COO's Office - Finance Lead - CA/CMA only

The Health Factory is a fast-growing bread and bakery brand focused on delivering healthier, high-quality products to modern consumers. Backed by Peak XV and featured on Shark Tank India Season 2, we are scaling rapidly across India through a strong network of third-party manufacturing plants. As we grow, we are strengthening our finance backbone to support operational excellence and profitable expansion.

We are looking for a qualified CA/ CMA with minimum 10 years of relevant experience in manufacturing finance to lead the finance function for our production and manufacturing operations.

This is a high-impact role responsible for driving financial discipline, cost efficiency, commercial controls, and scalable systems across our third-party manufacturing network. The role will also support audits, investor diligences, fundraising activities, and special projects while partnering closely with operations and leadership teams.

• Oversee finance operations for all third-party manufacturing plants

• Validate production costs, conversion costs, and yield efficiencies

• Monitor BOM vs actual consumption and identify variances

• Drive cost optimization initiatives across plants

• Ensure plant-wise profitability visibility and margin controls

• Review and validate manufacturing bills submitted by third-party units

• Manage rate negotiations, conversion cost discussions, and commercial terms

• Ensure receipt reconciliation, adjustments, and calibration of rates

• Manage debit notes, credit notes, and commercial settlements

• Strengthen billing governance and accuracy controls

• Own the finance controls within production processes

• Ensure proper documentation, compliance, and audit readiness

• Standardize plant-level reporting formats and review mechanisms

• Implement robust internal controls and SOPs across plants

• Improve transparency and accountability in plant finance processes

• Build scalable finance systems and reporting frameworks from scratch

• Strengthen MIS, dashboards, and automated reporting processes

• Develop plant-wise costing and performance trackers

• Drive automation and workflow improvements across finance operations

• Create strong review cadences with operations and leadership teams

• Lead and manage a team of 7 finance professionals

• Build capability, ownership, and accountability within the team

• Define clear KPIs for plant finance monitoring

• Conduct regular reviews, coaching, and performance management

• Support statutory audits, internal audits, and external diligences

• Assist in fundraising processes and investor data requirements

• Lead special projects related to expansion, efficiency, and governance

• Provide commercial insights to leadership for decision-making

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA)/ CMA

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Manufacturing Finance

• Strong exposure to FMCG or food manufacturing setups

• Experience handling third-party / contract manufacturing models

• Strong commercial negotiation and cost control skills

• Hands-on, execution-driven approach

• Experience in bakery / bread / food manufacturing categories

• Experience in high-growth startup environments

• Experience building systems from scratch

• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills

• A finance leader who understands both numbers and ground-level production realities

• Strong in cost analytics, controls, and commercial negotiations

• Comfortable working in a fast-scaling, evolving environment

• A builder mindset who creates processes rather than only follows them

• High ownership, bias for action, and problem-solving orientation

• High ownership role with direct impact on business growth

• Opportunity to build manufacturing finance systems from the ground up

• Work directly with founders and leadership team

• Be part of a fast-growing, health-focused consumer brand