About the client:

Our client is India's leading brands in luxury holiday homes, hospitality management, and bespoke real estate experiences. Backed by marquee investors and known for superior design, service, and asset performance, the group continues to expand its portfolio across India's most sought-after leisure destinations.

As the organization scales, we are seeking a high-calibre Business Manager to drive strategic initiatives, lead financial planning & analysis, and manage performance across the company's rapidly growing asset base.

Role Overview:

The Business Manager - Strategy, FP&A & Asset Management will be a central business partner to leadership, responsible for steering strategic decision-making, driving financial discipline, and ensuring optimal performance of assets across the portfolio. This role blends analytics, strategic thinking, business planning, and cross-functional execution.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders across Investments, Operations, Sales, Projects, and Finance.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategy & Business Planning:

- Lead annual and quarterly strategic planning cycles with CXOs and functional heads.

- Evaluate new business opportunities, markets, and asset classes using data-driven analysis.

- Build business cases, conduct feasibility studies, and support capital allocation decisions.

- Drive strategic projects and initiatives across functions - ensuring timelines, metrics, and outcomes are achieved.

- Support leadership with dashboards, insights, and presentations for board reviews, investor discussions, and business updates.

2. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A):

- Own the P&L planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for the group.

- Develop and maintain financial models covering revenue, cost, cash flow, and ROI analysis.

- Assess performance vs. plan; identify risks, opportunities, and improvement levers.

- Partner with business teams to improve profitability, cost efficiency, and capital productivity.

- Prepare monthly management reports and recommendations for leadership.

3. Asset Management:

- Monitor and optimize financial and operational performance of the asset portfolio across locations (occupancy, yield, margins, NOI, capex, etc.).

- Establish asset-level KPIs and performance dashboards.

- Work with Operations, Hospitality, and Projects teams to drive improvements in revenue, cost structure, service quality, and lifecycle management.

- Conduct periodic asset reviews and define corrective action plans in underperforming properties.

- Support long-term asset planning by analysing renovation needs, capex cycles, asset enhancement budgets, and exit strategies.

4. Cross-functional Program Leadership:

- Drive execution of high-impact business programs such as pricing strategy, network expansion, service model evolution, and operational excellence.

- Improve internal processes through automation, better reporting, and standardization.

- Act as a thought partner to leadership on growth, performance, and strategic opportunities.

Qualifications & Experience:

- MBA from a top-tier school (preferred) or equivalent degree in finance/strategy.

- 6 - 12 years of experience in:

- Asset management (hospitality/real estate preferred)

- FP&A, Financial Planning

- Corporate strategy

- Business partnering

- Strong modelling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

- Deep understanding of financial statements, valuation, and business drivers.

- Comfortable working with ambiguity, rapid growth environments, and senior stakeholders.

- Excellent communication skills and ability to convert insights into executive-level narratives.

Key Competencies:

- Strategic thinking and commercial acumen

- Strong ownership and execution ability

- High comfort with numbers, analytics, and modelling

- Stakeholder management and influencing skills

- Structured, detail-oriented, and process-driven

- Ability to operate in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment