Financial Controller

Summary

Join Tide, a rapidly growing fintech company, as our new Senior Financial Controller for Indian operations. You will be responsible for the financial controllership of our Indian entities, ensuring accurate reporting, maintaining best practice documentation, and collaborating with global teams. This role requires a strong financial background, experience with Indian GAAP/IFRS, and excellent communication skills. You will play a key role in building robust financial control processes and strengthening the internal control framework. Tide offers a competitive compensation package including flexible working arrangements, health insurance, life insurance, paid time off, and professional development opportunities. We are looking for a proactive, initiative-taking individual to contribute to our ambitious international expansion plans.

Requirements

• Experience working in fintech, financial services or MNCs
• Strong financial acumen and excellent technical accounting skills. Familiar with accounting standard and disclosure requirements under Indian GAAP and/or IFRS
• Experienced in dealing with the statutory audit of financial services company
• Experienced in dealing with cross-border services, transfer pricing and Indian export legislation (FEMA)
• You hold a professional finance qualification (CA)
• 4+ years PQE
• Confident dealing with senior stakeholders across the business and owning your work with minimal hands-on management
• Excellent commercial acumen
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to take responsibility for business-critical financial operations
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Ability to stick to tight deadlines
• Curious mind and high level of problem solving capability
• Motivated by making a difference and getting things done
• You would like to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
• Personable, and able to build strong working relationships
• Tech savvy

Responsibilities

• Ensure proper books and records for all financial transactions
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of monthly P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, annual financial statements and regulatory reporting
• Maintain best practice documentation of accounting policy and papers for material transactions
• Help in building the robust financial control processes and strengthening internal control framework
• Collaborate with the Group financial reporting team to ensure consistency and adherence with Group reporting policies, controls and procedures
• Partner business leaders in India and collaborate with the Global FP&A team on financial planning and forecasting activities
• Collaborate with the Global Treasury team on working capital, cash and FX management associated with our Indian operations
• Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors and outsourced accounting providers
• Advise business areas and collaborate with other departments on tax, transfer pricing and accounting matters - Acting as taxation and finance SME for our India-based operations
• Collate financial data for the preparation of tax and regulatory reporting, ensuring compliance with tax, export and RBI legislation
• Regularly report financial performance, financial risk, financial control and taxation matters to management and the Finance & Audit Committee
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve accounting processes, operations and systems
• Oversee the monthly ledger close, cost accounting and accounts payable function of our Indian operations
• Collaborate with the project team for your assigned work areas for the new SAP general ledger system

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Working Out of Office (WOO) policy
• Work remotely from home or anywhere in their home country
• Work from a different country for up to 90 days a year
• Self & Family Health Insurance
• Term & Life Insurance
• OPD Benefits
• Mental wellbeing through Plumm
• Learning & Development Budget
• WFH Setup allowance
• 15 days of Privilege leaves
• 12 days of Casual leaves
• 12 days of Sick leaves
• 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
• Stock Options