Protein World
Website:
proteinworld.com
Job details:
Finance Manager — Protein World
Gurgaon | Full-time, in-office | ₹13–18L
We're hiring our first finance lead for Protein World, based at our Gurgaon office in Udyog Vihar.
This is a founding seat. You'll be one of the first people on the ground as we build the team and the headquarters from the ground up.
About us
Protein World is a multi-vertical operating company with operations worldwide.
We're founder-led and building for the long term. We're not a corporate. We think in centuries and act in weeks.
Your first 90 days
You'll be deep in two things from day one:
1. The Gurgaon HQ build. We're fitting out our new headquarters. You'll own the cost engineering end-to-end — vendors, BOQ tracking, variance analysis, payment release, sourcing decisions on materials. Hands-on, on-site, real.
2. Protein World unit economics. SKU-level P&L, marketplace and D2C reconciliation, COGS modelling, pricing decisions across our nutrition and pharma product lines.
From there, the seat expands across the rest of the group — costing, management accounts, MIS, and orchestration of our outsourced CA, GST, and payroll stack.
Who you are
This is a high-charge seat for a high-charge person. We're not looking for someone to clock a 9-to-5 in a process role. We're looking for someone who wants to build a finance function from scratch alongside the MD.
You're extremely good with people. Half the job is managing humans — vendors, contractors, marketplace teams, our CA firm, banks.
You do more with less. You like lean teams, lean tools, lean processes. Bloat is the enemy.
You like to travel. We have operations across India and the UK. Site visits and occasional international travel come with the seat.
You have high character. You'll see everything. Trust is the currency.
On paper
- CMA (qualified or Inter + strong B.Com), or equivalent
- 3–5 years hands-on finance experience — ideally at a promoter-led group, manufacturing company, or D2C brand
- End-to-end ownership in your previous role (you've worn five hats, not one)
- Strong on costing, BOMs, and unit economics — not just bookkeeping
- Tally fluency, advanced Excel/Sheets, comfort with Shopify/Razorpay/marketplace dashboards
- Multi-entity comfort
Why this seat
- 30% above market for the right person
- Direct line to the MD, no layers
- First-team ownership of a finance function being built from scratch
- Exposure across real estate, nutrition, and pharma
- Travel across India and the UK as the role grows
How to apply
Send your CV with a short note — not a cover letter, a note — telling us about one number you found in a previous role that nobody else had spotted.
Email: system@proteinworld.com
We're interviewing on a rolling basis. The right person starts within 30 days.
Click on Apply to know more.