Finance & Accounts - Chartered Accountant, Sign 3

Cedar Management Consulting International LLC; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Competitive cash compensation

ESOP grant with clear vesting schedule

Job summary

Cedar Management Consulting International LLC is looking for a Finance & Accounts - Chartered Accountant to oversee financial operations as the company scales. The role involves monthly financial closings, compliance, and financial modeling, requiring a strong SaaS or FinTech accounting background and at least 4-6 years of post-qualification experience.

The ideal candidate will help shape the finance function in a rapidly growing environment and contribute significantly to the company's financial strategy.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of post-qualification experience, ideally including Big-4 audit and a venture-backed startup.
• Experience with revenue recognition under Ind AS 115.
• Worked through at least one equity round on the company side.

Responsibilities

• Monthly close within 7 working days including revenue recognition.
• Prepare monthly MIS and board pack with critical financial metrics.
• Maintain an organized data room for investor diligence.

Skills

Qualified Chartered Accountant

SaaS or FinTech accounting background

Strong Excel and financial modelling

Accounting stack fluency

Clear writing and composure

Education

Qualified Chartered Accountant

Tools

Zoho

Tally

QuickBooks

Job description

Job Description

About Company: Sign3 Labs builds an AI-native fraud and customer intelligence platform for Indian Financial Services. We are a venture-backed company working with major banks, NBFCs, small finance banks, enterprises and FinTechs across India.

We are past product-market fit on our core offering and are scaling commercially. Headcount is small but expanding across engineering, data science, GTM and operations.

Role

Finance & Accounts - Chartered Accountant

Roles & Responsibilities

Controllership and close

• Monthly close in ≤ 7 working days. Revenue recognition (SaaS + usage-based), deferred revenue, accrued revenue, vendor accruals, payroll, reimbursements, capitalisation policy.
• Books and books of record: Own the chart of accounts, ledgers and the accounting tool (currently Zoho/Tally - your call on whether we migrate). Keep a clean, audit-ready trail.
• Statutory compliance: GST, TDS, PF/ESIC, PT, advance tax, ROC filings, transfer pricing if/when applicable. No surprises, no late fees.
• Audits: Statutory, tax and internal audits end-to-end. Client-led financial due-diligence and vendor assessments from banks are a normal part of the job and should be handled calmly.

FP&A and founder-facing work

• Monthly MIS and board pack: Revenue bridge, cohort-level ARR, gross margin, burn, runway, cash conversion, KPI dashboard. Turns around in ≤ 5 working days after close.
• Rolling 18-month plan: Own the model. Own the sensitivities. Founders should be able to ask "what if we hire six more engineers and delay the next round by a quarter?" and get an answer the same afternoon.
• Unit economics: CAC, payback, LTV/CAC, contribution margin by client segment. The number everyone quotes should be the one you computed.
• Pricing and deal desk: Sit with the sales team on large bank and FinTech deals. Model the commercial, pressure-test MSA terms (payment cycles, LD clauses, pass-through costs), flag anything that quietly damages gross margin.

Fundraising, investor and board

• Data room: Keep it live and pristine - cap table, financials, KPIs, contracts, compliance, policies. Diligence should take days, not weeks.
• Monthly investor update: Draft the numbers section; partner with founders on commentary.
• Cap table and ESOP: Cap-table hygiene, pool management, grant letters, exercise/vesting tracking, 409A-equivalent valuation exercises and related-party disclosures.

Controls, treasury and vendors

• Expense and procurement controls: Approval matrix, corporate-card policy, vendor onboarding and KYC. Controls that a bank auditor would nod at without slowing the business down.
• Treasury: Cash and liquidity across operating and FD accounts, FX for overseas spend, basic hedging where it matters.
• Payroll and vendor payments: On time, every cycle.

Required Skills

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 4-6 years of post-qualification experience, ideally a mix of Big-4 / tier-1 audit and an in-house role at a venture-backed startup.
• Strong SaaS or FinTech accounting background. Revenue recognition under Ind AS 115 for SaaS and usage-based contracts is second nature.
• Real fundraising exposure. You have worked through at least one equity round on the company side - data room, DD, SHA/SSA schedules, closing mechanics.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling. You can build a clean three-statement model and a cohort/ARR waterfall from scratch.
• Accounting stack fluency. Tally, Zoho Books or QuickBooks at the very least; bonus if you have run a migration or an ERP evaluation.
• Clear writing and composure. You can say "no" to a founder with a number, and walk an investor through a miss without flinching.

Strong plus

• Experience working with a B2B company whose customers are banks or NBFCs - you understand their procurement, vendor risk and payment cycles.
• Exposure to vendor/data-privacy compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, DPDP Act readiness) from the finance side.
• Experience with Carta / equity-management tools and ESOP administration.
• A view on what a finance function should look like at 50 people vs 200 people, and how to hire towards it.

What We Offer

• Competitive cash compensation and a meaningful ESOP grant with a clear vesting schedule.
• Health insurance for you and your family.
• The chance to build a finance function from the ground up at a company that is already revenue-generating - not from zero, but from something worth shaping.