Job Description: Chief Financial Officer
Company: Augmont Gold For All
Location: Mumbai
Role Type: Full-time, Work from Office
About the Role
We are looking for a seasoned, stable and highly credible Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance function for Augmont Gold For All
This is a senior leadership role based in Mumbai and will be a full-time work-from-office position.
The CFO will be expected to lead the company’s finance, accounts, taxation, audit, treasury, controls, compliance and reporting functions. The role requires someone who has already worked in a listed company environment and understands the discipline required around financial reporting, governance, audit committees, board communication, internal controls, disclosures, statutory compliance and external stakeholder management.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Financial Leadership
- Lead the overall finance strategy of the company in line with business growth, scale and complexity.
- Work closely with the Board, promoters and leadership team on financial planning, performance management, profitability, capital allocation and business decision-making.
- Build strong financial models covering revenue, margins, cash flows, working capital, profitability, business expansion and capital efficiency.
- Provide clear and decision-ready insights on business performance, financial risks, growth opportunities and operating priorities.
- Create a structured rhythm for monthly, quarterly and annual business reviews.
- Ensure the finance function works as a business partner and not only as a reporting or control function.
2. Listed Company Grade Governance and Reporting
- Drive financial reporting and governance standards expected from a listed-company environment.
- Ensure timely, accurate and high-quality preparation of financial statements, MIS, board packs, audit committee materials and management dashboards.
- Work closely with the Company Secretary, legal team, statutory auditors, internal auditors, consultants and external advisors.
- Strengthen governance around disclosures, related-party transactions, internal financial controls, audit trails, approval processes and documentation.
- Support Board and Audit Committee discussions with clear, well-prepared and credible financial updates.
- Ensure the finance function is prepared for external review, diligence, scrutiny and stakeholder questioning at all times.
3. Financial Reporting, Audit and Internal Controls
- Own monthly, quarterly and annual financial closure.
- Oversee accounting, consolidation, MIS, statutory audit, internal audit, taxation and compliance.
- Ensure all financial statements, schedules, notes and supporting documentation are accurate, consistent and audit-ready.
- Strengthen internal financial controls across revenue, procurement, payments, receivables, payables, treasury, inventory, inter-company transactions and approvals.
- Build strong control frameworks for a multi-vertical business operating across bullion, refining, digital gold, consumer products, enterprise platforms, partners and group entities.
- Drive zero-surprise reporting through early identification of issues, structured escalation and timely resolution.
- Lead process improvements, automation and system-led reporting wherever required.
4. Business Finance and Commercial Partnership
- Partner with business teams across enterprise sales, consumer offerings, refining, digital gold, jewellery, partners and allied business verticals.
- Evaluate margins, pricing, product economics, working capital impact, partner models and commercial viability.
- Review major contracts, vendor arrangements, partner proposals and new business initiatives from a financial and risk perspective.
- Build business dashboards that provide visibility at product, channel, partner, entity and vertical level.
- Support leadership with clear analysis on profitability, scale, cash flow, capital efficiency and risk.
- Ensure growth decisions are backed by sound financial discipline and strong controls.
5. Treasury, Cash Flow and Working Capital Management
- Own treasury, liquidity planning, fund flows, banking operations and cash flow visibility.
- Build daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly cash flow tracking mechanisms.
- Monitor working capital across bullion, refining, inventory, partners, receivables, payables and business cycles.
- Ensure prudent fund utilisation, bank reconciliations, treasury controls, approval processes and documentation.
- Maintain strong financial discipline across high-value transactions.
- Work with banks and financial institutions as required for operational, treasury and business finance matters.
6. Regulatory, Statutory and Compliance Oversight
- Ensure compliance with applicable requirements under Companies Act, Ind AS, taxation, GST, FEMA, SEBI-related processes, stock exchange requirements and other relevant regulations.
- Work closely with the Company Secretary and legal team on board processes, committee requirements, filings, disclosures and governance matters.
