Associate Director - Controllership

Licious; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Licious, a Bengaluru-based meat and seafood company, invites a seasoned Chartered Accountant to lead comprehensive financial operations, accounting processes, and reporting for the group. You will oversee monthly and annual financial statements under Ind AS, audits, and financial coordination with investors and external consultants.

The role requires strong accounting fundamentals, integrity, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant with 8-10 years of post-qualification experience, preferably with one of the Big 4s.
• Strong accounting and reporting fundamentals with hands-on experience in multiple formats.
• Self-starter with hunger to learn and deliver meaningful improvements.
• Integrity in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others.
• Strong analytical skills linking financial results to performance drivers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to simplify complex issues.
• Adaptable and flexible, open to change and ambiguity.
• Proficient with MS Office, Oracle, and inventory/WMS systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage all financial operations of the company headquartered in Bangalore.
• Develop and manage processes for accounting and reporting.
• Ensure books and ledgers are properly maintained and updated.
• Prepare financial reports of the Group, including standalone, subsidiaries and consolidated statements under Ind AS monthly and annually.
• Lead annual statutory, tax, due-diligence and other audits and ensure timelines are met.
• Coordinate fund-raise activities including funding documentation and diligence.
• Implement, monitor, and audit ICOFR including GITC and ITAC controls.
• Act as technical expert for various accounting matters and engage with external consultants, auditors, and investors.
• Lead monthly MIS-FS preparation and reporting to stakeholders.
• Lead cost review and reporting, including finalization of ARDs for stakeholders.
• Chair/drive ERP implementation charter for the Group.
• Coordinate with tech/product teams to enhance reporting across functions.
• Lead SOP implementations across processes with timely reviews.
• Lead Insurance charter for the Group.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strong accounting and reporting

Verbal and written communication

Integrity

Self-starter

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

MS Office

Oracle

Inventory / WMS systems

Job description

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being India’s most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country delighting over 32 lac customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!

Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…

Have you got an appetite for awesome?

• Managing all financial operations of the company headquartered in Bangalore
• To Develop/manage processes for accounting and reporting
• Ensuring accounting books and ledgers are properly maintained and updated;
• Preparing financial reports of the Group, including standalone, subsidiaries and consolidated financial statements under Ind AS on a monthly and annual basis.
• Leading the annual statutory / tax / due diligence / other audits of the Group entities on the ground and ensuring that timelines explained are adhered
• Responsibility towards the fund raise activities such as funding documentation, diligence and financial coordination
• Responsible for implementation, monitoring, and auditing of the ICOFR including GITC and ITAC controls
• Technical expert for the various existing and potential accounting matters. Lead the stakeholders relationship with external technical consultants, statutory auditors and investors on preparation, finalization and reporting of accounting memos across various matters.
• Leading the monthly MIS-FS preparation and reporting to the stakeholders
• Leading the cost review and reporting, including finalization of ARDs for stakeholders reporting
• Leading the finance ERP implementation charter for the Group
• Coordinating with the tech / product teams to enhance the reporting requirements across the functions
• Leading the SOP implementations across the processes and its adherence by timely review.
• Leading the Insurance charter for the Group

We hope that you...

• Are a Chartered Accountant with a minimum of 8-10 years of post qualification and a strong internship experience (preferably with one of the big 4's)
• Have strong accounting and reporting fundamentals and hands on experience with different accounting and reporting formats
• Are a self starter, who has the hunger to learn everyday, find newer problems to work on everyday and is patient enough to deliver those with the right mindset
• Have Integrity: accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others
• Have strong analytical skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner
• Are adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations; and
• Have strong knowledge and experience with MS office, Oracle, inventory / WMS systems.