Trader- Oilseeds and Meals

Job Title: Finance Manager / Head of Finance

Experience Required: Minimum 10+ years in Finance, Accounting & Strategic Financial Leadership

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Bangalore

About LXL Ideas :

LXL Ideas has been revolutionizing the educational sector for over two decades, creating impactful in-school and digital experiences that integrate life lessons into educational journeys. Leveraging films, events, research, training, and publications, we provide a dynamic learning environment. Our flagship initiative, School Cinema, uses cinematic storytelling and engaging activities to promote the holistic development of students in grades K-10.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Finance Manager to lead our finance function, oversee all financial operations, and support long-term business growth. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial planning, accounting, budgeting, and compliance, with proven experience in managing financial risks and ensuring the organization’s financial health. Excellent leadership and communication skills are essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the overall financial strategy, planning, and analysis for the organization.
• Prepare and oversee financial statements, reports, and forecasts to guide business decisions.
• Maintain transparency and integrity in all financial reporting.
• Develop and implement financial policies, systems, and internal controls to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Manage budgeting processes, cost control initiatives, and variance analysis.
• Oversee cash flow management, working capital, and investment planning.
• Liaise with auditors, banks, investors, and regulatory authorities.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, tax regulations, and internal controls.
• Provide strategic insights to the leadership team on financial performance and growth opportunities.
• Manage and mentor the finance and accounts team, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Partner cross-functionally with operations, sales, and other departments to align financial goals with organizational objectives.
• Support fundraising, capital allocation, and investor relations activities.
• Serve as a key point of contact for investors, auditors, legal counsel, and banks.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Strong knowledge of accounting standards, taxation, and corporate finance.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.
• Proficient in financial software and ERP systems, with strong expertise in Tally and Microsoft Excel.(e.g., SAP, Oracle, Tally, QuickBooks).
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA); Semi Qualified CA with relevant Experience; Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in finance and accounting, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role.

• Detailed analysis of weekly viewership data of the Genre/channel/region. Updation of all weekly presentations with accurate analysis.

•  Understanding the pulse of the viewing behavior of the channel/genre/Total TV and having thorough knowledge of TV trends on account of TV/ non TV factors
•  Have detailed in-depth knowledge of every change on the channel (Programming, Storyline or Anchor)
•  Addressing client queries with detailed insights and requirements of communication team and other internal stakeholders
•  Continuous process standardization and improvement
•  Handling various project over and above the above deliveries.

Big Data Engineer- SCALA

Required Skills:

1. Experience in building modern and scalable REST – based microservices using Scala, preferably with Play as MVC framework.

2. Expertise with functional programming using SCALA

3. Experience in implementing RESTful web services in Scala, Java or similar languages.

4. Experience with No SQL and SQL databases.

5. Experience in information retrieval and machine learning

6. Experience/ knowledge in big data using Scala spark, ML, Kafka, and Elastic search will be plus.

The responsibilities and duties section is the most important part of the job description. Please read them below and if interested, do go ahead and apply!

Roles and Responsibilites:

• Manages talent acquisition process, including sourcing, testing, interviewing, hiring and onboarding
• Keeps job descriptions up-to-date, accurate and compliant with relevant federal, state and local laws for all positions
• Develops training and performance management program that ensures all employees are familiar with their job responsibilities, as well as relevant legal and safety requirements
• Creates and updates compensation strategy through market analysis and pay surveys
• Handles investigation and resolution of employee issues, concerns and conflicts
• Ensures all employment practices comply with federal, state and local regulations

We are looking for a Business Development Manager (Client Relationship Manager) to create and nurture long-term relationships with offshore clients & pursuing new business opportunities.

