Head of Strategy & Financial Planning, Eggoz

 The Company: Eggoz – Nupa Technologies Private Ltd.

Founded in 2017, Eggoz is a pre series A funded egg brand and agritech start up. It is funded by Avaana Capital and Rebright Partners.

Founded by Abhishek Negi, Uttam Kumar, Aditya Singh; Engineers from IIT – Kharagpur and Pankaj Pandey from College of Technology, G B Pant University.

Eggoz wants to be the preferred brand for both consumers and farmers. Eggoz aspires to be the “Amul for eggs”

Eggoz mission is to provide high-quality and freshly produced eggs through innovative technology and operational excellence by collaborating with small farmers across the nation. The company aims to supply freshest eggs to every household, local shop, and markets nearby. And to eradicate the malnutrition problem in our country by working with farmers from densely populated areas and address high rates of malnutrition. It thrives to play a pivotal role in achieving Nutritional Security of the Rural India.

Eggoz has sold over 3 crores of eggs across 8 cities, with over 150 thousand birds under management. The firm sells over 30L eggs per month and the sales are growing 20-25% month on month.

The Role

Eggoz is looking to hire an enthusiastic Finance Strategist to provide overall strategic leadership and play a key role in improving the financial management capability of the business, with the priority objective of supporting strategic growth plan of Eggoz. This role offers an exciting opportunity to build and lead financial function at Eggoz.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to : The Co-founders

  • Define short/medium- and long-term finance strategies to support Eggoz’s overall strategy and objective.
  • Creation of investor reports and fundraising.
  • Providing leadership, direction and management to the finance and accounting team.
  • Advising on long-term business and financial planning.
  • Assisting cofounders in planning, budgeting and results management
  • Effectively manage the cash position, capital budgeting, cash flow from operating and financing activities
  • Manage the processes for financial forecasting and budgets and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting.
  • Interacting with the board of directors
  • Providing strategic guidance around capital financing options to support the startup’s growth
  • Develop appropriate key performance indicators to monitor and drive the financial performance of the organization
  • Ensure smooth functioning of day-to-day financial operations.
  • Oversee and monitor effective tax strategies and statutory and government compliance for the Corporation; GST / TDS / PF / ESIC/etc.
  • Create, coordinate, and evaluate the financial controls and supporting information systems of the company, as well as automation of the finance function
  • Build and manage the finance team
  • Representing the company externally, as necessary, particularly in banking and lease negotiations
  • Manage vendor relationships
Required Qualifications and Attributes:
  • 7+ years of Experience in business/corporate finance or strategy role and proven ability to operate in a start-up environment.
  • MBA in finance or CA by qualification
  • Strong finance-based analytical skills
  • Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills, people management and communications
  • Strong Knowledge on Accounts, Accounting standards and Taxation.
  • Experience in FMCG, Consumer Food, Retail industry or D2C required

Please write to people@avaanacapital.com with your updated resume.