BRL-FIN-04 · Finance, Investment & Treasury

Chief Financial Officer

Corporate Pune (Head Office) · On-site 20–25 years · Leadership Board track

Lead finance, treasury, tax, accounts and investor relations across BARREL's generation, storage, grid, new-energy, digital and exchange businesses. The CFO sets the capital allocation discipline that decides which projects BARREL builds, and keeps the company ready for institutional investors and public markets.

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Scope of work

Own the group financial strategy, the annual operating plan and the five-year capital plan.
Run capital allocation across verticals with a consistent hurdle rate framework and post-investment reviews.
Raise equity at the holding company and platform level, and manage relationships with investors and rating agencies.
Lead treasury: liquidity, debt portfolio, refinancing, interest rate and currency risk across all entities.
Ensure timely, accurate consolidated financial statements under Ind AS and a clean statutory audit.
Build internal financial controls that satisfy section 134(5)(e) of the Companies Act 2013 and auditor testing.
Prepare the company for listing readiness, including SEBI ICDR and LODR requirements, when the Board decides.
Oversee tax, transfer pricing and indirect tax across the group.
Lead the finance team's hiring, structure and development.
Partner with the CEO and Board on M&A, joint ventures and asset recycling through the Power Asset Exchange.

Technical description

Ind AS framework, including Ind AS 115 for EPC and service revenue, Ind AS 116 for land and equipment leases and Ind AS 110 for consolidation of SPVs.
Companies Act 2013 provisions on accounts, audit, related party transactions (section 188) and loans and investments (section 186).
SEBI LODR and ICDR regulations, and the governance standard expected of a listed infrastructure company.
FEMA, RBI rules on FDI, ODI and ECB, and the documentation behind foreign investment.
InvIT and asset monetisation structures under SEBI InvIT Regulations as a route to recycle operating assets.
Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) and the climate-related disclosures investors now request.
Group-wide ERP, consolidation and planning tools, integrated with BARREL OS finance modules.

Commercial description

Accountable to the Board for the group's cost of capital, credit rating, liquidity and return on capital employed.
Own the finance budget and the advisory and audit spend across the group.
Lead negotiations with lenders, equity investors and joint-venture partners on major transactions.
Measured on capital raised, cost of debt, working capital days, audit outcomes and delivery of the annual plan.
Represent BARREL to banks, investors, rating agencies and auditors as the senior finance voice.
Chair or sit on the investment committee and the risk committee.

Skills required

Proven leadership of finance in a capital-intensive infrastructure, power or energy group.
Deep experience in project finance, corporate finance and capital markets in India.
Board-level communication: concise papers, clear recommendations and honest risk statements.
Building finance teams and controls that scale with rapid growth.
Negotiation with institutional investors and lenders at senior level.
Strategic thinking across a multi-vertical portfolio with different risk profiles.
Command of accounting, tax and regulatory detail when it matters.
Crisis management for liquidity, audit or regulatory events.
Use of data and dashboards to run the business, not just report it.

Talent we look for

Uncompromising integrity, the person the Board trusts first.
Commercially minded: a partner in growth, not a gatekeeper.
Steady judgement under pressure and willing to say no to a popular project.
Develops successors and gives the team real authority.
Thinks in decades about the balance sheet while executing every quarter.

Qualifications

Chartered Accountant; an MBA or CFA in addition is welcome.
Twenty or more years in finance, with at least five as CFO or deputy CFO of a power, infrastructure or energy company.
Track record of equity raising, large debt programmes and ideally an IPO or InvIT transaction.
Experience reporting to a Board and its audit committee.

At a glance

Role code: BRL-FIN-04
Business vertical: Corporate
Function: Finance, Investment & Treasury
Level: Leadership
Experience: 20–25 years
Location: Pune (Head Office)
Work mode: On-site
Employment: Full-time
Openings: 1

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What BARREL offers

Industry-best package. Pay benchmarked against the leading power, infrastructure and technology employers, reviewed every year, with health cover for you and your family.
Work freedom. Own your outcomes, not your hours. Hybrid and remote work where the role allows, and the authority to decide within your scope without layers of approval.
Performance incentive & bonus. Quarterly performance incentives and an annual bonus tied to clear, measurable goals for you, your team and the company.
Project-wise stock sharing. Share in the value you build: eligible people receive a stake in the projects they deliver, under the company's equity plan.
A seat at the table. Outstanding performers can be invited to a Board committee or the Board itself. Senior roles marked “Board track” are built for it.
Learning without limits. Certifications, conferences and international technology exposure paid by BARREL, and moves across generation, storage, grid, digital and markets.

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