Building a Multi-City Finance GCC for Global Scale

How Talentiser helped Crete establish and scale a high-performance finance organization across Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Hyderabad in under one year

The Strategic Mandate

Crete needed more than hiring support. It needed a scalable finance operating backbone.

As Crete began building its India GCC, the objective was not simply to fill finance roles. The organization needed to establish a globally aligned finance and accounting capability that could support audit, compliance, advisory, accounting, payroll, and revenue operations across multiple business functions.
The complexity was compounded by three simultaneous realities:
● Multi-city execution across Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Hyderabad
● Parallel hiring across leadership, management, and operations layers
● The need to maintain consistency in quality, governance, and candidate experience at scale
Talentiser was brought in to architect and execute the hiring program from the ground up.

The GCC Build Architecture

Designing a hiring engine aligned to GCC scale

Rather than approaching the mandate as independent hiring tracks, Talentiser designed a centralized hiring architecture that balanced speed, specialization, and governance.
The engagement focused on five strategic pillars:
1. Functional Competency Mapping
Role-specific competency frameworks were built for each finance function to standardize evaluation quality across all hiring streams.
2. Market-Specific Talent Pipelines
Dedicated sourcing ecosystems were created for Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Hyderabad based on local talent dynamics.
3. Layered Organization Design
Hiring was balanced across operational, managerial, and leadership levels simultaneously to ensure organizational stability from day one.
4. Governance-Led Execution
A structured workflow was implemented across sourcing, assessment, interview coordination, and offer management to improve speed and hiring consistency.
5. Capability Alignment
Each hiring decision was aligned to Crete’s long-term GCC operating model and future scale requirements

Execution at Scale

Simultaneous execution across functions, cities, and seniority levels

Outcomes

Building operational readiness at scale.

Since May 2025, Talentiser has helped Crete operationalize a multi-city finance GCC with high offer conversion and scalable organizational depth.

Business Impact

Looking Ahead

Transitioning from build phase to scale phase.

With the foundational hiring phase completed, the GCC is now evolving toward deeper specialization, leadership maturity, and operational optimization. INSERT IMAGE

Building GCCs requires more than recruitment.

It requires capability design, operating rigor, and execution at scale.