Associate Director – Corporate · Mumbai

Associate Director - Corporate is a senior corporate finance and strategy role based in Mumbai, India, with ownership across capital planning, fundraising, and leadership decision support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead long-range financial planning, scenario modelling, and executive-level decision support for strategic priorities.
• Drive fundraising and transaction readiness by shaping materials, diligence workflows, investor responses, and stakeholder alignment.
• Translate complex financial and business data into crisp recommendations for senior management and board-level reviews.
• Own capital allocation and balance-sheet planning discussions in partnership with finance and leadership teams.
• Evaluate strategic initiatives, partnerships, and expansion opportunities using rigorous commercial and financial analysis.
• Oversee management reporting cadences, ensuring metrics, assumptions, and commentary remain decision-useful and reliable.
• Coordinate with legal, tax, treasury, compliance, and operations teams to keep critical workstreams on track.
• Anticipate execution risks, process gaps, and dependency issues early, then drive mitigation plans.
• Strengthen reporting, planning, and governance frameworks to improve operating discipline at scale.
• Prepare leadership-ready narratives, briefing notes, and review materials for high-stakes internal and external meetings.
• Mentor junior team members on analytical quality, stakeholder management, and business rigor.
• Represent a high-accountability, high-ownership approach across corporate finance and strategic projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors/Undergraduate Degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field.
• Strong experience in corporate finance, strategic finance, treasury, consulting, or investment banking.
• Deep comfort with valuation, modelling, planning, and executive communication.
• Ability to manage confidential, cross-functional, and time-sensitive workstreams.
• Strong commercial judgment and a structured approach to ambiguity.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders with clear, evidence-based recommendations.