📌 Candidates with prior CFO, Finance Director, VP Finance, Group Finance Controller, Head of Finance, or Divisional CFO experience within luxury, consumer, retail, media, hospitality, design, architecture, professional services, creative industries, manufacturing, trading, family-owned businesses, or entrepreneurial growth environments will be strongly preferred.
📌 The company name will be shared during the application process.
📌 Candidates currently based in Delhi NCR or open to relocation to Delhi, will only be considered.
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About Us:
HR Interface Recruitment Consulting is one of India’s leading Recruitment & Executive Search firms. Based in Mumbai, with a strong team of 20+ seasoned industry & function-specific recruitment consultants, we bring 20+ years of expertise spread across 40+ functions across 30+ industries across India | APAC | Middle East | North America | EU.
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About our Client Company:
Our client is one of India’s most respected and globally recognized contemporary art galleries, known for shaping the evolution of contemporary art in India while building meaningful bridges between Indian artists, global collectors, institutions, and cultural ecosystems. They are a well-established, founder-led organization operating within the Art sector, generating annual revenues exceeding ₹100 Crores and employing a team of over 50 professionals across Mumbai & Delhi in India. The business is currently at an inflection point in its growth journey and is seeking a strategic finance leader to help scale the organization while strengthening governance, commercial rigor, and institutional capability.
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About the Role
- Company: Leading Global Art Gallery (Name shared during process)
- Official Designation: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Years of Experience: 20–25 Years
- Job Type: Full-time, On-site
- Work Location: Vasant Vihar, Delhi
- Reporting to: Founder, Board & Leadership Team
- Industry: Contemporary Art | Luxury | Culture | Collectors Assets | Auction Houses
- CTC on offer: Commensurate with experience, leadership capability, and strategic fit
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Position Overview
We at North Star Executive Search - a HR Interface Group Company are conducting a search for a Chief Financial Officer on behalf of one of India's most respected contemporary art organizations.
This role represents a unique opportunity to lead the financial stewardship of an institution operating at the intersection of culture, commerce, luxury, creativity, and international business.
The CFO will serve as a key member of the leadership team and act as a strategic advisor to the Founder and Board on all matters relating to financial performance, business strategy, capital allocation, governance, risk management, growth planning, operational efficiency, and long-term enterprise value creation.
Beyond traditional finance responsibilities, the successful candidate will be expected to build scalable financial systems, strengthen governance frameworks, enhance commercial decision-making, optimize capital deployment, support expansion initiatives, and provide leadership across a complex ecosystem involving artists, collectors, institutions, galleries, vendors, international stakeholders, and strategic partners.
This role requires an executive capable of balancing strategic vision with operational excellence while helping the organization evolve into a more institutionally robust, professionally managed, and future-ready enterprise.
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Executive Mandate:
📌 Experience managing complex stakeholder ecosystems, high-value transactions, board reporting, banking relationships, audits, compliance frameworks, and strategic business planning is essential.
📌 Prior experience supporting founder-led organizations, closely held businesses, family offices, luxury brands, cultural institutions, art businesses, collectibles, lifestyle businesses, or high-touch relationship-driven enterprises will be viewed favorably.
📌 Candidates must possess exceptional commercial judgment, financial leadership capability, executive presence, and the ability to operate effectively in both strategic and hands-on environments.
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Role & Responsibilities
📈 Strategic Finance & Business Leadership
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the Founder, Board, and senior leadership team.
- Translate organizational strategy into financial roadmaps and business plans.
- Drive long-term financial planning, forecasting, and enterprise value creation initiatives.
- Provide financial insight and decision support for strategic investments, expansion initiatives, and new business opportunities.
- Lead annual business planning, budgeting, and performance management processes.
💰 Financial Stewardship & Controllership
- Oversee all aspects of accounting, financial reporting, and financial controls.
- Ensure accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial information.
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting processes.
- Strengthen internal controls, governance frameworks, and financial discipline across the organization.
- Ensure robust financial systems and operating procedures.
📊 Commercial Finance & Performance Management
- Drive profitability analysis across business units, exhibitions, artist programs, collector initiatives, and commercial activities.
- Establish meaningful KPIs, dashboards, and management reporting frameworks.
- Support commercial decision-making through financial modelling and business analytics.
- Monitor business performance against strategic objectives.
- Identify opportunities for operational efficiency and margin enhancement.
🏦 Treasury, Banking & Capital Management
- Lead treasury management, cash flow planning, liquidity management, and capital allocation.
- Manage relationships with banking institutions and financial partners.
- Optimize working capital and cash conversion cycles.
- Oversee financing arrangements, banking facilities, and capital structure considerations.
- Develop treasury policies and risk management frameworks.
⚖️ Governance, Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure compliance with all statutory, regulatory, taxation, and corporate governance requirements.
- Oversee direct and indirect taxation matters.
- Lead internal and external audit processes.
- Develop enterprise risk management frameworks.
- Ensure robust compliance across domestic and international operations.
🌍 International Business & Commercial Operations Oversight
- Provide financial oversight across international transactions, imports, exports, logistics, and cross-border commercial activities.
- Support international growth initiatives and strategic partnerships.
- Evaluate financial implications of global business activities.
- Strengthen controls around international transactions and regulatory compliance.
👥 Leadership & Organization Building
- Build, mentor, and develop high-performing finance and commercial teams.
- Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Drive finance transformation initiatives, technology adoption, and process modernization.
- Act as a trusted leader across the organization and partner effectively with all functional heads.
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Qualifications & Skills
- Chartered Accountant (CA) mandatory. MBA or advanced finance qualifications preferred.
- 20–25 years of progressive finance leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success in CFO, Finance Director, VP Finance, Group Controller, or equivalent leadership roles.
- Strong expertise across finance, accounting, treasury, taxation, controllership, governance, compliance, and strategic finance.
- Experience managing organizations with meaningful scale, complexity, and stakeholder diversity.
- Strong commercial acumen and business partnering capability.
- Proven ability to influence founders, boards, investors, and senior leadership teams.
- Exceptional financial planning, analysis, and decision-support capabilities.
- Strong understanding of corporate governance and risk management frameworks.
- Experience leading finance transformation and organizational scaling initiatives.
- Excellent communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and executive presence.
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Why This Role Stands Out
- Opportunity to join one of India's most influential and internationally respected contemporary art organizations.
- Direct partnership with the Founder and leadership team on strategic business decisions.
- Unique exposure to the intersection of art, culture, luxury, commerce, and international markets.
- Opportunity to build institutional-grade finance and governance frameworks.
- Significant strategic influence and visibility across the organization.
- Opportunity to shape the next phase of growth for a highly respected cultural enterprise.
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📩 How to Apply
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