In this role, you should be an excellent communicator who’s able to grasp clients’ needs and brainstorm ways to fulfill them. If you also have a background in customer services such as handling offshore IT (Software & Services) clients and knowledge of the IT (Software & Services) industry, 

Responsibility:

• Working knowledge of bidding portals like - Upwork, LinkedIn, Hubstaff, Freelancer, Guru Etc.
• Working knowledge of Lead Generation, Identifying, creating, and pursuing new business opportunities and clients.
• Knowledge of client communication using emails, chat, audio and video call, and Skype call.
• Functioning as a primary bridge between the business, operations, and technical areas in the initial phases of the project cycle.
• Generating Leads, Client communication, and Follow-ups.

Qualifications and Skills

• Should have experience of 1-3 years in Business Development.
• Must have excellent communication skills (written & Oral).
• Proven experience as a Client Relations Manager / Relationship Manager / Business Development Manager.
• Proven track record of handling offshore clients and exceeding targets
• Background in customer service; IT industry knowledge is a must.
• Ability to deal with people diplomatically
• Experience tracking relevant KPIs (e.g. customer satisfaction)
• Proficient in MS Office, with working knowledge of CRM platforms.

• System engineering and implementation in Golang.
• Working on performance issues using creative experiments and internally developed product features.
• Research, propose, and integrate relevant open-source projects based on product objectives.
• Write organized, efficient, and well documented Python/Golang code as an example for junior engineers.
• Participation in all levels of product definition, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Must include the ability to discuss abstract system architectures from ideas through implementation and
• creatively apply domain experience to solve technical challenges.
• Mentoring software engineers, fostering an environment of trust and accountability.

• Strong Golang skills to develop framework(s).
• Hands-on to design & develop re-usable framework components.
• Hands-On experience on developing framework, designing re-usable framework components.
• Experience in engineering practices such as code refactoring, design patterns, design driven development,
• Continuous Integration, building highly scalable applications, application security and functional programming.

• Knowledge of Cloud native would be an advantage.
• Understanding of Kubernetes from Architecture side and also understand the Standard API.
• Code contributed to CNCF or similar community will be plus.
• Performance benchmarking of K8’s or any cloud will be added advantage.

• Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do.
• Background in designing high performant scalable software systems with strong focus to optimize hardware cost.
• Solid collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic environment.
• Strong commitment to get the most performance out of a system being worked on.
• Prior development of a large software project using service-oriented architecture operating with real time constraints.

• You will get a chance to work on cloud-native and hyper-scale products
• You will be working with industry leaders in cloud.
• You can expect a steep learning curve.
• You will get the experience of solving real time problems, eventually you become a problem solver.

• Competitive Salary
• Health Insurance
• Open Learning - 100% Reimbursement for online technical courses.
• Fast Growth - opportunities to grow quickly and surely
• Creative Freedom + Flat hierarchy
• Sponsorship to all those employees who represent company in events and meet ups.
• Flexible working hours
• 5 days week
• Hybrid Working model (Office and WFH)

• Initial Resume screening call with our Recruiting team
• Next, candidates will be invited to solve coding exercises.
• Next, candidates will be invited for first technical interview
• Next, candidates will be invited for final technical interview
• Finally, candidates will be invited for Culture Plus interview with HR
• Candidates may be asked to interview with the Leadership team
• Successful candidates will subsequently be made an offer via email
• As always, the interviews and screening call will be conducted via a mix of telephonic and video call.

• Over 6 - 12 years of experience in software testing and test automation
• Minimum 2 years of experience working in agile projects
• In depth knowledge of test automation using Selenium
• Good knowledge in web service testing using Rest Assured
• Experience in development of test automation framework as Data driven/Keyword driven/Hybrid/POM. Should have developed 1 or more automation frameworks from scratch.
• Highly motivated, with a proven ability to work on own initiative within a challenging work environment.
• Strong team player with good organization, planning and leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including oral/written communication & influencing skills
• Exceptional presentation, business writing and professional standards Good analytical, diagnostic and creative problem solving skills.
• Atleast one project experience in E-Commerce Domain.
• Must Have - Automation with Java, test framework, QA process & tools like Selenium, Jenkins, Maven, API testing, RESTAssured.
• Good to have Spring Boot.
• Good to have WebTestClient.