Finance folks at startup

All I see is wanted for technical roles . There’s no wanted for finance or accounts role.

I was working as head of data and analytics in Zepto , Swiggy , flipkart now is razorpay. I felt work is of very poorly quality in most Indian startup , no idea of kpi, useless machine learning model , no investment in infrastructure. I think no point in joining any Indian startup as very few founder value data Now I have worked in Walmart and Citibank , core strategic decisions happens in USA and headquarters so Indian office is only pleasing the hq with support work Now analytics service like tiger fractal again work is to do sales bring any work and add to top line Witch company even more shit show So I am delusional and thinking of quitting the data and analytics field or build something of my own Data and Ai in India is just to show off and get investor money and load the pnl without return

Making the switch from Business Analyst to APM. I don't mind the lack of WLB (60-70 hours a week) since I'm very early in my career- all I'm looking for is: 1) Learning 2) Above average but not ridiculously high pay (I'll be more than happy with 80k-1LPM in hand) Problem is most companies that are more likely to provide me with these are start ups since I'm not from a Tier-1 college and have a B.Sc. So how do I evaluate a start up's financials before applying there? Most people give vague answers like "check their financials", "figure out how much runway they have left" etc. without going into detail or mentioning any concrete steps.

1. You don’t need to/shouldn’t promote someone just because he/she joined your company at early stage to leadership role if he doesn’t have the relevant experience. I have seen people in leadership roles who joined as a fresher and sticked with company for 3-5 years. Yes, they might have done excellent job and you can benefit them in n number of ways but not promoting to leadership role. 2. Impose financial discipline (even make it one of the core value) from the early stages, even more if you are a B2C company. Spend money on Finance leadership as early as possible, the ROI would be much much higher than you think. 3. Hiring left, right and centre when you need to scale, you don’t need to do that there should be a strong justification for every hire you do. Have seen companies who hired and did a head count reduction in six months of time. 4. Have seen/heard companies dying for not killing a project or vertical in early stage when it is evident that it would not work. So be ready to take these hard decisions.

A lot of startups that are losing money tend to have a lot of strategy roles run by ISB/IIM folks. What do they really do? Can they really do any sales or is it just a strategy?

Hey Guys, Typically how much are CAs working in Startup’s (Seed / Series A) as Finance Manager or Finance Controllers, paid ? (Cash + ESOP)? Any information or insights would be helpful since there seems to be very less publicly available data on this. PS: Years of experience can be between 2-5 years Thanks 😊

hi everyone I am looking to switch to a startup for a more impact & dynamic role in business/strategic finance about me mba finance & strategy from Imt Ghaziabad 2022 april started working for a MNC from may 2022 , have been recognised 6 times for my impact, stakeholder management and ability to bring change. I am looking to solve more problems which startups would face . looking forward to connecting,

I'm in business strategy and majorly worked across different startups When looking for a new role, HRs tell me they are looking for specialized experience, or my experiences do not count as they are less than 2 years (in each company) I like being a generalist, I have learnt much more than I think I would have in a specialist role What do you guys think? I have 4YOE, currently in a seed stage startup