Financial Controller

IMA India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Unnati in Mumbai is recruiting a Financial Controller to oversee end-to-end financial management, regulatory reporting, payroll, audits, and internal controls. The role focuses on accurate billing, GST compliance, and timely financial closes for a growing D2C health and nutrition brand.

The ideal candidate holds a CA qualification with 3–5 years post-qualification experience, preferably in FMCG, and has strong knowledge of inventory and cost accounting, with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• CA qualification with 3–5 years post-qualification experience, preferably in FMCG.
• Strong understanding of inventory, warehouse, logistics.
• Experience in funded startup preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Handle end-to-end financial management and accounting including billing, regulatory and financial reporting, payroll, auditing, compliance.
• Develop internal control policies and procedures.
• Manage billing, accounting, and tax filings including GST and TDS.
• Coordinate audits including statutory, transfer pricing, GST, and income tax.
• Assist in budgeting and forecasting; ensure timely year-end closing.

Skills

Financial accounting

Revenue recognition

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Cost accounting

Education

CA qualification

Tools

Tally

Job description

Employer Unnati

Location Mumbai

Posted Jan 03, 2025

Closes Sep 22, 2026

Ref 3032212950

Role Controller / Financial Controller

Level Team Lead / Head

Certification Other

Work Mode Work from office

Hours Full Time

Organization Type Corporate

Our client is a D2C brand that produces specialty health and nutrition products. Launched in 2019, the healthcare startup today has over 100 products in the nutrition, wellness, and beauty space with a presence in more than 15 cities in the offline space as well as online through their own website and on all marketplaces. The company is founded by veterans in the D2C space and the pharma manufacturing space. Their lead investor is one of the largest conglomerates in India that has large businesses in FMCG and IT sectors. With a strong and investors backing it, the brand is witnessing a 25% month-on-month growth in their topline and is on track to be a 100 cr brand within the next 2 years.

As a Financial Controller, you will be responsible for end to end financial management and accounting of the company including billing, regulatory and financial reporting, payroll, auditing, compliance as well as development of internal control policies and procedures.

What You Will Do

• Handling all accounting operations including billing, cost accounting, inventory accounting, revenue recognition, accounts payable, accounts receivable etc
• Managing the generation of the annual budget and forecasts
• Checking Purchase order, Freight Inward, Outward and other expenses bills with their monthly reconciliation in Tally
• Ensuring inventories are suitably evaluated and slow moving inventories are liquidated on time
• Supporting year end closing activities
• Calculating all applicable taxes including GST and TDS
• Handling all types of audits including statutory audit, transfer pricing audit, GST audit, Income Tax audit etc.
• Complying with the government reporting requirements and tax filings

Candidate Profile

What you need to have:

• CA Qualification with overall 3 to 5 years of experience post-qualification preferably in FMCG companies
• Solid understanding of physical products like inventory, warehouse, logistics
• Experience in funded startup preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Skills:- Financial accounting, Revenue recognition, Accounts payable, Accounts receivable and cost accounting