Finance & Strategy Manager | CA | D2C/Retail

About Company

Company operates in the home and interior design industry, offering a curated range of furniture, décor, 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.