General Manager - Business Finance - CA

Description:

Key responsibilities include:

- Long-term strategic planning, preparing and managing quarterly and annual operating plans, budgeting, and forecasting.

- Acting as a co-pilot with business teams, taking ownership of outcomes amidst uncertainty.

- Evaluating and constructing commercial proposals for category margins, leading negotiations.

- Driving targets with business teams, assisting with gap analysis and improvement plans.

- Collaborating with operation managers to reduce inefficient costs, optimize for steady-state costing, and set up processes for sustainable optimal cost.

- Facilitating financial review meetings, working with business managers to ensure effective finance and cost management, and providing data-driven recommendations and follow-through with business leaders.

- Performing financial reporting, ad-hoc business analysis, and financial modeling, managing financial planning and analysis using key business input levers.

- Automating reporting and demonstrating familiarity with Business Intelligence tools.

- Driving working capital management, including inventory management and return per square footage, to maximize top-line revenue.

The successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and demonstrate the ability to effectively manage the finances of a high-growth business.

Desired Skills:

- 8-10 years of post-qualification experience.

- Masters in Business Finance/Strategy or CA preferred.

- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with and influence cross-functional teams.

- Self-starter who can take ownership of deliverables with minimal direction and develop new approaches to business problems.

- Continuous improvement attitude and fast learning ability.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.