Require a Finance Controller in Bengaluru

TestHiring; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

TestHiring is seeking a Finance Controller for Bengaluru to lead monthly close, costing, treasury, tax and risk management in a manufacturing context.

You will own the end-to-end financial processes, build costing models, optimize working capital, manage banking relationships, and mentor the finance team as the company scales. The role emphasizes ownership, integrity, and proactive problem solving in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant or ICWA with strong financial accounting depth.
• Minimum 5 years in manufacturing costing; built costing models.
• Experience as second finance person in a small company.
• Prefer exports and currency hedging; ERP implementation experience.

Responsibilities

• Close the books by working day 5, every month, against a checklist.
• Design segregation of duties, the approval matrix and delegation of authority.
• Own inventory valuation across raw material, WIP, finished goods and packing material, and its reconciliation to the books.
• Build product-wise costing: landed cost per kg of pupae, conversion cost per MT, yield and loss accounting, and contribution margin for LoopMeal and LoopOil by customer and geography.
• Publish margin by product monthly, and explain every movement in it.
• Own the annual budget and monthly budget-versus-actual review with plant and procurement teams.
• Own a rolling cash flow and the working capital cycle; manage banking relationships and debt terms.
• Own currency exposure on export receivables; hedging policy and documentation.
• Build data room for due diligence; own financial model and compliance reporting.
• Drive statutory audit to a clean report; review GST, TDS, PF, PT and income tax positions.
• Own ERP rollout finance workstream; mentor Accounts Manager toward controller level.

Skills

Manufacturing costing

Cost accounting depth

Ledger management

ERP rollout

Education

Chartered Accountant

Cost Accountant (ICWA)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Require a Finance Controller in Bengaluru

Bangalore North, India | Posted on 08/27/2026

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Job Description

Controls and the monthly close

• Close the books by working day 5, every month, against a checklist.
  
• Design segregation of duties, the approval matrix and delegation of authority;
  
• Own inventory valuation across raw material, WIP, finished goods and packing material, and its reconciliation to the books.
  

Costing and unit economics

• Build product-wise costing: landed cost per kg of pupae, conversion cost per MT, yield and loss accounting, and contribution margin for LoopMeal and LoopOil by customer and geography.
  
• Publish margin by product monthly, and be able to explain every movement in it.
  
• Own the annual budget and the monthly budget-versus-actual review, built with the plant and procurement teams rather than for them.
  

Cash, treasury and working capital

• Own a rolling cash flow and the working capital cycle, each against a stated target.
  
• Manage banking relationships and the cost of debt — negotiate terms rather than accept them.
  
• Own currency exposure on export receivables: hedging policy, booking discipline and realisation against booked rate, plus export incentives and documentation.
  

Capital and lenders

• Build and hold the data room so that we are diligence-ready before diligence begins.
  
• Own the financial model, the diligence response, covenant negotiation and compliance reporting.
  

Compliance, audit and risk

• Drive the statutory audit to a clean report with no material adjustments.
  
• Review — not prepare — GST, TDS, PF, PT and income tax positions; own tax planning and structuring as the company grows.
  
• Own insurance cover, commercial contract review and the risk register.
  

Team and systems

• Mentor the Accounts Manager deliberately toward controller-level capability, and hire and build the layer below.
  
• Own the finance side of the ERP rollout and the shift from spreadsheets to a system of record.
  

What the first year looks like

• Months 6–12 — data room current; debt facility negotiated; next year's budget built bottom-up; a clean statutory audit.
  

What We're Looking For

• Integrity. This role carries banking authority, payment approvals and the numbers we will put in front of investors and lenders. We reference-check carefully and expect complete transparency.
  
• Someone who opens the ledger. There is no team beneath you on day one beyond one Finance Manager. When a reconciliation is wrong, you will find out why yourself.
  
• Ownership. We run on freedom and responsibility. Nobody will chase you for updates. In exchange, you own the outcome, you raise problems early, and you never let something quietly fail.
  

Requirements

• Chartered Accountant, or Cost Accountant (ICWA) with strong financial accounting depth.
  
• 5+ years, including genuine manufacturing costing experience — you have built a costing model, not consumed one.
  
• Ideally the second finance person in a small company, or someone who built a function from a small base, rather than the seventh in a large finance department.
  
• Preferred: exports and currency hedging; a funding round or bank diligence handled from the company side; ERP implementation;