Client Project Manager

The role in one line
Own the monthly delivery for every controllership client — finalisation, reporting, the team's work and the client relationship — so that quality does not depend on the Managing Partner being in the room.
About the work
GrowLedger works on structural readiness for founder-led businesses: the layer above compliance. For clients on a continuing engagement, we run the finance rhythm — evidence governance, management reporting, compliance cadence, board-ready numbers.
This role sits at the centre of that. You are the person the client calls.
What you would own
Finalisation. Monthly, quarterly and year-end closes across a portfolio of clients. Schedules, reconciliations, Ind AS positions, audit coordination.
The delivery calendar. Who is doing what, by when, across the team. Nothing slips quietly.
The team's day-to-day. Allocating work, reviewing it before it leaves, and developing the people doing it. You review; you do not redo.
Client relationship. Single point of contact. You run the monthly review call, present the numbers, and answer for them.
Quality. Every deliverable carries your name before it carries the firm's.
Where this role grows
We are not looking for someone who wants to close books for the next ten years. As the practice builds, this role extends into:
FP&A — budgeting, forecasting, unit economics, variance analysis a founder can actually act on
Transaction advisory — supporting clients through raises, lender processes and diligence, with the evidence already built
Structure Office — the quarterly readiness stress test on a client's capital, entity, contractual and governance layers
That growth is real but it is earned in sequence. The controllership has to run cleanly first. If that sounds like a delay rather than a foundation, this is the wrong role.
What we are looking for
CA or CA inter with 3–6 years in controllership, finalisation, or a finance lead role in a founder-led business
Has closed books end to end, not just prepared schedules for someone else to close
Has reviewed other people's work and held a standard without being unpleasant about it
Can sit across from a founder, explain a number, and hold the position when challenged
Reads primary documents, not just system exports
Says "I don't know yet, I'll confirm by Thursday" rather than guessing
What this is not
Not a statutory audit role. Not a compliance-only role. Not a position where you inherit a large team — you start with one or two people and build. And not a role with a fixed monthly checklist; each client is structured differently.
Compensation
₹6–8 L fixed, plus a delivery-linked variable component. We are an early practice and we are not going to pretend we match a Big 4 manager's cash. What we can offer is client ownership from month one and a path into advisory work that most controllership roles never open.
To apply
Message with a short note on one of these: a close you inherited that was a mess and what you did about it, or a time you told a client something they did not want to hear.

Work arrangement
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