Manager – Finance & Strategy – Business Finance – D2C/Retail

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About Company:

Company operates in the home and interior design industry, offering a curated range of furniture, dcor, and lifestyle products through a technology-driven retail platform.

Job Description:

1. Financial Planning & Analysis:

– Build and maintain financial models, budgets, forecasts, and business plans.

– Analyse revenue, costs, margins, working capital, and cash flows.

– Prepare monthly MIS, management reports, and financial dashboards.

– Evaluate financial performance against targets and support business decisions.

2. Transaction Advisory & Fundraising Support:

– Apply transaction advisory and financial due diligence experience to financial reporting and decision-making.

– Support fundraising, financial due diligence, investor data rooms, financial models, and information requests.

– Prepare financial analyses, business performance summaries, and investor presentations.

– Evaluate strategic opportunities, business partnerships, and potential transactions.

– Support valuation analysis, scenario modelling, and financial assessment of business initiatives.

3. Accounting & Financial Controls:

– Oversee monthly financial closing, trial balance reviews, provisions, and reconciliations.

– Coordinate with the accounting team and external CA firms on bookkeeping, financial statements, and audits.

– Monitor accounts receivable, accounts payable, working capital, and cash flow.

– Support GST, TDS, income tax, and other statutory compliance requirements.

– Identify gaps in financial processes and implement controls and approval workflows.

4. Business Finance & Strategic Analysis:

– Develop financial models for new business initiatives, expansion plans, store economics, and profitability.

– Analyse unit economics, customer and channel profitability, operating costs, and contribution margins.

– Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business plans into financial outcomes.

– Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency, cash conversion, and financial performance.

5. Finance Process & Systems:

– Build scalable reporting processes, financial models, and standard operating procedures.

– Improve the quality, consistency, and timeliness of financial data and reporting.

– Evaluate opportunities to automate financial reporting and improve finance systems.

– Own finance projects and work directly with leadership on high-impact initiatives.

Candidate Requirements:

– Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 4 – 6 years of relevant post-qualification experience.

– Big 4 experience in Transaction Advisory Services, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Services, or a related financial advisory role.

– Strong understanding of financial statements, financial modelling, business valuation, cash flows, working capital, and profitability analysis.

– Experience in financial due diligence, transaction analysis, or fundraising-related financial assessments.

– Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills, with the ability to analyse complex financial data and derive actionable insights.

– Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, audit processes, and Indian statutory compliance.

– Ability to communicate financial insights clearly to business stakeholders and senior leadership.

– Proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Good to Have:

– Experience with startups, scale-ups, e-commerce, retail, D2C, or consumer businesses.

– Exposure to fundraising, investor reporting, board presentations, or deal execution.

– Experience building financial models and management reporting frameworks from scratch.

– Familiarity with accounting and ERP systems and financial reporting automation.

Why Join Us?:

– Work directly with leadership on business-critical financial and strategic decisions.

– Gain exposure to fundraising, business strategy, financial planning, and building a finance function.

– Take ownership and make a tangible impact in a growing, entrepreneurial business.

– Apply financial expertise beyond transaction advisory to real business decisions and company growth.

Mandatory Requirement:

– Primary Job Profile: Business Finance

– Technical Skills: AOP, Financial modeling, Business Finance

– Candidate Industry Requirement: D2C/ Retail

– Candidate Location Requirement: Bangalore

– Maximum Notice Period: 30 Days

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