Require a Finance Controller in Bengaluru

Controls and the monthly close

• Close the books by working day 5 every month against a checklist.
  
• Design segregation of duties the approval matrix and delegation of authority;
  
• Own inventory valuation across raw material WIP finished goods and packing material and its reconciliation to the books.
  

Costing and unit economics

• Build product-wise costing: landed cost per kg of pupae conversion cost per MT yield and loss accounting and contribution margin for LoopMeal and LoopOil by customer and geography.
  
• Publish margin by product monthly and be able to explain every movement in it.
  
• Own the annual budget and the monthly budget-versus-actual review built with the plant and procurement teams rather than for them.
  

Cash treasury and working capital

• Own a rolling cash flow and the working capital cycle each against a stated target.
  
• Manage banking relationships and the cost of debt negotiate terms rather than accept them.
  
• Own currency exposure on export receivables: hedging policy booking discipline and realisation against booked rate plus export incentives and documentation.
  

Capital and lenders

• Build and hold the data room so that we are diligence-ready before diligence begins.
  
• Own the financial model the diligence response covenant negotiation and compliance reporting.
  

Compliance audit and risk

• Drive the statutory audit to a clean report with no material adjustments.
  
• Review not prepare GST TDS PF PT and income tax positions; own tax planning and structuring as the company grows.
  
• Own insurance cover commercial contract review and the risk register.
  

Team and systems

• Mentor the Accounts Manager deliberately toward controller-level capability and hire and build the layer below.
  
• Own the finance side of the ERP rollout and the shift from spreadsheets to a system of record.
  

What the first year looks like

• Months 612 data room current; debt facility negotiated; next years budget built bottom-up; a clean statutory audit.
  

What Were Looking For

Non-negotiables

• Integrity. This role carries banking authority payment approvals and the numbers we will put in front of investors and lenders. We reference-check carefully and expect complete transparency.
  

• Someone who opens the ledger. There is no team beneath you on day one beyond one Finance Manager. When a reconciliation is wrong you will find out why yourself.
  

• Ownership. We run on freedom and responsibility. Nobody will chase you for exchange you own the outcome you raise problems early and you never let something quietly fail.
  

• Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant (ICWA) with strong financial accounting depth.
  
• 5 years including genuine manufacturing costing experience you have built a costing model not consumed one.
  
• Ideally the second finance person in a small company or someone who built a function from a small base rather than the seventh in a large finance department.
  
• Preferred: exports and currency hedging; a funding round or bank diligence handled from the company side; ERP implementation;