Amberstudent – Chief Financial Officer – CA Amber

The Corporate Institute; Pune District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strong compensation and ESOPs

Open and inclusive environment

Job summary

Amber in Pune seeks a Chief Financial Officer to own finance end to end, partner with founders, and shape a multi-country operation's financial story and controls.

You will lead FP&A, treasury, tax, compliance across entities, manage fundraising, investor relations, and build scalable finance systems to support rapid growth and ambitious revenue targets.

Qualifications

• CA with 10+ years of experience, including at least 4 years leading a finance team.
• Experience in high-growth environments.
• Strong command of corporate finance and investor relations, with fundraising exposure.
• Deep knowledge of direct and indirect tax compliance across multi-entity and multi-currency operations.
• Analytical thinker who can defend assumptions and communicate clearly with founders and auditors.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual operating plan, long-range model, and monthly forecast with accountability across the business.
• Build unit economics by market and channel, and model pricing and growth scenarios.
• Lead fundraising efforts, board packs, investor updates, and banking relationships.
• Ensure statutory reporting, internal controls, treasury, and cross-border financial processes.

Skills

Financial planning & analysis

Investor relations

Tax compliance

Multi-entity operations

Cross-functional leadership

Education

CA (Chartered Accountant)

Job description

Designation – Chief Financial Officer

About the Company:

Amber is the world’s largest student accommodation marketplace, think Booking.com for student housing. We help students find and book long-term accommodation near their universities without the usual mess of negotiation, non-standard paperwork and broken payments. Today, we list 1M+ beds across 800+ universities, 250+ cities and 10 countries, and we are on track for $1B in annual gross bookings value by 2026. Amber is backed by marquee investors like Gaja Capital.

About the Role:

You will own finance end to end: the numbers we run the business on, the story we tell, and the controls and structures that hold a multi-country operation together. You will work directly with the founders and the leadership team.

Responsibilities:

Strategic finance and FP&A:

• – Own the annual operating plan, the long-range model and the monthly forecast, and hold the business accountable to them.
• – Build the unit economics view of the business: contribution margin by market, channel and supply type, cohort behaviour, payback and LTV/CAC.
• – Partner with Growth, Supply and Product on pricing, commission structures and market entry decisions, with the financial case behind each one.
• – Run capital allocation: where we spend, what we stop, and what returns we hold each function to.
• – Run any potential M&A transactions.

Fundraising and investor relations:

• – Run the fundraise round whenever comes end to end: model, narrative, data room, diligence, and support on term sheet negotiation.
• – Own the board pack, the quarterly investor update and the relationship with existing investors between rounds.
• – Build and maintain the debt and working capital options that suit the business and manage banking relationship.

Controllership, tax and global structuring:

• – Own accounting, monthly close, statutory reporting and the internal control environment across all entities.
• – Manage a multi-entity, multi-currency structure: transfer pricing, cross-border flows, FEMA and RBI compliance, and international tax exposure across our operating markets.
• – Own direct and indirect tax compliance, assessments and litigation, in India and in overseas jurisdictions.
• – Run treasury: cash flow, FX exposure, payment rails across markets, and the controls around all of it.
• – Coordinate statutory and internal audits, and hold clean, timely closes as a standard rather than an achievement.

Team and systems:

• – Lead a finance team which is already in place.
• – Whenever required hire and develop the finance team across FP&A, controllership and accounts.

Qualifications:

• – CA with 10+ years of experience, including at least 4 years leading a finance team.
• – Experience in a high-growth environment.
• – Strong command of corporate finance and investor relations, with real exposure to fundraising and diligence.
• – Depth in direct and indirect tax compliance, and comfort with multi-entity and multi-currency operations.
• – Analytical strength: you build the model yourself and can defend every assumption in it.
• – Clear communication with founders, board members, investors and auditors.

Good to have:

• – Experience taking a company through a Series B or later round.
• – Exposure to international entity setup, transfer pricing or overseas tax structuring.
• – Having built or replaced a finance system stack during a period of fast growth.

What you get from amber:

• – Fast-paced growth, with the room to skip intermediate levels.
• – Full ownership of the function and the authority that comes with it.
• – An open and inclusive environment.
• – Strong compensation and ESOPs.

Location: Pune

Experience: 10 – 17 Years (CA Mandatory)