Chief Financial Officer

Soch Street · Chennai, India

Location: Chennai (5 days WFO)

*Experience: 10 to 17 Years*

Company: Leading B2C Travel-Tech Business

What You'll Own

• Financial Strategy & Business Planning – Own the company's financial strategy, annual operating plan, long-range planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• P&L & Business Performance – Drive financial performance across revenue, margins, costs, profitability, and cash flows, partnering closely with business leaders to improve outcomes.
• FP&A & MIS – Build robust financial dashboards, management reporting, business reviews, and forward-looking analysis that enable faster decision-making.
• Cash Flow & Working Capital – Own cash-flow planning, liquidity, working capital management, and capital allocation to maintain a healthy cash position.
• Business & Unit Economics – Deep-dive into customer acquisition, contribution margins, destination/product profitability, channel economics, and other key B2C travel metrics.
• Fundraising & Investor Management – Partner with founders on fundraising, investor communication, financial modelling, due diligence, and preparation of investor materials.
• Financial Controls & Governance – Strengthen accounting, internal controls, compliance, audit processes, and financial governance as the business scales.
• Commercial Finance – Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, Operations, and Leadership teams on pricing, promotions, customer economics, and strategic business decisions.
• Finance Team Leadership – Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing finance team with strong ownership across controllership, FP&A, taxation, treasury, and business finance.
• Strategic Decision Support – Act as a key thought partner to the founders, bringing financial rigour and commercial insight to major growth and investment decisions.

What Success Looks Like

• Clear and accurate visibility into P&L, cash flow, and business performance
• Stronger financial controls and governance across the organisation
• Improved unit economics and profitability across business lines
• Robust forecasting with minimal surprises versus actual performance
• Finance becomes a strong strategic partner to the founders and business teams
• Scalable finance systems and processes to support the next phase of growth
• Strong investor, audit, tax, and regulatory management

What’s Needed

Non-negotiable

• Strong experience in CFO / Head of Finance / Finance Director roles
• Strong FP&A, P&L management, cash-flow, budgeting, forecasting, and financial controls experience
• Demonstrated ability to partner closely with founders / CEOs and business leadership
• Strong commercial orientation with the ability to connect financial metrics to business outcomes
• Experience building and scaling finance processes in a growth-stage organisation
• Strong understanding of unit economics, profitability, and working capital
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Based in Chennai, in person

Preferred

• Experience in B2C, consumer internet, travel, hospitality, e-commerce, marketplace, or technology businesses
• Experience in a venture-funded / growth-stage company
• Experience managing fundraising, investor relations, and due diligence
• Experience leading and scaling finance teams
• CA / MBA (Finance) preferred
• Prior experience with businesses at ₹450 Cr+ revenue scale is preferred

Nice to have

• Travel-tech / hospitality industry experience
• Exposure to international business / cross-border transactions
• Experience with technology-enabled, high-volume consumer businesses

How to apply:

Send an email to & & along with your resume, notice period, location, current and expected CTC details.

Include: *Resume + Current CTC + Expected CTC + Location + Notice Period / Tentative DOJ*