About Freight Tiger

Freight Tiger, a subsidiary of the $16 billion listed company Tata Motors Limited (Commercial Vehicles Division)

We offer two core solutions:

Cloud-based TMS (Transportation Management Software) to streamline the procure-to-cash cycle and provide real-time visibility across the supply chain. Carrier Matching Marketplace to help Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) source vehicles transparently and get paid faster

We currently process 4% of India's total freight, serving 400+ shippers, 1500+ LSPs across 90,000+ locations - with marquee clients including Saint Gobain, JSW Steel, ITC, DHL, MRF and Pernod Ricard.

Our mission is simple - benefit every stakeholder across the ecosystem, from shippers and logistics providers to carriers, truckers and end customers - without disintermediating anyone. Built on trust, transparency and collaboration.

About the Role:

The Assistant Manager - Finance will primarily support business finance, financial planning & analysis, and investor reporting functions. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, MIS reporting, and delivering actionable financial insights to aid decision-making. The individual will work closely with cross-functional teams to track performance, support planning cycles, and ensure timely, accurate reporting for management and investors, while contributing to process improvements and strategic initiatives.

Key responsibilities :

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Analysis:

- Support the preparation of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and variance analysis.

- Track actual vs. budgeted expenses and revenue; provide timely insights to management.

- Support financial planning activities and help identify areas for cost optimization.

- Update financial models promptly to reflect the latest actuals and projections, supporting timely and informed decision-making.

- Support management with ad hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, and business cases as needed for decision-making.

Investor Relations:

- Compile, validate, and distribute monthly MIS reports-including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow summaries-within two business days of month-end close to align with management review cycles.

- Ensure accuracy and completeness of data inputs to avoid delays and ensure reliability of reports as this needs to be shared with the Board of Directors and Investors.

Month-End Closures:

- Coordinate with the accounting team to ensure timely completion of accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries as per the monthly close calendar.

- Validate that all closing activities are completed and financials are review-ready within the prescribed closing window.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Partner with internal, sales, and product teams to gather inputs and validate assumptions early in the planning cycle to prevent last-minute delays.

- Facilitate planning meetings and checkpoints to ensure all stakeholders meet agreed timelines.

Process Improvement & Automation:

- Identify opportunities for process improvement (e.g., centralized templates, automation of data pulls, streamlined workflows) to reduce turnaround time.

- Monitor close cycle KPIs to drive ongoing improvements in efficiency and reporting timelines.

Ad Hoc Analysis & Special Projects:

- Support management with ad hoc analysis, ensuring a quick turnaround without compromising insight quality.

- Contribute to strategic initiatives (e.g., business cases, scenario planning) with well-defined deliverables, schedules, and milestone tracking.

Preferred qualifications:

- Chartered Accountant with 0-2 years of experience with article-ship in either Statutory Audit/ Internal Audit/ Risk Advisory from Big 4 firms.

- Open to consider, CA with Big Four in Taxation (GST), provided strong post qualification experience in FP&A of 2 years. Strong Class X, XII marks and not many attempts to clear CA.

- Excellent MS Excel skills and working knowledge of accounting tools (Zoho/QuickBooks/Tally).

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- High attention to detail as the individual is expected to work on critical investor/ board queries with a sense of ownership.

- Good verbal and written communication skills. High on energy.

- Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks under tight timelines.