Finance Lead I Noida

• Location: Noida, India
• Function: Finance & Accounts
• Experience: 3-5 years of
• relevant experience
• Qualification: CA or equivalent
• qualification

About PAKKA

• At PAKKA, we are on
• a journey to become a global leader in fully compostable packaging. We are
• building solutions that are better for people and the planet, combining
• innovation, sustainability, and business excellence.
• People are at the
• core of our journey. Our values of Earth Love, Trust, Courage, Excellence, and
• Diversity shape the way we work and create an environment where people can
• learn, experiment, grow, and make a meaningful impact.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a

• Finance Lead – Noida who can provide strong financial governance while
• partnering closely with the business to enable sustainable and profitable
• growth.
• This role will be
• responsible for ensuring financial integrity, statutory compliance, healthy
• cash flows, budget discipline, accurate reporting, working capital
• optimization, and continuous improvement of finance processes.
• The ideal candidate
• will combine strong accounting and compliance fundamentals with commercial
• understanding, analytical thinking, and the ability to work collaboratively
• with multiple stakeholders.

What You Will Own

• Financial Compliance & Governance

• Ensure complete compliance with
• applicable statutory requirements, and organizational financial policies.
• Drive timely and accurate statutory
• filings, returns, declarations, and supporting documentation.
• Establish and strengthen internal
• financial controls, documentation, and audit trails.
• Ensure readiness for internal,
• statutory, and regulatory audits and proactively close identified gaps.

• Cash Flow & Treasury Management

• Develop and monitor cash-flow forecasts
• to ensure adequate liquidity for business operations and planned
• commitments.
• Manage banking and treasury operations
• effectively, including fund deployment, collections, and payment
• mechanisms.
• Monitor working capital and proactively
• identify potential liquidity risks.
• Build effective relationships with
• banks, advisors, and other external financial stakeholders.

• Budgeting & Cost Control

• Track actual expenditure against
• approved budgets and proactively highlight significant variances.
• Partner with business teams to
• strengthen budget discipline and financial accountability.
• Challenge non-value-adding expenditure
• and identify opportunities for cost optimization.
• Ensure adherence to defined approval
• matrices and financial authorization controls.

• Financial Reporting & MIS

• Deliver accurate and timely monthly MIS
• and financial reports for management review.
• Provide meaningful variance analysis
• against budgets, forecasts, and historical performance.
• Translate financial information into
• actionable business insights and recommendations.
• Support leadership in evaluating
• business decisions, opportunities, risks, and financial scenarios.

• Accounts & Reconciliation Management

• Ensure accuracy and integrity of
• accounting records and drive timely month-end and year-end closure.
• Ensure timely reconciliation of bank
• accounts, ledgers, inter-company balances, and customer/vendor accounts.
• Proactively identify and resolve
• discrepancies, unusual transactions, and accounting exceptions.
• Maintain accurate financial records and
• ensure appropriate documentation.

• Vendor Payments

& Working Capital

• Ensure accurate and timely vendor
• payments in line with contractual terms, approvals, and cash-flow
• priorities.
• Monitor advances and outstanding
• balances and drive timely settlement.
• Improve the accounts payable cycle by
• eliminating bottlenecks and strengthening process controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve
• working capital efficiency.

• Contract & Commercial Finance Review

• Review key commercial and financial
• terms in contracts, purchase arrangements, and business agreements.
• Assess financial implications,
• obligations, risks, and opportunities associated with commercial
• decisions.
• Ensure adherence to agreed payment terms
• and identify opportunities to optimize supplier and payment arrangements.
• Evaluate financial exposure and
• recommend appropriate risk mitigation measures.

• Process Improvement & Finance Automation

• Identify opportunities to automate
• repetitive, manual, and error-prone finance activities.
• Drive process improvements that enhance
• accuracy, transparency, control, and turnaround time.
• Explore and implement technology
• solutions that improve finance productivity and visibility.
• Support integration of finance systems
• with relevant business platforms to enable seamless data flow and reduce
• manual intervention.

• Business Partnership & Stakeholder Management

• Partner with business and functional
• teams to provide practical financial guidance and support.
• Guide stakeholders on budgeting,
• taxation, accounting, commercial decisions, controls, and compliance.
• Conduct structured financial reviews and
• drive accountability for agreed actions and outcomes.
• Build strong relationships across
• functions while maintaining financial governance and discipline.

What We’re Looking For

• CA or equivalent qualification.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in
• Finance & Accounts, preferably in a manufacturing or business
• environment.
• Strong understanding of accounting,
• taxation, statutory compliance, audit, and financial controls.
• Hands-on experience in cash-flow
• management, budgeting, MIS, reconciliations, and working capital
• management.
• Good understanding of GST, TDS and other
• applicable statutory requirements.
• Ability to analyse financial information
• and translate it into meaningful business insights.
• Strong commercial orientation with the
• ability to challenge costs and identify value-creation opportunities.
• Experience in process improvement,
• finance automation, or ERP/system integration will be an advantage.
• Strong stakeholder management and
• communication skills.
• High attention to detail, ownership,
• integrity, and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Prior experience with Zoho Books is a
• plus.
• Inclination to work with new technology
• to enable data led decision making.
• Success in This Role

You will be

successful when you enable the Noida business to operate with:

1.100%

statutory and financial compliance

2.Healthy

& predictable cash flow

3.Strong

budget & cost discipline

4.Accurate

and timely MIS

5.Robust

financial controls

6.Efficient

working capital

7.Digitized

• & efficient finance processes
• Why PAKKA?
• At PAKKA, finance is
• not just about numbers—it is about enabling responsible growth.

You will have the

• opportunity to work closely with business leaders, influence financial
• decisions, strengthen governance, improve processes, and contribute to a
• business that is creating solutions for a more sustainable future.
• If you are ready to combine financial expertise with
• business impact, we would love to hear from you.
• For more details,
• visit www.pakka.com