Controllership Manager

Exponent Energy; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Exponent Energy is building the EV charging ecosystem in India. The Controllership role oversees financial accounting, statutory compliance, audits, internal controls and reporting to ensure accurate and scalable financial processes.

As a key finance partner, you will drive closing cycles, tax compliance, audits, cost controls, and system improvements, mentoring junior staff and coordinating with external consultants and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes
• Ensure accounting in compliance with Ind AS
• Review journal entries, provisions, accruals, and reconciliations
• Maintain strong balance sheet hygiene including AR, AP, inventory, and provisions
• Ensure compliance with GST, TDS, Income Tax, PF, ESI, and other statutory requirements
• Lead statutory, tax, internal, and special audits
• Oversee inventory accounting and valuation across warehouses
• Prepare and review management MIS and variance analysis
• Support leadership with insights on margins, costs, and working capital
• Drive automation and improvements in ERP and accounting systems
• Mentor and manage junior finance team members

Job description

Our philosophy: Break. Believe. Build

Break stuff. Break assumptions. Break the thumb rule.
Believe in the team. Believe in the process. Believe through failures.
Build fast. Build passionately. Build to simplify.

Role Overview

The Controllership role is responsible for financial accounting, statutory compliance, audits, internal controls, and financial reporting. The role works closely with business, operations, and leadership teams to ensure accuracy, compliance, and scalability of financial processes.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Accounting & Closing:

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes
• Ensure accounting in compliance with Ind AS
• Review journal entries, provisions, accruals, and reconciliations
• Maintain strong balance sheet hygiene including AR, AP, inventory, and provisions

2. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with GST, TDS, Income Tax, PF, ESI, and other statutory requirements
• Manage GST filings, reconciliations, audits, and notices
• Support income tax assessments and regulatory filings

3. Audit & Governance:

• Lead statutory, tax, internal, and special audits
• Act as SPOC for auditors and consultants
• Strengthen internal financial controls and SOPs
• Identify control gaps and drive remediation

4. Inventory & Cost Controls

• Oversee inventory accounting and valuation across warehouses
• Ensure accurate COGS, landed cost, and returns accounting
• Partner with supply chain and operations to improve inventory controls

5. Financial Reporting & MIS:

• Prepare and review management MIS and variance analysis
• Support leadership with insights on margins, costs, and working capital
• Assist with board reporting, investor reporting, and due diligence

6. Systems & Process Improvement:

• Drive automation and improvements in ERP and accounting systems
• Improve scalability and efficiency of finance processes

7. Team & Stakeholder Management:

• Mentor and manage junior finance team members
• Coordinate with external consultants, banks, and internal stakeholders
• Act as a finance partner to business teams

About Us

Exponent simplifies energy for EVs.

Co-founded by Arun Vinayak (Ather Energy’s Founding Partner & Former Chief Product Officer) and Sanjay Byalal (Former hardware strategic sourcing and cell strategy lead, Ather and Former Supply Chain Lead, HUL), Exponent focuses on solving two sides of the energy problem by building the e^pump (charging station) and e^pack (battery pack) which together unlock 15-min rapid charging.

The 200+ strong team of passionate builders have a ton of EV experience and are currently looking for more builders to join one of the best EV teams in India to build & scale Exponent.