Head – Strategic Finance – Food Processing Platform – Distinguished Founders / Investors

We’re scouting strategic finance head to be a part of food processing platform. This is a high octane game and you will play with awesome folks. This role will directly report to the CEO.

Must Haves:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant or have a MBA degree.
• Minimum 8-12 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with functions such as FP&A , strategy, process improvement, forecasting, corporate finance and budgeting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage working capital position and cash flows in a fast growth environment.
• Knowledgeable about accounting fundamentals and financial reporting software
• Ability to think laterally, logically and critically with an attention to detail.
• Have a service/client support mentality and recognize that the strategic finance function serves and unlocks the potential of the company.

Nice to haves:

• Experience working in the agriculture/renewable energy/manufacturing industries.
• Experience working in a startup.
• Experience with assessing risks and opportunities for integrating finance structures/routes in Business Model eg. creation of FPO, NGO, other Asset Financing Company.

Candidate Attributes (Culture Fit)

• Strong business acumen.
• Demonstrated leadership track-record.
• Learning and growth mindset.
• Strong communication skills with an ability to persuade.
• Adaptable and able to work under pressure.
• High integrity and unimpeachable ethical standards.
• Ambition that manifests as a drive for scaled impact and take the team to higher heights.

Values Alignment :

• Innovation & Customer Centricity : We challenge the status quo and innovate at each step but – Always keep CUSTOMER at the center in all our actions.
• Courage : We encourage bold & independent decision-making with the audacity to own the decision made with Smart Risks & Openness towards Failure.
• Empathy : We work with the most vulnerable communities and in challenging conditions which requires empathy, candor, authenticity and transparency while working with different stakeholders.

1. Strategy and Planning:

• Maintain the company’s financial model to take informed decisions and for presentation to internal stakeholders, the Board, and investors.
• Lead the annual budget process and forecasting for P&L and balance sheet.
• Prepare the business case for the company’s investments and key business decisions.
• Lead strategic finance processes and finance inputs to company-wide strategy including preparing and tracking quarterly and yearly operating plans and resource decisions.
• Drive pricing strategy and growth opportunities (channel, product, and otherwise), working closely with Business Teams.
• Manage benchmarking for our position in the market (Channels and Segments, Competitive Actions and Combative Counter Plans).

2. Performance Management:

• Co-own the Business P&L and KPIs along with Business Teams.
• Analyze business drivers deeply and drive excellence by leading key projects.
• Provide regular business risk assessment reports with respect to business drivers to the Leadership Team.
• Produce presentations, MIS and visualizations of financial and business results.

3. Processes, Support to CEO and Treasury:

• Manage company cash position via financial planning, optimizing working capital, capital investments, and the balance between profitability and growth.
• Support CEO to oversee controller function and to ensure that proper systems are in place for books, inventory, accounts, and audits.
• Develop and implement processes commensurate with size, scale, complexity, and business needs.

4. Fundraising:

• Lead debt fundraise.
• Support CEO in equity fundraising.
• Steward due diligence process in support of fundraising.
• Ensure compliance of fundraising documentation.

Write to deepa.m@careerxperts.com for more details.