Website Amber
About the Company:
Amber is the world’s largest student accommodation marketplace, think Booking.com for student housing. We help students find and book long-term accommodation near their universities without the usual mess of negotiation, non-standard paperwork and broken payments. Today, we list 1M+ beds across 800+ universities, 250+ cities and 10 countries, and we are on track for $1B in annual gross bookings value by 2026. Amber is backed by marquee investors like Gaja Capital.
About the Role:
You will own finance end to end: the numbers we run the business on, the story we tell, and the controls and structures that hold a multi-country operation together. You will work directly with the founders and the leadership team.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Finance and FP&A:
– Own the annual operating plan, the long-range model and the monthly forecast, and hold the business accountable to them.
– Build the unit economics view of the business: contribution margin by market, channel and supply type, cohort behaviour, payback and LTV/CAC.
– Partner with Growth, Supply and Product on pricing, commission structures and market entry decisions, with the financial case behind each one.
– Run capital allocation: where we spend, what we stop, and what returns we hold each function to.
– Run any potential M&A transactions.
Fundraising and Investor Relations:
– Run the fund raise round whenever comes end to end: model, narrative, data room, diligence, and support on term sheet negotiation.
– Own the board pack, the quarterly investor update and the relationship with existing investors between rounds.
– Build and maintain the debt and working capital options that suit the business and manage banking relationship.
Controllership, Tax and Global Structuring:
– Own accounting, monthly close, statutory reporting and the internal control environment across all entities.
– Manage a multi-entity, multi-currency structure: transfer pricing, cross-border flows, FEMA and RBI compliance, and international tax exposure across our operating markets.
– Own direct and indirect tax compliance, assessments and litigation, in India and in overseas jurisdictions.
– Run treasury: cash flow, FX exposure, payment rails across markets, and the controls around all of it.
– Coordinate statutory and internal audits, and hold clean, timely closes as a standard rather than an achievement.
Team and Systems:
– Lead a finance team which is already in place.
– Whenever required hire and develop the finance team across FP&A, controllership and accounts.
Qualifications:
– CA with 10+ years of experience, including at least 4 years leading a finance team.
– Experience in a high-growth environment.
– Strong command of corporate finance and investor relations, with real exposure to fundraising and diligence.
– Depth in direct and indirect tax compliance, and comfort with multi-entity and multi-currency operations.
– Analytical strength: you build the model yourself and can defend every assumption in it.
– Clear communication with founders, board members, investors and auditors.
Good to Have:
– Experience taking a company through a Series B or later round.
– Exposure to international entity setup, transfer pricing or overseas tax structuring.
– Having built or replaced a finance system stack during a period of fast growth.
What You Get from Amber:
– Fast-paced growth, with the room to skip intermediate levels.
– Full ownership of the function and the authority that comes with it.
– An open and inclusive environment.
– Strong compensation and ESOPs.
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