Head of Finance

Role Overview

• Lead the finance function in providing strategic financial leadership, strong governance, and disciplined execution across the entity
• Oversee financial close, accounting, balance sheet integrity, statutory reporting, and management reporting with a strong focus on accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, and performance reporting to support management decision-making and resource allocation
• Ensure compliance with local statutory, tax, company law, and regulatory requirements in India, while maintaining alignment with global finance, governance, and control standards
• Build and maintain a robust internal control framework across finance activities, including reconciliations, approvals, segregation of duties, issue remediation, and evidence retention
• Partner with tax and treasury stakeholders on direct and indirect tax compliance, transfer pricing support, cash management, banking set-up, and repatriation considerations, as relevant
• Act as a trusted advisor to the TDGS leadership team and global stakeholders on financial implications of strategic decisions, operating model choices, investments, and capacity expansion
• Work closely with risk, compliance, legal, and audit teams to ensure the TDGS finance function meets internal policy requirements and external regulatory expectations
• Recruit, lead, and develop a high-calibre finance team in India, creating clear roles, strong accountability, and a culture of ownership, control, and continuous improvement
• Drive standardization, process efficiency, and appropriate automation across finance processes to improve scalability, control, and management insight
• Manage relationships with external auditors, advisors, regulators, banking partners, and internal governance forums as required
• Support legal entity set-up, governance implementation, policy localization, and transition to business-as-usual operations for TDGS including transfer to BOT setup to TDGS

Requirements

• Qualified finance professional (e.g., CA, CPA, ACCA, CFA or equivalent) with significant progressive leadership experience in finance, controllership, FP&A, or entity finance roles (10+ years)
• Strong experience in financial services, banking, shared services, captive centres, or Global Capability Centre environments preferred
• Deep understanding of finance governance, internal controls, financial reporting, budgeting, and performance management
• Strong knowledge of India statutory requirements, corporate governance expectations, audit readiness, and financial compliance obligations
• Experience building or scaling finance teams and operating models in a complex, matrixed, multinational environment
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leadership and influence decisions across business, operations, and control functions
• Strong communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively across global and local teams
• Track record of driving process improvement, disciplined execution, and sustainable control outcomes

Benefits

• health and well-being benefits, including medical coverage
• paid time off
• career development
• reward and recognition programs