VP Finance I Copper Manufacturing | Base Metal | Nickel | CA

Wikilabs India; Bharuch District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 11,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wikilabs India is seeking a CFO to steer financial strategy across manufacturing, recycling operations, and trading/export activities. The role demands deep expertise in commodity-linked businesses, working capital optimization, and plant finance.

You will partner with promoters to shape growth, oversee capital expenditure, treasury, risk management, and governance, while building high-performing finance teams across HO and plants.

Qualifications

• CA or MBA in finance with strong leadership experience.
• 15-20 years of experience in metals, mining, recycling, manufacturing, or commodity trading.
• Proven ability to drive financial strategy and plant-level financial control.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term financial strategy and growth roadmap with promoters.
• Lead plant financing, P&L oversight, and margin analysis across sites.
• Manage working capital, treasury, and structured finance relationships.
• Oversee commercial finance, pricing discipline, and hedging where applicable.
• Ensure GST, tax, customs compliance and robust governance.
• Lead fundraising and investor data rooms when expansion is planned.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Working capital management

Commodity trading exposure

Plant finance

Education

CA / MBA Finance (Tier-1 preferred)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

The CFO will be a strategic and operational finance leader, responsible for driving financial excellence across manufacturing, recycling operations, and trading/export activities. The role requires strong expertise in commodity-linked businesses, working capital management, compliance, and plant finance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Strategy & Leadership

• Partner with promoters to define long-term financial strategy and growth roadmap
• Lead financial planning for capacity expansion, new plants, and diversification (e.g., recycling streams)
• Drive profitability improvement across plants and product lines

2. Plant & Manufacturing Finance

• Oversee plant-level P&L, costing, and margin analysis
• Implement robust systems for:
  • Yield optimization (input scrap vs output metal)
  • Cost control (energy, raw material, recovery efficiency)
• Monitor inventory valuation (LME-linked pricing, metal exposure)

3. Working Capital & Treasury Management

• Manage high working capital cycles involving:
  • Scrap procurement
  • Inventory-heavy operations
• Optimize:
  • Cash flow
  • Banking lines (CC/WC limits, LCs, BGs)
• Drive relationships with banks/NBFCs for structured finance

4. Commercial Finance & Trade

• Oversee financial aspects of:
  • Domestic and export sales
  • Commodity price risk (Metal, alloys)
• Implement hedging strategies (if applicable)
• Ensure pricing discipline linked to metal benchmarks

5. Compliance, Audit & Governance

• Ensure compliance with:
  • GST, Income Tax, Customs (import/export)
  • Environmental & recycling regulations
• Lead:
  • Internal audit systems
  • Statutory audits and reporting
• Strengthen governance in a promoter-driven setup

6. Fundraising & Investor Management

• Lead fundraising initiatives:
  • Debt structuring
  • Private equity / strategic investors (if expansion planned)
• Prepare financial models, IMs, and due diligence data rooms

7. Systems & Process Transformation

• Implement ERP and digital finance systems across plants
• Drive automation in:
  • Procurement to payment cycle
  • Inventory tracking
• Build MIS dashboards for real-time decision-making

8. Team Leadership

• Build and mentor finance teams across HO and plant locations
• Establish strong finance controls across decentralized operations

Candidate Profile

Must Have

• CA / MBA Finance (Tier-1 preferred)
• 15-20 years of experience
• Prior experience in:
  • Metals / Mining / Recycling / Manufacturing / Commodity trading
• Strong exposure to:
  • Plant finance
  • Working capital-heavy businesses

Good to Have

• Experience in non-ferrous metals, battery recycling, or scrap ecosystem
• Exposure to export/import finance