Senior Finance Manager (Controllership)

BiteSpeed; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Quarterly Off-sites

Cult Fitness Membership

Personal Development

Salary In Advance

Job summary

BiteSpeed is building a high-growth treasury function as it scales from $10M to $50M ARR. This hands-on role leads end-to-end controllership and day-to-day finance operations, collaborating with the CEO, leadership, auditors, banks, and external partners.

You’ll own accounting, vendor payments, payroll, statutory compliance, and banking relationships, driving structure and discipline in a scaling SaaS startup.

Qualifications

• 3–8 years of experience in core controllership, accounting, or finance operations.
• Hands-on with AP, AR, cash flows, compliance, audits, and vendor payments end-to-end.
• Experience with outsourced partners while owning final accountability.
• Experience building finance function in scaling SaaS startups.
• Comfort with getting into the weeds and bringing structure to ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end controllership and day-to-day financial operations, including accounting, vendor payments, refunds, collections and reconciliations.
• Manage Accounts Payables & Receivables with accurate invoicing and cash collections.
• Drive cash flow management with forecasting, burn monitoring, and working capital optimization.
• Lead cost optimisation, vendor negotiations, and spend reviews.
• Oversee salary processing and payroll with outsourced partners.
• Ensure GST, PF, PT compliance and timely filings with outsourced teams.
• Own banking relationships, documentation, and liaise with lenders.
• Lead audit management with a Big 4 firm during statutory, internal, and external audits.
• Act as a key stakeholder manager with internal teams, auditors, banks, investors, and consultants.

Skills

Controllership

AP/AR

Cash flow

Vendor negotiations

Audits

SaaS accounting

Finance ops

Payroll

Tools

GST compliance

Payroll outsourcing

Big 4 audits

Job description

Hey there! We are a Sequoia-backed SaaS startup building an AI-native Marketing, Support & Sales suite for e-commerce brands.

We’re currently working with 3000+ e-commerce brands globally across 50+ countries and are fortunate to have raised $5.5M+ along the journey with marquee investors like Sequoia Capital India, Kunal Shah, Gaurav Munjal & more backing us.

Check out more about us here - https://www.bitespeed.co/ and do read through our 200+ odd 5-star reviews to get a sense of what our customers say about us here - https://apps.shopify.com/bitespeed-fb-messenger-chatbot (we openly brag about this)

We’ve had some solid investors back us (making it easier for you to stalk us since you’d do this anyway):-

• BiteSpeed Raises USD 3.5M Funding, Led by Peak XV’s Surge- https://www.businesswireindia.com/e-commerce-ai-startup-bitespeed-raises-usd-3-5m-funding-led-by-peak-xvs-surge-92455.html
• E-commerce AI start-up BiteSpeed raises $3.5 million funding led by Peak XV’s Surge- https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/e-commerce-ai-start-up-bitespeed-raises-35-million-funding-led-by-peak-xvs-surge/article68863058.ece
• BiteSpeed Raises $1.9 Million Seed Funding From Sequoia India's Surge- https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/business-news/bitespeed-raises-19-million-seed-funding-from-sequoia/418414

About the role

This role is about safeguarding and scaling a fast-growing treasury. As we move from $10M → $50M ARR over the next few years, we’re looking for someone who can bring strong controllership discipline early, and help build a finance backbone that scales cleanly with the business.

You’ll own end-to-end controllership and day-to-day finance operations, working closely with the CEO, leadership team, auditors, banks, and external partners. This is a hands-on role where you’ll go deep into numbers, processes, and compliance — not just review from a distance.

What you’ll do

• Own end-to-end controllership and financial operations, including day-to-day accounting, vendor payments, refunds, collections, and reconciliations.
• Manage Accounts Payables & Receivables, ensuring timely vendor payouts, accurate invoicing, and efficient cash collections.
• Drive cash flow management, including forecasting, monitoring burn, and optimising working capital.
• Partner with the leaders on cost optimisation initiatives, including vendor negotiations and spend reviews.
• Oversee salary processing and payroll, working closely with an outsourced payroll partner.
• Ensure statutory compliance across GST, PF, PT, including reviewing and validating work done by outsourced teams and ensuring timely filings.
• Own banking relationships, including account operations, documentation, and coordination with lenders or financial partners.
• Lead audit management — coordinating with a Big 4 audit firm during statutory, internal, and external audits.
• Act as a key stakeholder manager, working with internal teams, auditors, banks, investors, and external consultants.

What makes you a good fit

• 3–8 years of experience in core controllership, accounting, or finance operations.
• Strong hands‑on experience managing AP, AR, cash flows, compliances, audits, and vendor payments end‑to‑end.
• Comfortable working with outsourced partners (accounting, GST, payroll) while owning final accountability.
• Excited about building the finance function 0→1 in a scaling SaaS startup.
• You enjoy being a generalist, getting into the weeds, and bringing structure to ambiguity.
• Experience with SaaS accounting or startup environments is a strong plus.

Salary and Location

Expected CTC: We pay top of market for the right folks and also offer generous equity (ESOP) to everyone in the team

Our Way Of Life - https://www.notion.so/bitespeed/Way-Of-Life-At-BiteSpeed-44d9b9614d9641419da910189b1e9f8e.

Our Purpose

At BiteSpeed, work is personal. You could blame this on us being existential, but most of us are spending the best years of our lives doing this and we want to be purposeful about the kind of workplace we’re trying to create.

Our purpose is about why we’re here and what we care about:-

• Personal Transformation
• Wealth Creation
• Winning Together

Our Values

Our values are about how we do what we do. Values define the right thing to do. We hire, reward and sometimes have to let go based on our values.

We have 5 core values:-

• Go Above And Beyond
• Making Things Happen
• Say It Like It Is
• Progress Over Perfection
• Don’t Take Yourself Seriously, Take Your Work Seriously

Small things we’ve done to ensure we take care of our wellness, learning & keep things fun:-

• Health Insurance - Health insurance cover and accident coverage for extra cushion and mental peace when rainy days hit us.
• Quarterly Off-sites - Quarterly off-sites are a core part of the BiteSpeed culture. Our off-sites range from intense quarter planning sessions to crazy mafia nights and competitive cricket matches (with a lot of trash talking).
• Cult Fitness Membership - All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. Cult Fit and Cult Play passes to make sure we hit the gym more often.
• Personal Development - We sponsor courses, conference tickets, books on a case to case basis to ensure we’re constantly growing.
• Salary In Advance - Trust first, by default. We pay out salaries in the first week of the month.