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Role
Finance Director
Location
Hyderabad, TS, India
Job Type
Full-time & On-site
Category
Finance
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Role overview
Dhruva Space is seeking an experienced Finance Director to lead our financial operations. The ideal candidate must be a Chartered Accountant with a proven track record in financial management, preferably in a manufacturing environment. The role requires hands-on experience in an ERP setting, focusing on financial accounting, taxation, MIS & reporting, budgeting, and compliance. The candidate should be adept at working collaboratively with various internal and external stakeholders and possess strong leadership skills to manage a team.
Key responsibilities
- Conducting financial accounting in accordance with relevant GAAPs.
- Ensuring the timely closure of monthly and annual accounts.
- Reporting monthly financials to stakeholders, including the Board.
- Liaising with internal and statutory auditors to complete audits promptly.
- Preparing annual budgets, regular forecasts, cash flows, and monthly financial reports with variance analysis.
- Providing various financial reporting views, such as product-wise or project-wise P&Ls and department-wise reporting.
- Presenting and discussing financial performance with leadership, the Board, investors, and bankers.
- Leading initiatives in cost optimization and productivity improvements.
- Ensuring timely compliance with all regulatory requirements, including Income Tax, TDS, GST, PF, and Secretarial duties.
- Responding to demands, notices, and litigation from various authorities;
- Interacting with compliance consultants on various matters;
- Lead the finance team, attract and retain top talent, and strengthen finance processes with best practices for future readiness.
- Build internal models to ensure real-time and accurate financial information for all stakeholders.
- Collaborate closely with Products, Operations, Markets Teams, and external consultants to achieve optimal financial outcomes.
- Keep pace with the organization's growth by working across Accounting, Treasury, and Reporting functions.
- Over time, develop specialized knowledge of the industry and operational environment in which the company operates.
Candidate requirements
- Chartered Accountant with 12-15 years of post-qualification experience,
- Experience in a start-up environment and a large manufacturing organization is preferable
- Knowledge and experience in Secretarial matters.
- Experience in Investment and Fund Raising.
- Strong understanding of financial concepts and operations related to controllers and tax functions.
- Mandatory certification in US GAAP & IFRS.
- Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
- Hands-on experience with reporting tools like Hyperion, PowerBI, DOMO, Alteryx, TLM, and ERP.
- Preferred knowledge in controls surrounding regulatory reporting, regulatory capital calculation and reporting, legal entity financial reporting, and tax reporting.
- Enthusiastic, self-starter, detail-oriented with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and strong verbal and written communication abilities.
- Willingness to continuously learn and operate across various functions.
- Interest in the space tech industry and digital assets.
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