Finance Partner - eCommerce/Startup - CA/IIM/FMS/MDI/XLRI

Job Description:

- Drive growth and cost reduction initiatives with Business and Operations stakeholders, to arrive at target revenue and costs

- Ensure process controls through right data representation and logic, and by aligning the relevant stakeholders

- Drive actions by analyzing, interpreting data, and making comparative analyses with both local and global competitors

- Guide analysis by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures as per the relevant Accounting and Risk standards

- Prepare weekly/monthly performance analysis & business dashboard with detailed variance analysis vs forecast/plan for the business and operations

- Support in designing systems to capture data at a granular level to aid better analysis

- Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting and decision support

- Drive strategic thought and partner management in driving towards right business decisions

- Evaluate new business proposals in terms of control standpoint and design processes that minimize leakages

- Review/ highlight risk/opportunities with appropriate analysis for initiatives

- Create business scenarios & impact for various business options and suggest the most suitable

Requirements

Pre-requisites:

- Education: CA/MBA from a Tier 1 school

- Past experience in Finance or a business finance role; Experience in E-Commerce, and/ or Start-up is preferred although not mandatory

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and in-depth understanding of cost structures and P&L

- Process and detail-oriented

- Good communication and stakeholder management skills

- Strong skills in MS Office, especially Excel and Word