Lead Finance Controller

Plum; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Plum, an employee insurance and health benefits platform, is hiring a Lead Finance Controller in Bengaluru. You will own the month-end close, GST and tax compliance, and coordinate audits, driving accuracy and rigour in financial reporting for a fast-growing insurtech.

This hands-on role is ideal for a CA with 2–3 years post-articleship who thrives in a high-ownership environment, manages reconciliations, and partners with RevOps/FP&A on strategic reporting. Indian GAAP knowledge a plus.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA with 2–3 years post-articleship experience.
• Experience completing at least one full statutory audit.
• Hands-on monthly book closure and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end month-end close including journals and revenue recognition.
• Own bank, GST, TDS, and intercompany reconciliations with documentation.
• Coordinate GST & direct-tax compliance and liaise with external consultants.
• Support statutory audits as primary internal contact.
• Maintain balance-sheet schedules and Indian GAAP alignment.
• Identify control gaps and drive process improvements; explore automation.
• Collaborate with RevOps and FP&A on reporting inputs.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ownership mindset

Fast-paced environment

Excel proficiency

Education

CA (Chartered Accountant) with 2-3 years post articleship

Tools

Zoho Books

Excel

ERP familiarity

Job description

Plum is an employee insurance and health benefits platform focused on making health insurance simple, accessible, and inclusive for modern organisations. Healthcare in India is seeing a phenomenal shift — healthcare cost inflation is running at 3x the general inflation rate, and a majority of Indians cannot afford health insurance on their own. As many as 600 million Indians will likely depend on employer-sponsored insurance, and Plum is on a mission to serve 10 million lives by FY2030, through companies that care. Plum is backed by Tiger Global and Peak XV Partners.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Lead Finance Controller, you will be a core member of Plum's finance function — owning the month-end close, keeping GST and tax compliance watertight, and working closely with the Finance Controller on statutory audits and controllership priorities. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role: you will be deep in the books, driving accuracy and rigour across our financial reporting. It is an ideal fit for a high-ownership CA who wants full-cycle finance exposure inside a fast-growing insurtech.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

• Monthly book closure: Drive end-to-end month-end close — journals, provisions, accruals, prepaids, and revenue recognition — with clean, on-time delivery.
• Reconciliations: Own bank, customer, GST, TDS, and intercompany reconciliations with full documentation.
• GST & direct-tax compliance: Review GST returns, TDS workings, and coordination with external tax consultants; flag and resolve exceptions proactively.
• Statutory audit support: Serve as the primary internal point of contact for statutory auditors — schedules, queries, and sign-off support.
• Balance-sheet integrity: Maintain and review BS schedules; ensure accounting treatments are aligned with Indian GAAP.
• Process & controls: Identify control gaps and drive process improvements; bonus if you can layer in automation or AI tooling.
• Cross-functional partnering: Collaborate with RevOps and FP&A on reporting inputs and business queries.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Must-haves

• Qualified CA with 2–3 years of post-articleship experience.
• Completed at least one full statutory audit engagement — as preparer or in-charge.
• Hands-on monthly book closure experience.
• Working knowledge of GST (direct and indirect) and TDS.
• Proficiency in Excel; familiarity with any ERP (Zoho Books is a plus, not a gate).
• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and comfort with a fast-moving environment.

Good to have

• Internal audit exposure — even one engagement will set you apart.
• Experience from a practice background where you owned client deliverables end-to-end.
• Background in product, SaaS, fintech, or similar sectors (industry is open; no hard preference).
• Bias toward fixing things, not just flagging them.