Chief Financial Officer – CA Euphoriea Intelligence

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute is seeking a seasoned Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance function for a fast-scaling FMCG business in Bengaluru, with Chennai/Mangalore/Manipal exposure. The role is hands‑on, building robust controls, processes and working‑capital discipline while partnering with the CEO on unit economics and channel profitability.

You will own FP&A, treasury, accounting, compliance and reporting, driving close with SAP and ensuring clean books as growth accelerates.

Qualifications

• CA with 10–15 years of progressive finance experience in FMCG/consumer brands.
• Experience in high-growth or early-stage environments where finance had to be built.
• Strong working knowledge of Ind AS, GST and statutory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own the financial planning, budgeting, rolling forecasts and variance analysis.
• Build contribution and profitability analytics by SKU, channel and customer; support pricing decisions.
• Drive working capital management, cash-flow forecasting and funding coordination with the group.
• Strengthen close processes and master data integrity; drive SAP maturity and reconciliations.
• Deliver board-ready MIS and governance reporting to CEO and Group CFO Office.

Skills

Finance leadership

Business partnering

Analytical skills

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Location: Bangalore / Mangalore or Manipal

Reports to: CEO, with a functional/dotted line to the Group CFO Office

Role Summary

The CFO will own the finance function of a fast-scaling FMCG business operating primarily through modern trade, e-commerce, and quick-commerce channels. This is a hands‑on, build‑oriented role: as much about installing robust processes, controls, and working‑capital discipline as about reporting. The CFO is expected to be a true business partner to the CEO on unit economics, pricing, channel profitability, while ensuring clean books, timely compliance, and transparent reporting into the group.

Key Responsibilities

Financial planning & business partnering

• Own the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, and monthly variance analysis and frame forward actions.
• Build and maintain SKU-, channel-, and customer-level contribution and profitability analytics; support pricing, promotion, and listing decisions with rigorous unit economics.
• Drive the path-to-breakeven agenda, including realistic BEP modelling.

Working capital & cash management

• Take end-to-end ownership of working capital – inventory, receivables, and payables – with particular focus on inventory ageing, warehouse controls, and write-off risk.
• Manage quick-commerce economics, including returns (RTV) dynamics, reconciliations with marketplace platforms (Amazon, Blinkit, and others), and cash‑cycle optimisation.
• Prepare accurate cash-flow forecasts and manage funding requirements in coordination with the group.

Controls, systems & processes

• Strengthen the finance control environment; close process gaps across order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and inventory accounting.
• Drive SAP maturity – ensure master data integrity, correct transaction flows, and reliable month‑end close.
• Establish standardised reconciliations across marketplaces, warehouses, and the general ledger.

Accounting, compliance & reporting

• Ensure books are maintained in accordance with Ind AS, with correct revenue recognition (including quick-commerce returns and variable consideration under Ind AS 115).
• Manage statutory compliance across GST, TDS, Companies Act, and other applicable regulations; own audit readiness and lead the statutory audit.
• Deliver timely, board‑ready MIS and performance reviews to the CEO and the MTL Group CFO Office.

Governance & stakeholder management

• Serve as the primary finance interface with the group corporate finance function on reporting, investment oversight, and governance matters.
• Support fundraising, investor/lender interactions, and any strategic transactions as required.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• CA
• 10-15 years of progressive finance experience, with a meaningful portion in FMCG / consumer brands.
• Demonstrated experience in a high‑growth or early‑stage environment where the finance function had to be built rather than inherited.
• Strong working knowledge of e‑commerce and quick‑commerce channel economics and reconciliations.
• Hands‑on command of Ind AS, GST, and statutory compliance.
• Proven ERP experience (SAP preferred), including driving process and system improvements.

Preferred Attributes

• Comfort operating in a resource‑constrained, working‑capital‑tight environment.
• Strong analytical and modelling skills paired with commercial judgment.
• Ability to work within a group/holding‑company structure and reconcile local agility with group governance standards.
• Bias for controls and clean data; low tolerance for reconciliation gaps.