- Maintain strong compliance calendars, ownership matrices and escalation mechanisms.
- Ensure statutory dues, filings, assessments, notices and regulatory responses are handled accurately and on time.
- Strengthen documentation standards for audits, regulatory reviews, inspections and external diligence.
- Maintain discipline around related-party transactions, contracts, approvals and reporting.
7. External Representation and Communication
The CFO will be expected to represent the company with maturity, credibility and excellence.
- Represent the company in meetings with Board members, Audit Committee, auditors, advisors, regulators, banks, institutional stakeholders and senior external partners.
- Communicate financial performance, risks, controls, governance matters and business outlook clearly.
- Prepare crisp and high-quality presentations, financial notes, board updates, audit responses and stakeholder communication.
- Translate complex financial matters into simple, credible and business-friendly language.
- Maintain the right balance of confidence, transparency, discretion and caution.
- Build trust with stakeholders through preparedness, consistency and professional maturity.
8. Finance Team Leadership
- Lead and strengthen the finance, accounts, taxation, audit, treasury and compliance teams.
- Build a capable second line within finance.
- Define clear roles, timelines, review mechanisms and accountability standards.
- Improve quality, speed and reliability of reporting.
- Reduce individual dependency through processes, documentation and systems.
- Mentor the team to operate with listed-company grade discipline.
- Build a culture of accuracy, ownership, confidentiality, responsiveness and professional maturity.
Mandatory Candidate Requirements
- Qualified Chartered Accountant is mandatory.
- Must have meaningful listed-company exposure in a senior finance role.
- Must have handled board reporting, audit committee interactions, statutory audits, internal controls, governance processes and external stakeholder communication.
- Must have strong experience in Ind AS, financial reporting, consolidation, audit, taxation, internal financial controls, statutory compliance and corporate governance.
- Must have stable tenure in previous organisations. Frequent job changes will not be preferred.
- Should ideally have spent meaningful periods in recent roles, with clear evidence of depth, ownership and progression.
- Must be highly presentable, articulate and confident in senior-level conversations.
- Must be comfortable representing the company with auditors, advisors, regulators, banks, Board members and other institutional stakeholders.
- Must have the maturity to work closely with promoters and senior leadership in a high-accountability environment.
- Must demonstrate high integrity, discretion, ownership and professional gravitas.
Preferred Background
Candidates from the following backgrounds will be preferred:
- Listed companies with strong governance, audit and reporting requirements.
- Large Indian promoter-led businesses with professional finance functions.
- Companies in precious metals, commodities, jewellery, financial services, fintech, trading, manufacturing, exports, retail distribution or high-value transaction businesses.
- Businesses with multi-entity structures, partner networks, technology platforms, enterprise and consumer channels.
- Organisations where the candidate has worked closely with Board members, Audit Committees, statutory auditors, internal auditors, advisors and senior external stakeholders.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a CFO who is:
- Listed-company mature: Understands governance, disclosures, audit discipline, controls, board reporting and external scrutiny.
- Stable and committed: Has stayed long enough in previous roles to build, fix, scale and own outcomes.
- Presentable and polished: Can represent the company confidently with senior stakeholders.
- A strong communicator: Can explain numbers, risks, controls and business performance clearly.
- Governance-first, but business-friendly: Can build discipline without becoming bureaucratic.
- Commercially sharp: Understands margins, working capital, business models, partner economics and operational realities.
- Hands-on and strategic: Can lead board-level conversations and still get into details when required.
- Trustworthy and discreet: Understands the sensitivity of financial, strategic and governance information.
Key Success Metrics
The CFO’s success will be measured by:
- Accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
- Quality of board and audit committee materials.
- Strength of internal financial controls and audit readiness.
- Listed-company grade governance discipline.
- Clean statutory, tax and regulatory compliance.
- Improved financial visibility across business verticals.
- Strong cash flow and working capital discipline.
- Quality of stakeholder communication.
- Reliability and maturity of the finance team.
- Ability to represent the company with credibility in senior external forums.
