AVP – Group Financial Controlling

Company Overview

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Job Summary

The AVP – Group Financial Controlling will oversee the financial operations of Agilitas’s multiple legal entities, including foreign subsidiaries, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance, and audit readiness. This role is pivotal in consolidating group financials, leading budgeting and planning cycles, and driving process improvements across controllership functions. The position reports directly to the CFO and plays a critical role in supporting the company's growth in the sportswear and retail sectors.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the group controllership team, standardizing processes across all entities and driving automation and system enhancements in accounting workflows.
• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for all group entities, ensuring compliance with Ind AS and the Companies Act, and delivering timely, accurate financial reports and MIS to senior leadership and the Board.
• Consolidate group financials and maintain consistent accounting policies and internal controls across manufacturing, brand, and retail verticals.
• Oversee accounts payable functions, including vendor payments, reconciliations, and controls, and manage capitalization of assets such as manufacturing capex, retail store fit-outs, and IT infrastructure.
• Lead the annual budgeting and planning cycles, including consolidating the group AOP, tracking performance, and building rolling forecasts and cash flow projections.
• Deliver variance analysis against budgets with detailed driver-level commentary for senior management and the Board.
• Partner with business teams on unit economics, channel profitability, and store-level P&L reviews; support long-range planning and capital allocation decisions.
• Lead statutory, internal, and group audits, acting as the primary contact for auditors, resolving audit observations, and strengthening controls.
• Ensure compliance with ITGC requirements and drive the internal audit program, ICFR framework, and control documentation to IPO-readiness standards.
• Manage treasury functions, including cash flow planning, banking relationships, and working capital optimization across entities.
• Oversee tax compliance (GST, TDS, income tax), manage tax assessments and litigation, and ensure transfer pricing compliance on intercompany transactions.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA), mandatory
• 12 years post-qualification experience, including at least 4–5 years in a controllership or group reporting leadership role
• Prior experience in a multi-entity or multi-brand group structure, preferably with manufacturing and consumer/retail background
• Strong command of Ind AS, the Companies Act, and consolidated group financial reporting
• Proven track record managing statutory and internal audits, working directly with Big 4 or equivalent auditors
• Working knowledge of GST, TDS, corporate tax, and transfer pricing
• Experience in treasury and working capital management across multiple business lines
• Demonstrated people leadership skills, with experience building or scaling finance and controllership teams
• High level of ownership and a hands-on approach, capable of operating effectively in a fast-scaling, founder-led environment

Preferred Skills

• Experience with ERP systems and process automation
• Knowledge of IPO readiness standards and disclosures
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

Experience

• Minimum 12 years of relevant post-qualification experience
• Extensive experience in controllership, group reporting, audit management, and financial consolidation within complex, multi-entity organizations

Environment

• The role is based in Bengaluru.
• The work environment involves collaborating across multiple legal entities in a fast-paced, dynamic, and founder-led organization.
• The position may require occasional travel for audits, stakeholder meetings, or strategic initiatives.

Salary

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Benefits

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