Group Financial Controller

Role Overview

The Group Financial Controller owns financial truth, cash discipline, and capital readiness for the Aeonn Ark Group. This role exists to eliminate financial ambiguity, prevent cash surprises, and impose disciplined decision-making across the organisation.   It is a cash-first, control-led role with direct authority to stop spend, enforce budgets, and surface risks early. If it is not budgeted, approved, or cash-safe — it does not proceed.

This is a CFO-track role, focused on building a finance system that scales with capital.

Core Responsibilities

1. Budgeting & Forecasting

   1. Design and own a single, standard budget structure across the group

   2. Prepare the annual operating budget and rolling 12-month forecast

   3. Run monthly budget vs actual reviews with written variance explanations

2. Cash & Runway Control (Highest Priority)

   1. Maintain daily visibility of bank balances

   2. Publish weekly cash position and 30/60/90-day runway views

   3. Track committed vs discretionary cash

   4. Flag risks early — no optimism masking

3. Spend Governance & Controls

   1. Design and enforce spend approval matrix (₹ thresholds)

   2. Enforce CAPEX vs OPEX discipline

   3. Zero tolerance for retrospective approvals

   4. Require justification for all non-routine spends

4. Monthly Close & Reporting

   1. Enforce strict monthly close timelines

   2. Produce vertical-wise and consolidated P&L

   3. Deliver clear cash flow statements

   4. Ensure reports are simple, comparable, and decision-ready

5. Working Capital Discipline

   1. Own receivables aging and collection cadence

   2. Control payables sequencing

   3. Prevent cash stress caused by poor timing or discipline

6. Capital Strategy Support

   1. Model capital requirements vs internal cash generation

   2. Build use-of-funds and downside survival scenarios

   3. Support investor diligence and fundraising readiness

   4. Act as gatekeeper against cash-destructive terms

Authority & Independence

• Authority to block any unbudgeted or unapproved spend

• Authority to demand financial data from any vertical

• Direct escalation rights to the Chairman

• No functional or informal bypass permitted

Explicitly out of scope: HR, operations management, vendor execution, investor pitching.

Experience

• 8–12 years of progressive finance experience

• Mandatory exposure to multi-entity / group structures

• Strong cash, controls, and governance mindset

• Comfortable saying “no” when required

• CA preferred

• Low ego, high discipline

Growth Path

Subject to delivery, this role progresses to Group CFO within 12–18 months.

Culture & Fit

Fact-based. Conservative. Unemotional.  Finance exists to slow bad decisions and protect cash, not to justify risk.