Role: Associate Director- Finance
Employment Type: Full time
Educational Qualification: Chartered Accountant

Work Experience: 4-7 years Post Qualification Experience (PQE)

Role Description:

We are looking for an operationally strong Associate Director – Finance who will focus on core finance operations- including reporting, MIS, compliance, and financial control, and parallelly contribute to the strategic growth of the Company through fund-raising, M&A and other high-impact projects. This is an opportunity to build a long-term leadership career in a pioneering space-tech company.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Support capital raise (equity/ debt) and allocation efforts of the company. Establish long term relationships with investors, debt providers & banking partners.

• Work on specific projects, including government bids in different geographies for the entire life cycle- bidding, execution and reporting.

• Proactively identify global strategic and operational risks, establishing risk mitigation frameworks and ensuring regulatory and financial governance compliance.

• Lead financial reporting under Ind AS/ US-GAAP and MIS on a regular basis and ensure timely and accurate reporting to stakeholders. Lead audits, secretarial compliances, taxation, and treasury operations.

• Establish and strengthen financial controls, accounting processes, and operational policies.

• Standardize and automate finance processes and systems for operational efficiency.

• Serve as a key advisor to the leadership team, translating financial insights into actionable strategic recommendations across all business functions.

• Mentor and grow a high-performing finance team as responsibilities expand.
  
  

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification is mandatory.

• 4–7 years of post-qualification experience in finance operations, reporting, MIS, compliance, and financial control.

• Knowledge of Ind-AS, IFRS, US-GAAP mandatory. Experience of International Transfer Pricing and Taxation laws preferred.

• A deep understanding of how ERPs work is mandatory. Knowledge of SAP is a big plus.

Candidate Acumen:

• Experience in high-growth startups, manufacturing, technology, aerospace, or regulated industries preferred.

• Strong hands-on financial acumen with attention to detail and operational rigor.

• Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.

• High ownership mindset, resilience, and eagerness to work in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

Health insurance coverage
Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours
Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit
Relocation assistance
Professional Mental Wellness services
Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)
Employee Stock Options for all hires

About Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Pixxel’s constellation is designed to provide global coverage every 24 hours and help detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena across agriculture, mining, environment and energy use cases.

Pixxel is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting-edge hyperspectral small satellites. This unique hyperspectral capability will be the key to unearth underlying, unseen problems that are invisible to satellites in orbit today.

Pixxel has collaborated with prominent organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization, NASA JPL, and SpaceX among other leaders in the space industry. The organization is backed by Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others.

Recently, Pixxel successfully raised $36 Million in its Series B funding round, with participation from new investors like Google, alongside existing investors, bringing the company's total venture funding to $71 Million.