Finance Operations Lead

Urja Communications; Pune District; On-site; INR 850,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Urja Communications in Pune is seeking a finance professional who will build the financial backbone of a growing company. You will work directly with the CEO to ensure finances are organized, compliant, and ready to support growth.

You will manage invoicing, GST/TDS compliance, reporting, budgeting, and cash flow, while building stronger systems and tighter controls as the business scales.

Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience in accounting, finance operations, or business finance.
• Experience in a services business, agency, consulting firm, technology company, or SME environment is a plus.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and statutory compliance requirements.
• Meticulous and commercially aware with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Raise and track client invoices.
• Monitor collections and follow up on receivables.
• Maintain accurate books of account and financial records.
• Coordinate GST, TDS, professional tax, and other statutory compliance requirements.
• Prepare management reports and MIS dashboards.
• Track profitability, project costs, and business performance metrics.
• Plan budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
• Help management understand where the business is making money and where it is losing it.

Skills

Accounting

Finance operations

Reporting & analytics

Excel

Tools

Tally

Job description

At Urja, we’re looking for a finance professional who wants to be more than a back-office function. We want someone who will help build the financial backbone of a growing company.

You’ll work directly with the CEO and play a central role in ensuring that our finances are organized, compliant, efficient, and ready to support growth.

If you’re meticulous, dependable, commercially aware, and take pride in getting the details right, we’d like to hear from you.

What the role encompasses:

Keep The Engine Running

• Raise and track client invoices.
• Monitor collections and follow up on receivables.
• Maintain accurate books of account and financial records.
• Ensure transactions are recorded correctly and on time.

Own Compliance

• Coordinate GST, TDS, professional tax, and other statutory compliance requirements.
• Work with external accountants, auditors, consultants, and regulatory professionals.
• Maintain documentation and records required for audits and filings.
• Ensure deadlines are never missed.

Build Financial Visibility

• Prepare management reports and MIS dashboards.
• Track profitability, project costs, and business performance metrics.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
• Help management understand where the business is making money and where it is losing it.

Manage Cash Intelligently

• Monitor cash flows and bank balances.
• Plan vendor payments and manage working capital.
• Maintain banking relationships and coordinate routine banking activities.
• Help ensure that the company always has financial clarity and control.

Help Build The Function

We’re not looking for someone to simply follow processes.

We’re looking for someone who can improve them.

As Urja grows, we want this person to help build stronger systems, tighter controls, better reporting, and a more sophisticated finance function.

Are You The One?

The Experience

• 3-7 years of experience in accounting, finance operations, or business finance.
• Experience in a services business, agency, consulting firm, technology company, or SME environment is a plus.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and statutory compliance requirements.

The Capability

You should be comfortable with:

• Accounting and bookkeeping
• GST and TDS compliance
• Financial reporting and MIS preparation
• Bank reconciliations
• Cash flow management
• Excel and spreadsheet modelling
• Experience with accounting software Tally is expected.