Role Summary

We are seeking an accomplished finance leader to oversee Financial Planning C Analysis, Controllership, and Internal Controls for the organization. This role is pivotal in driving financial discipline, ensuring compliance, and partnering with business leadership to enable strategic decision-making. The incumbent will bring deep expertise in financial governance along with strong business acumen to balance growth and control.

Key Responsibilities

Controllership, Governance, Compliance

• Ensure adherence to SEBI, Companies Act, MCA, RBI, and other applicable regulatory frameworks.


• Establish and strengthen internal controls, delegation of authority, and governance policies.


• Act as the finance point of contact for statutory auditors, bankers, lawyers, and tax consultants.


• Ensure accurate, timely, and audit-compliant financial reporting with zero tolerance for qualifications.


• Own the compliance charter including GST, TDS, income tax, transfer pricing, and regulatory filings.


• Strengthen systems and policies across revenue recognition, AR/AP, refunds, payment gateways, and audit trails.


• Enhance finance team maturity in stewardship, governance, data integrity, and cross-functional alignment.

Strategic Financial Planning G Analysis (FPGA)


• Lead budgeting and forecasting across revenue, opex, capex, cash flows, and profitability metrics.


• Provide in-depth business performance analysis including KPIs, scenario planning, and variance reporting. • Advise leadership on margin improvements, cost optimization, and ROI of key initiatives.


• Deliver board-level financial storytelling with investor-grade clarity and insights.


• Support financial due diligence, investor presentations, and leadership decision-making in coordination with the CFO.

Reporting, Insights G Automation


• Build MIS frameworks, dashboards, monthly reporting packs, and quarterly review documents.


• Drive automation in financial reporting, reconciliations, and transaction-level processes for scalability.


• Deliver actionable insights to enable faster and sharper decision-making.


• Champion data standardisation, transparency, and drill-down analysis across functions.

Team Leadership


• Mentor, develop, and retain a high-performing finance team with strong ownership and compliance discipline.


• Foster a culture of precision, transparency, and audit-readiness.


• Collaborate effectively with product, sales, legal, operations, and investor relations teams to align financial strategy with business outcomes.

What we’re looking for


• Ǫualified Chartered Accountant only with 18–20 years of post-qualification experience.


• Experience in FPCA, Controllership, Governance, and Internal Controls.


• Deep knowledge of Indian accounting standards, taxation, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.


• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, business performance analysis, and board-level reporting.


• Proven experience in building and leading high-performing finance team.


• Strategic thinker with excellent stakeholder management skills.

Who we are

At Meritto we believe in building more than just solutions. We’re redefining the way education connects with technology. As one of India’Largest Vertical SaaS + Embedded Payments platform, we’re on a mission to build the “Digital Backbone of Education Institutions” by simplifying how educational organization runs — from enrollment to lifecycle, advancement to finance, and beyond. Having mastered the art of student acquisition, we’re now expanding our horizons to cover the entire spectrum of running an educational organization—from managing the student lifecycle to driving student success and outcomes. What’s our work culture like? We work from the office in a dynamic, inclusive, and merit-driven space fueled by the energy of collaboration and creativity coming together.