Assistant Manager- Accounts & Finance

Company Description NEAT India is a luxury healthcare company established in 2019 that specializes in fresh, nutritionally balanced meal services. The company offers highly personalized platforms for clients to select food based on their individual health goals and preferences. Its services include tailored subscription meal plans, private chefs who travel worldwide with clients, on-set vanity kitchen services, and curated private dining or catering experiences. NEAT India focuses on healthy, flavorful cuisine prepared with clean, fresh produce and high standards of hygiene. Passionate chefs craft high-quality meals that can be delivered or prepared wherever clients are in the world.The roleWe’re looking for a genuine all-rounder — someone who can close the books, chase a payment, sit in on a contract discussion, and hand the founders a clean MIS on the 5th. You’ll be the single point of accountability for finance, working directly with the leadership team.What you’ll ownAccounting & reporting • Full books in Tally/Zoho — journals, ledgers, reconciliations, month-end close • P&L, balance sheet and cash flow statements; monthly MIS with commentary • Coordination with statutory auditors and CA firm through finalisationReceivables & payables • Invoicing for meal subscriptions and chef retainers; follow-up and collection • Ageing control — you own DSO, not just the report • Vendor payments, advances, and payment scheduling against available cashCompliance • GST (returns, ITC, RCM, LUT and export-of-services documentation, FIRC tracking) • TDS/TCS deduction, deposit and returns • ROC/MCA annual filings, statutory registers, board and AGM documentation • PF, ESIC, PT and payroll processing coordinationPlanning & controls • Annual budgets and rolling cash flow forecasts • Unit economics — food cost %, margin per meal, margin per chef placement • Monthly kitchen inventory audits, wastage tracking and stock reconciliation • Basic internal controls and process discipline as we scaleCommercial & client coordination • Review and negotiate commercial terms on client, chef and vendor contracts alongside leadership • Speak directly to client managers, family office reps and vendors on billing, terms and disputes • Keep contract, rate card and renewal records currentYou should have • 4–7 years in accounts and finance, with at least 2 in an independent or small-team role • B.Com/M.Com with CA Inter, CMA Inter, or equivalent hands-on depth (fully qualified CA not required) • Working command of Tally/Zoho Books and strong Excel • Clear, confident spoken and written English — you’ll be on calls with HNI clients and their staff • Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to do the doing, not just superviseNice to have • F&B, cloud kitchen, hospitality or catering experience • Exposure to export of services, foreign inward remittance, or cross-border invoicing • Experience in a founder-led or family-run businessWhat we offer • Full ownership of the finance function and direct access to leadership Growth into a Head of Finance track as the business scales