Chief Financial Strategist

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer

The CFO is a key strategic partner to our leadership team, responsible for the financial integrity of our organization. This role demands a leader who is both operationally hands-on and strategically astute, with comprehensive oversight of financial strategy, meticulous compliance, robust internal audits, treasury, accounting, taxation, corporate secretarial functions, cost management, and transparent financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Financial Planning & Capital Management:
  • Develop long-term financial plans ensuring all investments and capital projects are meticulously planned and funded solely from internal accruals.
  • Design sophisticated financial models that integrate capex, working capital, and profit flows guaranteeing sustainable growth under strict fiscal discipline.
• Robust Internal Controls & Unwavering Compliance:
  • Implement comprehensive internal control frameworks and audit systems with a particular focus on manufacturing, R&D, and global operational integrity.
  • Ensure absolute compliance with Indian and international accounting standards, tax laws, and regulatory mandates.
• Corporate Secretarial & Regulatory Governance:
  • Lead the Corporate Secretarial function ensuring full compliance with the Companies Act, SEBI regulations, Listing Agreement requirements, and other relevant corporate laws.
  • Oversee all stock exchange filings, disclosures, and communications ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Accurate Accounting & Transparent Reporting:
  • Lead timely and precise monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closings and reporting.
  • Take full ownership of statutory audits, tax audits, transfer pricing documentation, and all regulatory filings ensuring accuracy and adherence to deadlines.
• Prudent Treasury & Cash Flow Management:
  • Direct all treasury functions emphasizing optimal liquidity, precise cash flow forecasting, strategic forex management, and judicious investment of surplus funds.
  • Implement and monitor rigorous risk management protocols for forex, vendor, and customer exposures.
• Proactive & Compliant Taxation Strategy:
  • Architect and execute proactive fully compliant tax planning strategies direct and indirect with specialized attention to export incentives, international taxation, and transfer pricing.
• Insightful Audit, Cost Management & Expense Control:
  • Champion a high-performing internal audit function conducting deep-dive reviews into plant operations, cost control mechanisms, and supply chain efficiencies.
  • Lead the Costing and Expense Monitoring departments establishing robust systems for cost ascertainment, analysis, control, and reporting across all business functions.

Candidate Requirements:

• Chartered Accountant CA designation is mandatory.
• Company Secretary CS qualification in addition to CA would be highly advantageous.
• Additional qualifications such as CPA MBA Finance or CIA Certified Internal Auditor will be considered an advantage.

Depth of Experience:

• A minimum of 20 years of progressive experience in finance with at least 10 years in a CFO or equivalent leadership capacity within a mid to large-sized pharmaceutical or manufacturing organization.
• Crucial experience in managing corporate secretarial functions for a listed entity including direct responsibility for SEBI compliance stock exchange filings and board processes.

Critical Skills & Knowledge:

• Mastery of Indian GAAP IFRS Companies Act SEBI Regulations including LODR Insider Trading Regulations Listing Agreement compliance Cost Accounting Standards GST Transfer Pricing FEMA and other pertinent financial and corporate regulations.
• Exceptional communication presentation and interpersonal skills with a polished media-facing presence.

Personal Attributes & Mindset:

• Highly analytical strategically minded exceptionally risk-aware detail-oriented and possessing a structured approach to problem-solving.
• Unwavering commitment to financial discipline innate ability to resist external funding pressures and champion self-reliant growth.