The Finance Controller will own and run the finance function end-to-end, combining strong financial rigor with a business-oriented mindset to enable decision-making, scale operations, and support the Kheyti’s mission.
About Kheyti
Kheyti is an agri-tech that helps farmers double incomes and be climate resilient and sustainable. We democratize access to hi-tech agriculture solutions by making them farmer-centric, low-cost and by bundling end-to-end services. Our vision is to see every farmer climate-smart.
The Opportunity
This role offers the opportunity to own and scale Kheyti’s finance function during a phase of rapid growth. You will build resilient systems and teams, ensure audit-ready and compliant financial operations, and provide decision-quality financial insights to leadership.
You will partner closely with business and operations to enable execution at scale, while working in close alignment with the leadership on priorities, trade-offs, and escalations.
Job Type & Location: Full-Time (WFO) & Hyderabad Level: Senior Manager
Reporting to: VP - Finance & Operations
Key Responsibilities
• End-to-End Finance Ownership: Own core finance operations with accountability for accuracy, timeliness, and decision-readiness; ensure predictable closes.
• Reporting & Financial Analysis: Lead the AOP preparation and rolling forecasts; prepare decision-oriented MIS; drive variance analysis, and highlight risks, trade-offs, and corrective actions.
• Working Capital & Cash Management: Manage cash flows, receivables and payables; ensure working capital discipline, and proactive planning to support execution.
• Audit, Tax & Regulatory Compliance: Lead statutory and tax audits end-to-end across India and the US; ensure timely, accurate compliance with applicable laws, grant requirements, and regulatory filings.
• Finance Systems, Controls & Scalability: Build and scale finance systems and controls that grow with the organisation; strengthen data integrity, reduce manual interventions, and ensure processes are repeatable, auditable, and fit for scale.
• Automation, Efficiency & Execution Discipline: Operate with a systems-first mindset; continuously identify opportunities to automate routine work, optimise workflows, and shift finance from reactive execution to predictable, tech-enabled operations.
• Team Leadership & Accountability: Build, lead, and develop a high-performing finance team with clear roles, ownership, and capability upgrades; act as the single point of responsibility for finance outcomes.
• Business, Legal & Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with cross functional and Leadership teams; provide finance oversight on key business agreements; coordinate with legal counsel and secretarial partners to ensure end-to-end closure and governance hygiene.
Ideal Candidate
You are a business-oriented finance operator, not a traditional accounting or compliance specialist. You bring financial rigor, commercial judgment, and ownership mindset to drive outcomes in fast-changing environments.
You are someone who
• Thinks in terms of decisions, trade-offs, and outcomes, not just reports and controls
• Takes full ownership of finance operations, without relying on escalation
• Builds systems, teams, and processes while keeping day-to-day execution stable
• Partners naturally with business and leadership to enable execution, not slow it down
This role suits candidates who have built and run finance functions in growing organisations, not those who have only operated within mature, fully-set-up environments.
Must-Haves
• CA with 5-7+ years of post-qualification experience and end-to-end ownership in fast-growing organisations • Proven experience leading audits and statutory compliance independently
• Experience building and leading finance teams • Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills • Hands-on experience driving process improvements,
automation, or system implementations in finance (reducing manual work and improving reliability)
Nice-to-Haves
• Experience working with multi-entity or multi-country structures (especially India-US)
• Strong working knowledge of Zoho Books & related finance tools
• Exposure to AOP ownership, forecasting, or cash planning in growth-stage organisations
What This Role Is Not
• Not a traditional accounting or compliance-only role • Not a coordination or escalation-heavy role • Not a hand-holding environment
Hiring Process
1. Application: jobs.kheyti.com
2. Resume shortlist followed by HR screening
3. Round 1 interview (VP - Finance & Operations) 4. Round 2 interview (Finance advisor)
5. Field Visit + Case study
6. Final interview
Skills Required
- CA with 5-7+ years post-qualification experience and end-to-end ownership in fast-growing organisations
- Proven experience leading audits and statutory compliance independently
- Experience building and leading finance teams
- Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills
- Hands-on experience driving process improvements, automation, or finance system implementations
- Experience working with multi-entity or multi-country structures (especially India-US)
- Strong working knowledge of Zoho Books and related finance tools
- Exposure to AOP ownership, forecasting, or cash planning in growth-stage organisations
What We Do
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