Job Description

Skyroot Aerospace is a National award-winning growth-stage start-up, founded by former ISRO scientists. Our mission is to democratize access to space by providing Affordable, Reliable, and Responsive space launch solutions. We are a close-knit team of more than 100+ Space professionals building leading space launch vehicles from India for the world.

Job Description:

This position will head all financial planning and control activities at Skyroot. You will lead all finance and accounting related activities for the company. You will work on optimizing Skyroot’s financial performance, including compliance, liquidity management, capital allocation, and return on investment.

Roles and Responsibilities: Will typically include (but not restricted to),

• Financial Planning:Assess and evaluate financial performance of organization with regard to mid & long-term operational goals, budgets and forecasts. Provide insight and recommendations to both short-term and long-term growth plans of organization.
• Financial Management: Manage cash flow planning process and ensure funds availability. Oversee cash, investments and asset management area. Maintain outstanding banking relationships and strategic alliances with vendors and business partners.
• Resource efficiency:Drive efforts to optimize expenses, support enterprise resource planning initiatives, support vendor negotiations, etc.
• Control:Drive all financial audits/due diligence efforts and strengthen internal financial control systems.
• Accounting:Drive the accounts functions, reviewing all month-end closing activities. Ensure timeliness and accuracy of financial and management reporting data for internal stakeholders, investors, and company’s board of directors.
• Capital structuring: Plan and implement capital structuring for the company.
• Taxation and Regulatory Compliance:Lead all tax filing and financial reporting activities in compliance with the law.

Minimum Qualifications:

• CA/CFA or MBA in Finance.
• Minimum 15 years of finance & accounts experience.
• Excellent analytical skills, proficiency in MS excel and standard accounting tools.
• Deep knowledge of corporate law and risk management practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Self-motivated and capable of handling fast-paced, high growth and dynamic startup environment.
• Results-oriented, strategic thinker and planner.

Additional Preferred Capabilities:

• Experience in a senior financial management role, preferably in the manufacturing sector.
• Experience managing long term commercial and PPP contracts.
• Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills.
• Significant experience working with external auditors, internal controls and compliance-related issues.

Skills Required

• Self Motivated
• Microsoft Excel
• Management