Finance Controller

About Simplismart

Simplismart is a GenAI inference platform to deploy, scale, and monitor any GenAI model (LLMs, speech, vision, or diffusion) across cloud or on-prem. Built for strict SLAs, enterprise-grade security, and full observability. Its modular design lets you optimize for cost or latency or auto-select the best topology per workload.

About the role-

You will own the finance function at Simplismart, covering everything from monthly payment runs and financial reporting to consolidated financials across our India parent and US subsidiary.

This is a hands-on role combining financial control, compliance, treasury, and strategic decision support. You will work closely with the founders and business teams to manage cross-border financial operations, build financial models, and understand the economics of GPU infrastructure, cloud costs, customer commitments, and business growth.

What is expected from you-

• Financial Close & Reporting: Own monthly closing, MIS, consolidated reporting, intercompany reconciliations, foreign exchange translation, and annual statutory audits across India and the US. Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Revenue Recognition: Establish and manage revenue recognition for consumption-based and committed contracts, including prepaid credits, deferred and unbilled revenue, overages, and multi-year commitments.
• AI Compute Economics: Build financial models for GPU and cloud infrastructure covering capacity, utilisation, pricing, costs, gross margins, payback periods, and cash requirements.
• Financial Planning & Analysis:Own annual operating plans, rolling forecasts, integrated financial models, and scenario planning. Translate infrastructure commitments, demand changes, and pricing decisions into profitability and cash-flow implications.
• Treasury & Working Capital: Manage accounts receivable, collections, DSO, accounts payable, vendor terms, payment calendars, banking relationships, multi-currency accounts, cash management, and working capital.
• Foreign Exchange Management: Track USD inflows against USD cloud and GPU costs, assess natural hedges, manage residual FX exposure, and establish a documented FX management policy.
• Cross-border Finance: Design and manage invoicing and payment flows between India and US entities, including entity-level contracting, withholding tax, tax treaty positions, and remittance documentation.
• Tax & Statutory Compliance: Own India compliance covering GST, LUT, TDS, advance tax, ROC/MCA filings, transfer pricing, FEMA, and RBI reporting. Manage US federal and state taxes, sales tax, franchise tax, and payroll compliance.
• Audit, Fundraising & Investor Reporting: Lead finance due diligence, maintain the data room, prepare investor and board reporting packs, manage financial schedules and reconciliations, and respond directly to diligence queries.
• Controls & Systems: Establish financial controls, approval workflows, delegation of authority, payment authorisation protocols, vendor onboarding checks, and segregation of duties.
• Unit Economics & Cost Attribution: Build visibility into GPU-level, workload-level, and customer-level economics. Track infrastructure utilisation, provider costs, gross margins, and profitability across customers and deployment models.
• Infrastructure Investment Decisions: Support management in evaluating whether to buy, reserve, lease, or commit to GPU capacity based on expected demand, utilisation, returns, and cash-flow requirements.
• External Stakeholder Management: Coordinate with auditors, chartered accountants, tax advisors, banks, and other financial partners to ensure accurate reporting and timely compliance.

What We're Looking For-

• 2–5 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, controllership, or a similar role.
• CA or MBA in Finance preferred; CS qualification is an added advantage.
• Experience in a startup or technology/SaaS company, preferably in a multi-entity environment.
• Strong understanding of Indian accounting, taxation, statutory compliance, and cross-border transactions.
• Working knowledge of US accounting, taxation, and compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience with monthly financial close, audits, MIS, accounts receivable/payable, treasury, and working capital management.
• Familiarity with revenue recognition for SaaS and consumption-based business models.
• Working knowledge of GST, TDS, FEMA, RBI regulations, transfer pricing, and international taxation.
• Strong financial modelling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build finance processes and controls from the ground up and work independently.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work directly with founders, investors, auditors, banks, and advisors.
• High ownership, attention to detail, and comfort working in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment.

Good to have-

• Experience with GPU infrastructure, cloud computing, data centres, or infrastructure-heavy business models.
• Understanding of capacity utilisation, infrastructure commitments, unit economics, and gross margin analysis.
• Experience with multi-currency treasury, FX exposure management, and cross-border payment structures.
• Experience supporting fundraising, investor reporting, and financial due diligence.
• Familiarity with financial automation, reporting tools, and scalable finance systems.

Why Join Simplismart?

• Opportunity to define and lead the brand identity of a fast-growing GenAI company.
• Work closely with leadership on high-impact initiatives from global event campaigns to overall storytelling.
• Be part of a team that values design as a strategic lever, not just execution.
• Competitive compensation and growth opportunities in a high-energy startup environment.