Finance Controller – FMCG/Consumer – CA Native

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute is seeking a Finance Controller in Mumbai to own the complete finance function end-to-end. You will partner with founders and leadership to drive governance, controls, and scalable processes.

Responsibilities include FP&A, budgeting, fund management, and building a robust controllership framework for an FMCG manufacturing setup.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA with 10–15+ years of finance experience.
• Hands-on expertise in FP&A, budgeting, and fund/cash flow management.
• Experience leading a finance team and managing end-to-end operations.
• Experience in consumer FMCG and manufacturing environments is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Take over the finance function from founders and own day-to-day finance operations.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and rolling financial plans.
• Manage cash flows, liquidity planning, and capital allocation.
• Oversee accounting, compliance, audits, and taxation.
• Improve finance systems, SOPs, and reporting structures.
• Support ERP deployment and scalable finance processes.
• Supervise an eight-member finance team and set performance standards.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Fund management

Controllership

Team leadership

Education

CA (Chartered Accountant)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

About the role:

Our client is a fast growing FMCG firm. The founders currently manage the finance function. As the business scales, the company is now looking to bring in a Finance Controller who can take complete ownership of the finance function and manage it end-to-end.

The Finance Controller will be responsible for finance operations, financial planning & analysis, budgeting, and fund management, while building strong processes and controls.

Key Responsibilities:

1. End-to-End Ownership of Finance:

• Take over complete responsibility for the finance function from the founders.
• Own day-to-day finance operations, reporting, and governance.
• Act as the primary finance partner to founders and leadership.

2. Financial Planning, Budgeting & FP&A:

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and rolling financial plans.
• Build and institutionalize FP&A and MIS frameworks.
• Track margins, costs, working capital, and profitability.
• Provide forward-looking insights to support business decisions.

3. Fund Management & Treasury:

• Manage cash flows, liquidity planning, and working capital.
• Drive discipline in fund utilization and capital allocation.
• Support leadership with financial preparedness for future fundraising.

4. Finance Operations & Controllership:

• Oversee accounting, compliance, audits, and taxation.
• Strengthen financial controls, SOPs, and processes.

5. Ensure accurate accounting for:

• In-house manufacturing.
• Contract / third-party manufacturers.

6. Systems & Process Building:

• Improve and formalize finance systems and reporting structures.
• Work with existing ERP and support migration to a more scalable platform.
• Ensure finance processes are audit-ready and scalable.

7. Team Leadership:

• Manage and develop a finance team of 8 members.
• Set structure, accountability, and performance standards.
• Provide supervisory oversight to plant finance teams.

Candidate Profile:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 10 to 15+ years of relevant finance experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Budgeting & forecasting.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Fund / cash flow management.
• Experience managing end-to-end finance operations.

Preferred Background:

• Experience in consumer / FMCG businesses.
• Exposure and understanding of General Trade (GT) and Modern Trade (MT) models.
• Experience in manufacturing environments (plant and/or contract manufacturing).
• Experience in founder-led or fast-growing organizations is a strong plus.