Key Responsibilities:

1. P&L Ownership & Financial Management:

- End-to-End P&L Management: Own, manage, and optimize the company's consolidated P&L statement to maximize profitability and resource efficiency.

- Financial Health & Reporting: Ensure timely, accurate, and comprehensive monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting for internal leadership and external stakeholders.

- Cost Optimization: Audit and scrutinize departmental expenditures, driving cost-rationalization initiatives without sacrificing operational velocity.

2. Strategic Planning & Business Finance:

- FP&A Leadership: Lead the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function, establishing robust forecasting models, annual budgets, and rolling financial projections.

- Strategic Decision Support: Partner closely with business unit heads to evaluate the financial viability of new product lines, pricing strategies, market expansions, and strategic partnerships.

- Variance Analysis: Track actual performance against budgeted targets, identify key operational drivers behind variances, and execute corrective action plans.

3. Treasury & Capital Optimization:

- Cash Flow & Working Capital: Closely monitor and manage daily cash flow, optimize working capital cycles, and ensure healthy liquidity across the organization.

- Fund Utilization: Track and optimize the utilization of capital (equity, debt, or revenue-generated funds) to ensure maximum ROI on every dollar deployed.

Required Candidate Profile:

Experience & Background:

- SME / Growth-Stage Pedigree: Proven hands-on financial leadership experience within a Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME) or a fast-paced, growth-stage startup. You must be comfortable building processes from scratch rather than just managing stable, legacy systems.

- Core Business Finance Expertise: A deep, fundamental understanding of business finance mechanics, unit economics, and margin expansion strategies.

Technical & Professional Skill Matrix:

- Financial Modeling: Advanced Excel/financial modeling skills; ability to build dynamic forecasting, scenario-planning, and cohort analysis models.

- P&L Mastery: Comprehensive understanding of revenue recognition, cost of goods sold (COGS), operating expenses (OPEX), and EBITDA optimization.

- Cash Management: Sharp grasp of cash conversion cycles, accounts receivable/payable management, and liquidity forecasting.

- Data-Driven Thinking: Ability to extract insights from ERPs, financial tools, and business intelligence dashboards to tell the "story" behind the numbers.

Preferred Professional Traits:

- The "Commercially Minded" Operator: You look beyond compliance and accounting checkboxes to see how financial decisions impact sales, marketing, and product health.

- High Accountability & Ownership: A self-starter who treats the business's capital as if it were their own and isn't afraid to roll up their sleeves to untangle complex data.

- Articulate Communicator: Capable of breaking down complex financial realities into simple, actionable terms for non-finance team members and founders.