Finance Manager

ABOUT US

We are one of India's leading early-stage Venture Capital firms. We invest quite early on in a startup's journey and walk alongside them as they grow from "Unknowns to Unicorns". Our investment approach is a balance between data-driven, research-backed decisions based on industry trends, and drawing from our collective years of experience as investors, operators, ex-entrepreneurs and domain experts. We believe in the power of technology, and invest in companies that have the potential to solve big problems at scale in sectors such as deeptech, fintech, healthcare, edtech, mobility, consumer and lifestyle, among others. Some of our marquee investments include Unacademy, Spinny, Grey Orange Robotics, Slice, Dunzo, HealthifyMe, Classplus, Ultrahuman, Pixxel, and LoveLocal.We have announced final close for our flagship fund IV in Q4 2022, our biggest ever ($250mn+), to back the next wave of revolutionary founders and ventures. We are seeing bigger dreams, and bigger ambitions in these new founders, in larger numbers than ever before. They are targeting bigger problems and bigger opportunities, inspired and motivated by the first wave of success stories that are unfolding more rapidly now out of the Indian startup ecosystem. We wholeheartedly believe that the Venture Capital business is - first and foremost - a people's business. We choose to invest in our people with equal focus, knowing that an exceptional team is critical to our success.To support our fund operations and management, we are expanding our finance team and hiring a FINANCE MANAGER based out of
Gandhinagar

Role Brief

We are looking to expand our team and add bright and motivated candidates, and offer a career path and market linked remuneration plan

As a Finance Manager, the role will involve the following responsibilities

Manage end to end fund accounting, compliances, and operations of alternative investment funds.

Managing all banking operations of the fund

Working closely with internal team members and external service providers (fund accountants, compliance team, trustees, bankers, custodians, tax, legal and regulatory advisors etc) on various operational aspects of the fund

MIS preparation, monitoring, presentation, and discussions with relevant stakeholders – This would include fee, sponsor, expense workings amongst others.

Statutory audit and valuations of the fundPeriodic reporting (tax and regulatory) to investors of the fund

Preparation and execution of distributions from the fund on account of exits from portfolio companies.

Distribution waterfall and carry workings

Tax and regulatory compliances, including but not limited to TDS, advance tax, portfolio exits, asses sments etc.

Ensuring adherence to PPM from an accounting, tax, reporting and regulatory perspective

Supporting Investor relations team on any investor queries arising on accounting, tax and regulatory aspects

Other areas related to the fund operations such as preparation of IRR and NAV workings, data on benchmarking reports required by SEBI, assessing impact of circulars / notifications
from SEBI etc

Desirable Skillsets and

Qualifications

The role is such that it allows one to have a holistic experience on operations of the fund. Those thinking long term can look forward to leading operations and finance of a

fund end to end.Chartered accountant with 5 years + experience in one of the areas above

Hands on execution mindset is a critical requirement.

Ability to work with and train a team.

Grasping of unstructured problems and arriving at solutions

Excellent communication skill

Independent oversight of operations

Proactive, attention to detail s and process oriented

Strong growth mindset and long term orientation

Working knowledge of Tally, Microsoft suite is necessary. Prior experience of implementing productivity tool s is an additional plus.