Job Overview:

We are seeking an agile, commercially focused Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the end-to-end finance ecosystem and act as a co-pilot to the CEO and Board. The leader will drive financial strategy, capital allocation, cash discipline, governance, controllership, and finance transformation to support ambitious expansion plans.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Business Partnering:

- Provide financial direction to the CEO and executive leadership, steering P&L management, margin expansion, unit economics, and return on capital.

- Partner closely with Business, Operations, Commercial, and Procurement teams on store-level profitability, revenue-share dynamics, and margin optimization.

FP&A & Performance Management:

- Spearhead enterprise-wide budgeting, rolling forecasts, and multi-year strategic business planning.

- Build robust financial models for store rollouts, commercial tenders, joint ventures, and new business expansions.

- Institute advanced business MIS, executive dashboards, and variance reviews.

Treasury, Liquidity & Working Capital:

- Manage banking relationships, fundraising, liquidity, and active treasury operations.

- Drive working-capital discipline, cash-flow forecasting, inventory velocity, and debtor management.

- Direct capital allocation strategies across store capex, special projects, and long-term investments.

Controllership, Governance & Risk:

- Ensure timely, audit-ready financial closures, compliance with accounting standards, and direct/indirect taxation frameworks.

- Strengthen internal financial controls, approval frameworks, SOPs, and inventory loss-prevention systems.

Finance Transformation & Systems:

- Drive digital transformation across the finance function, including ERP/SAP implementation and workflow automation for scale.

- Re-engineer reporting architecture to support high transaction volumes seamlessly.

M&A & Strategic Deals:

- Evaluate and execute financial due diligence for M&A, franchise agreements, concession contracts, and revenue-sharing partnerships.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- Qualification: Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).

- Experience: 12 to 18 years of progressive finance leadership experience, currently operating as a CFO, Head of Finance, or Senior Finance Director.

- Sector Background: Proven experience in multi-unit operations such as Retail, F&B, QSR, Consumer Goods, or Travel Retail.

- Core Strengths: Strong blend of commercial acumen, unit economics, treasury/working capital oversight, ERP implementation experience, and statutory compliance.

- Exceptional stakeholder management, executive presence, and communication skills.

Key Skills:

CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Finance Head, Retail Finance, QSR, FP&A, Working Capital Management, Treasury, P&L Management, Financial Modeling, Store Economics, Statutory Compliance, ERP Implementation, Commercial Finance