Senior Manager – Controllership

About the Role:

As a Senior Manager – Controllership at CleverTap you’ll play a critical role to own end-to-end Order-to-Cash, Global Payables, Controllership, and Compliance operations across CleverTap’s multi-entity global structure. In this role, You will run the Global Controllership Algorithm and Compliance Calendar with zero missed timelines, drive AI-led transformation across finance operations, and act as a hands-on operating partner to the CFO on treasury, tax, ESOP, and the ongoing Reverse Flip restructuring.

What will you do :

Order to Cash & Global Payables

• Own end-to-end Order-to-Cash (O2C) operations, including invoicing, collections, overages, contract billing, and reconciliations.

• Manage global payables, vendor payments, employee reimbursements, and inter-company transactions across geographies.

• Drive AI-led automation across billing, collections, customer queries, and payment workflows.

• Ensure compliance with global payment regulations, statutory deductions, and approval frameworks.

Controllership & Compliance

• Manage global controllership, ensuring timely financial close, reporting, and execution of key finance processes.

• Manage statutory, tax, and regulatory compliance across all global entities with zero compliance breaches.

• Coordinate internal, external, and statutory audits while maintaining robust SOPs and internal controls.

• Drive global tax planning, compliance, and process improvements.

Payroll, ESOP & Equity Management

• Handle accurate and compliant payroll across all regions.

• Manage global ESOP administration, cap table, valuations, and equity accounting.

• Ensure investor, M&A, and due diligence readiness for equity-related matters.

MIS, Treasury & Cost Management

• Deliver monthly MIS, Board reports, investor reporting, and business performance insights.

• Manage global treasury, FX, banking relationships, and inter-company funding.

• Drive reporting automation, cost optimization, and customer profitability analysis.

Corporate Restructuring & Transfer Pricing

• Lead finance workstreams for Reverse Flip, mergers, and corporate restructuring initiatives.

• Manage transfer pricing, cross-border tax planning, and global regulatory compliance.

• Support IP structuring, POEM/PE assessments, and post-restructuring finance integration

What are we looking for ?

Must Have:

• Chartered Accountant, or equivalent finance qualification, with 4-7 years of post-qualification experience in a Global SaaS/technology company

• Hands-on experience owning order-to-cash and global payables operations at scale, across multiple entities and geographies

• Demonstrated ownership of a controllership function – structured activity calendars, compliance tracking, and audit readiness

• Working knowledge of India and cross-border tax and regulatory frameworks: GST, TDS, RBI/FEMA, MCA, and withholding tax regimes

• Exposure to ESOP administration, cap table management, and business valuation coordination (409A / Rule 3(viii))

• NetSuite or equivalent ERP experience – hands-on, not just oversight

• Mumbai-based or willing to relocate; WFO

Good to have :

• Experience with corporate restructuring, Reverse Flip, mergers, NCLT processes, and cross-border regulatory compliance.

• Knowledge of transfer pricing, treasury management, FX exposure, hedging, and working capital planning.

• Experience building compliance frameworks for multi-entity, global organizations.

• Exposure to AI-led finance transformation and automation of finance processes.

• Ability to build SOPs, mentor teams, drive process improvements, and manage audit and close-cycle pressures effectively.

Who will you report to: Director - Finance

Why join us

• Contribute to a product backed by 11 technology patents, showcasing industry-leading innovation.
  You are passionate about technology and its impact on the high-growth mobile technology space

• Power personalized engagement at scale, processing over 30 billion events daily and reaching 3+ billion devices worldwide.

• Flourish in an Environment that Nurtures Growth and Curiosity

Learn More

Get to know us better before you apply!

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• CleverTap Developer Documentation

• Blogs

• TesseractDB™

• CleverTap Product Demo

About CleverTap:

CleverTap is the world’s leading AI-first, all-in-one customer engagement and retention platform, redefining how brands build lasting customer relationships in the Agentic era. Powered by its proprietary CleverAI™ Decisioning Engine and the Agentic Universe, CleverTap enables autonomous, real-time decision-making that helps organizations deliver 1:1 individualized experiences at scale while maximizing ROI.

Its unified platform brings together an AI-native Personalization Engine, automated Journey Orchestration, its proprietary Customer Data Platform – TesseractDB™, and deep customer and product analytics to power truly intelligent, self-optimizing engagement across channels including mobile, web, email, SMS, WhatsApp, and more. By seamlessly connecting data, insights, and activation, CleverTap ensures every interaction is contextual, coordinated, and conversion-driven.

Recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Personalization Engines and a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™, CleverTap is at the forefront of the shift from campaign-led marketing to agent-led growth. Trusted by more than 2,000 global brands including IKEA, Tesco, Burger King, Levi’s, Decathlon, Domino’s, 7-Eleven, Jio, Grab, Carousell, and Emirates NBD, CleverTap helps businesses drive measurable growth through meaningful, autonomous customer engagement.

Backed by Accel, Peak XV Partners, Tiger Global, CDPQ, and 360 One, CleverTap has 600+ employees across offices in the US, the Middle East, Asia, and LATAM.

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