Role: Group CFO
Our Client: A diversified business group with a significant presence in real estate development
Reports to: Founder & MD
Location: Chennai
The Opportunity
Lead financial strategy and project finance across a diversified real estate portfolio, driving capital efficiency, project profitability, governance, and sustainable business growth
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Strategy & Project Finance: Lead project financing, budgeting, feasibility studies, land acquisition evaluation, ROI analysis, and capital allocation across residential, commercial, mixed-use, and infrastructure developments.
- Treasury & Capital Management: Oversee project cash flows, construction funding, escrow accounts, banking relationships, project loans, structured finance, refinancing, and investor relations.
- Financial Governance & Compliance: Ensure robust project accounting, SPV/JV consolidation, RERA compliance, taxation, audits, internal controls, and statutory compliance across project entities.
- Board Advisory & Business Performance: Drive MIS, project dashboards, cash flow forecasting, and Board reporting on project profitability, IRR, debt exposure, funding requirements, investment strategy, and risk mitigation.
Ideal Candidate
- Credentials: CA
- Experience: 18–25 years of experience, including substantial exposure to real estate development, project finance, and multi-entity business structures.
- Industry: Real Estate companies with $100M+ revenue
- Leadership: Proven success leading finance teams, driving financial transformation, and partnering with the Founder/MD and Board on strategic growth.
- Skills: Technical Expertise: Strong expertise in real estate funding, treasury, financial modelling, project feasibility, cash flow management, SPV/JV structures, taxation, and regulatory compliance, including RERA.
- Location: Chennai (Work from office) / Willing to relocate to Chennai
