Director of Finance
Location: Hyderabad, India
Employment Type: Full-Time
Function: Financial Operations | FP&A | Controllership | Compliance | Finance Systems
About Tachyon Technologies
Tachyon Technologies is a global professional-services firm with operations in Southlake, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. We are undergoing a deliberate transformation into an AI-native services company, embedding AI into consulting, delivery, and business operations.
We are looking for a finance leader who can help build the financial foundation for our next stage of growth—someone who can operate hands-on, build scalable processes, and use technology and AI to make finance faster, more intelligent, and more effective.
The Opportunity
As Director of Finance, you will build and lead the finance function across Tachyon's India and US entities. You will own financial operations, FP&A, controllership, compliance, cash management, reporting, and finance systems.
This is a hands-on leadership role working closely with the CEO and senior leadership team. You will establish the systems, controls, reporting, and financial insights required to support a high-growth technology-services business.
You will also help define and model the economics of an AI-native services organisation, including the impact of AI on utilisation, capacity, delivery costs, margins, pricing, and profitability.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Operations & Controllership
- Own day-to-day financial operations across India and US entities.
- Lead accounting, month-end and year-end close, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, AP, AR, and management reporting.
- Ensure accurate, timely, and reliable financial reporting.
- Establish scalable accounting processes and operating controls.
FP&A & Business Finance
- Build and lead the FP&A function.
- Own annual budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, and variance analysis.
- Develop dashboards and financial models for business performance.
- Analyze unit economics, client profitability, utilization, headcount, capacity, and delivery margins.
- Partner with leadership on financial and operational decision-making.
Compliance, Governance & Risk
- Establish and maintain strong financial controls and governance.
- Ensure compliance with Indian regulations, including GST, TDS, Companies Act, and transfer pricing.
- Coordinate statutory, tax, and financial audits.
- Work closely with external auditors, tax advisors, legal advisors, and other professional partners.
- Support cross-border compliance and reporting requirements.
Treasury & Working Capital
- Manage working capital, cash flow, banking relationships, and treasury operations.
- Monitor collections, receivables, payables, and cash requirements.
- Develop strategies to improve cash conversion and financial efficiency.
AI-Native Finance Transformation
- Model the financial impact of AI-driven delivery and automation.
- Evaluate how AI affects utilization, capacity, staffing models, delivery costs, pricing, and margins.
- Identify opportunities to automate finance processes using AI and modern technology.
- Drive finance transformation through automation, analytics, and intelligent reporting.
Finance Systems & Technology
- Implement and manage modern ERP, FP&A, BI, and financial reporting systems.
- Improve automation across accounting, close, reporting, forecasting, and analysis.
- Build real-time dashboards and management reporting capabilities.
- Leverage AI-enabled tools to improve finance productivity and decision-making.
Leadership & Strategic Partnership
- Prepare monthly financial packages and executive dashboards for the CEO and leadership team.
- Support commercial pricing and financial evaluation of large enterprise contracts.
- Provide financial insights to support growth, investment, and strategic decisions.
- Partner with business and delivery leaders to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
- Help prepare the organization for future investment, fundraising, or other strategic growth initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- 8-15 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting.
- Experience in a Controllership, Finance Manager, Head of Finance, or Finance Leadership role.
- CA (India), CPA, or CMA strongly preferred.
- MBA in Finance is an added advantage.
- Strong hands-on experience in accounting, FP&A, financial reporting, and controllership.
- Deep knowledge of Indian financial regulations, including GST, TDS, Companies Act, and transfer pricing.
- Experience working with US GAAP or US-based entities is strongly preferred.
- Experience managing India-US or multi-entity finance operations is a strong advantage.
- Strong understanding of technology-services business models and professional-services economics.
- Experience with ERP, FP&A, BI, automation, or modern finance technology platforms.
What We're Looking For
- Hands-on operator: You are comfortable building financial models, closing books, analyzing numbers, and solving problems yourself.
- Commercially minded: You understand the connection between pricing, delivery, utilization, capacity, revenue, and profitability.
- Strategic thinker: You can translate financial data into actionable business decisions.
- Technology-oriented: You are excited about AI, automation, analytics, and modern finance systems.
- Strong communicator: You can explain complex financial information clearly to business and executive stakeholders.
- Builder mentality: You enjoy creating processes and systems in a growing organization rather than simply maintaining an established finance function.
Why Join Tachyon Technologies
- Build the finance function of a high-growth, AI-Native technology-services company.
- Work directly with senior leadership on strategic business decisions.
- Lead finance transformation through AI, automation, and modern technology.
- Influence how an AI-Native services business measures growth, productivity, capacity, and profitability.
- Opportunity to build scalable finance systems and processes from the ground up.
