle.
• Maintain net worth and regulatory capital comfortably above SEBI minimums; model capital
requirements as transaction volumes scale.
• Own day-to-day cash management, bank relationships, and the firm's own treasury (distinct
from client funds).
• Build the liquidity and capital dashboards the founders need to monitor the entity's financial
health in real time.
4. Audit, fundraise & team
• Lead financial diligence support for fundraising rounds — data room, MIS packs, investor Q&A,
and audit coordination.
• Build and maintain a clean, audit-ready data room from day one, so every round and inspection
finds the books in order.
• Hire, lead, and develop a small finance team across accounts, treasury, and compliance
operations.
• Choose and scale the finance stack — ERP, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting tools —
that supports the next phase of growth.
Who you are
Must-have
• CA qualified (Chartered Accountant) — mandatory.
• 8–10 years of post-qualification experience, with meaningful time in a regulated financial
services entity — stockbroker, NBFC, bank, asset manager, or large fintech.
• Hands-on experience with controllership: books, statutory audits, regulatory filings, and board-
level financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of client funds handling, reconciliation, and settlement — or the ability to
ramp on it quickly from an adjacent regulated background.
• Strong IndAS, GST, and direct tax fundamentals.
• Proven ability to build process and lead a small team.
Strongly preferred
• Direct experience in a SEBI-registered stockbroker or OBPP, with familiarity with the Master
Circular for Stock Brokers.
• Experience handling SEBI / exchange inspections first-hand.
• Exposure to a fundraise on the finance side — diligence, data room, investor MIS.
• Familiarity with bond / fixed-income market mechanics — settlement, CCIL, NSDL/CDSL flows.
How you operate
• You're paranoid about reconciliations. A 1% mismatch keeps you up; a 0.01% mismatch makes
you find the bug.
• You're as comfortable in a regulator's office as in a founder offsite, and you can switch registers
without changing the truth.
• You take ownership without being asked. If something's broken in finance, it's yours to fix.
• You think in systems, not tickets — you'd rather fix the root cause once than patch the symptom
monthly.
What we offer
• Competitive compensation benchmarked to senior fintech roles in Bangalore, with meaningful
ESOPs.
• A direct line to the CEO and a seat at the table as we scale and raise.
• The chance to build a finance function from the ground up at one of India's fastest-growing bond
platforms.
• A clear path to Head of Finance as the business grows.
- Financial Reporting
- Preparation of monthly standalone and consolidated financial statements.
- Coordination with group entities for timely submission of monthly compliance requirements.
- Preparation of monthly expense variance analysis and reporting to management.
- Compliance & Audit
- Addressing monthly requirements of Adani Group and other stakeholders.
- Coordinating with statutory auditors / Internal Auditors for quarterly closures and ensuring timely completion.
- Performing quarterly 26AS reconciliation with books of accounts.
- Fixed Assets & Banking
- Managing and reviewing the consolidated fixed assets register, including monthly computation and reconciliation.
- Handling monthly banking requirements related to company financiers and ensuring smooth liaison with banks.
- General Responsibilities
- Supporting management in ad-hoc requirements related to finance, accounting, and compliance.
- Assisting in process improvements, system enhancements, and strengthening internal controls.
Position: Chartered Accountant
Location: Devanahalli
Reporting to: Deputy Manager / CFO
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Reporting
o Preparation of monthly standalone and consolidated financial statements.
o Coordination with group entities for timely submission of monthly compliance requirements.
o Preparation of monthly expense variance analysis and reporting to management.
Compliance & Audit
o Addressing monthly requirements of Adani Group and other stakeholders.
o Coordinating with statutory auditors / Internal Auditors for quarterly closures and ensuring timely completion.
o Performing quarterly 26AS reconciliation with books of accounts.
Fixed Assets & Banking
o Managing and reviewing the consolidated fixed assets register, including monthly computation and reconciliation.
o Handling monthly banking requirements related to company financiers and ensuring smooth liaison with banks.
General Responsibilities
o Supporting management in ad-hoc requirements related to finance, accounting, and compliance.
o Assisting in process improvements, system enhancements, and strengthening internal controls.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day accounting and financial operations.
- Prepare and review financial statements, MIS reports, and management reports.
- Handle direct and indirect taxation, including GST, TDS, Income Tax, and statutory compliances.
- Ensure timely filing of tax returns and regulatory filings.
- Coordinate with auditors, tax consultants, and government authorities during audits and assessments.
- Represent the organization before tax authorities, when required.
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, financial regulations, and statutory requirements.
- Manage month-end and year-end closing processes.
- Work on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management.
- Recommend and implement process improvements to strengthen financial controls and operational efficiency.
- Maintain accurate financial records using accounting software and ERP systems.
Required Skills
- Strong knowledge of Accounting Principles, Financial Reporting, and Statutory Compliance.
- Hands-on experience in Direct and Indirect Taxation.
- Experience in statutory audit, internal audit, and financial compliance.
- Proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel) and accounting/ERP software such as Tally, SAP, Zoho Books, or similar.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
Qualifications
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) - Mandatory
- Bachelor's degree in Commerce (B.Com) or equivalent.
- Prior experience working with an IT Services or Software company is mandatory.
Experience
- 3-6 years of post-qualification experience as a Chartered Accountant.
- Candidates with experience in finance, taxation, statutory compliance, and accounting within the IT industry will be preferred.
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