Finance Manager

Disseqt AI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Disseqt AI is seeking a hands-on Finance Manager to own the finance function across multiple geographies, including UK-based subsidiary. You will partner with founders on strategic decisions, and direct day-to-day compliance, reporting, and controllership with auditors and regulators.

You will drive annual budgets, build scalable financial models, and manage international transactions and tax planning to support rapid AI startup growth.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in finance, accounting, or controllership roles.
• Strong knowledge of tax laws, compliance, and RBI regulations.
• Experience handling cross-border finance for Indian and EU/US entities.

Responsibilities

• Own budgeting, forecasts, and variance analysis across geographies.
• Build financial models for revenue, burn, and runway; manage CAC and margins.
• Lead bookkeeping, reconciliations, reporting, and audits with teams.
• Ensure tax planning and compliance across India, Ireland, and UK.
• Oversee cross-border payments, intercompany transactions, and regulatory filings.

Skills

Tax laws & compliance

Cross-border finance

Financial modeling

Accounting software

Financial reporting

Automation of financial systems

Tools

Zoho Books

QuickBooks

Tally

Job description

Disseqt AI is building the AI Assurance category : the layer that sits between agentic AI and the risk functions that have to answer for it. Regulated enterprises across finance, insurance, and healthcare are shipping AI agents faster than their governance stacks can keep up. We give compliance and security teams continuous testing, real-time monitoring, and audit-ready evidence across the full deployment lifecycle, so "we think it's fine" becomes "here's the proof."

We're a lean, fast-moving team with operations in Bengaluru, San Francisco, and Dublin. We've already partnered with the likes of HCLTech, Microsoft, Tata Technologies, and Infosys to bring trustworthy agentic AI into production for regulated industries. Our customers cut AI testing time from weeks to days. We hold ourselves to the same standard of rigour internally.

About the Role

We're looking for a hands-on Finance Manager to take full ownership of the finance function at Disseqt AI. This is a high-impact role for someone who wants to work directly with the Founders and leadership team on strategic financial decisions, while also managing the day-to-day rigor of compliance, reporting, and controllership across multiple geographies and entities, including our UK-based subsidiary.

What You'll Own

• Drive the annual budget and rolling forecasts, tracking actuals vs. plan and flagging variances before they become surprises.
• Build the financial models that power our growth: revenue, burn, and runway across SKUs (Managed SaaS, Enterprise Deployment) and GTM partners. Own unit economics (CAC, ARR/SKU, contract margins) end to end.
• Model deal economics on GSI-led contracts and POC-to-conversion revenue; build scenario models (best/base/worst) that fuel real planning and fundraise conversations.
• Keep the books clean: bookkeeping, reconciliations, reporting, and lead the accounts team and auditors who make it happen.
• Own compliance across India, Ireland, and UK entities (GST, TDS, ROC, VAT and beyond); weigh in on entity structuring and transfer pricing as we scale globally.

Budgeting & Financial Planning

• Turn forecasts, cash flow, and P&L into decisions the founders can act on.
• Find cost efficiencies and tighten financial operations as we grow fast.
• Be a key player in fundraising, diligence, and investor reporting, and a trusted voice on scalability and expansion strategy.

Tax & Compliance

• Tax planning to optimize liabilities across borders.
• Build the financial guardrails that keep us moving fast without breaking things.

Reporting & Governance

• Own the monthly Investor MIS: make it sharp, accurate, on time.
• Team up with auditors and legal to keep governance rock-solid.

International Transactions

• Run cross-border payments and intercompany transactions like clockwork, with clean forex handling (conversion, hedging, gains/losses).
• Stay ahead of FEMA, FDI/ODI, EDPMS/IDPMS, and LRS regulations, plus transfer pricing, DTAA, and withholding tax.
• Be the go-to person banks and legal counsel call for smooth international money movement, and the radar for new-market regulatory shifts.

Audit Ownership

• Be THE point person for every audit (statutory, tax, internal) across every entity and geography.
• Keep us audit-ready 365 days a year, not just crunch week.
• Build real relationships with auditors and regulators across India, US, Ireland, and UK, and get ahead of issues before they're issues.

What You'll Get

• Full ownership of the finance function, no red tape.
• Direct line to the Founders on the calls that matter.
• A front-row seat building the finance backbone of a high-growth AI startup.

We need you to have

Experience and Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience in finance, accounting, or controllership roles.

Skills

• Strong understanding of tax laws, financial compliance, forex transactions and RBI compliance and corporate finance
• Cross-border experience managing financial operations for both Indian and EU, US -based entities (mandatory).
• Hands-on experience with accounting software such as Zoho Books, QuickBooks,Tally, etc..
• Analytical mindset with strong financial modeling and reporting skills.
• Experience with Track record of setting up financial systems and automations.