About the Role
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Manager, to lead our growing Finance & Tax Retainership Services / VCFO Services vertical within the Finance & Tax domain. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical knowledge, excellent client relationship skills, and a strong ability to manage and grow a team. This role offers the opportunity to drive delivery excellence, grow client relationships, and play a key part in expanding our retainership portfolio.
Key Responsibilities:
• Client Management: Lead and manage relationships with 15+ retainership clients, ensuring high-quality delivery, proactive communication, and client satisfaction.
• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of 5–7 Commerce graduates, building capability, improving delivery timelines, and maintaining team motivation and performance.
• Technical Expertise: Be the go-to expert in accounting, compliance, and tax-related advisory and execution, ensuring technical soundness in all deliverables.
• P&L Ownership: Take ownership of the vertical’s Profit & Loss, ensuring profitability, billing hygiene, and resource optimization.
• Business Development: Identify opportunities to cross-sell and up-sell services, participate in pitches, and build relationships with potential clients to drive growth in the retainership base.
• Process Excellence: Strengthen delivery SOPs, implement best practices, and ensure efficient client onboarding, documentation, and delivery systems.
Requirements
• Hands-on experience with a B. Com qualification and 12–15 years of relevant experience, or a semi-qualified CA with 8+ years.
• Strong technical understanding of accounting standards, direct and indirect taxes, and compliance frameworks.
• Proven experience in client servicing and team management.
• Commercially savvy approach with the ability to handle P&L..
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and ownership mindset.
About the Company
Constellation Blu is a boutique advisory firm, that specializes in general corporate and advisory, commercial, and transactional matters. We specialize in the Start-up ecosystem, working with Venture Capitalists and Start-ups. We've advised a wide range of Start-ups across Incorporation & Compliance, Accounting Services, Financial Advisory, Legal Advisory, Business Finance and Special Projects and believe that every Start-up is unique and hence, needs customized solutions.
We work towards building sustaining relationships with our clients in the ecosystem.
Our client portfolio includes Atomic Ventures, Compound Express, Bhive, Smallcase, Leverage Edu, Waterfield, Arka and many more retainerships.