We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being Indias most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country delighting over 32 lakh customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood! Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on...

What makes the role meaty:

- Lead the annual budgeting process, partnering with department heads to develop, review, and consolidate budgets.

- Leverage prior FP&A and business partnering experience to drive cross-functional alignment across diverse functions and business units.

- Break down complex business challenges through structured financial analysis, identify growth opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations.

- Collaborate with the Technology team to implement and optimize financial systems (ERP, AI-powered finance tools), identify automation opportunities, and improve financial processes.

- Partner with business leaders to review key cost drivers, define profitability improvement strategies, and monitor performance metrics.

- Work closely with the Controllership team to review cost data and derive meaningful business insights through financial analytics.

- Conduct variance analysis between actuals and budgets, identify key trends and root causes, and work with stakeholders to drive corrective actions.

- Develop robust financial models to support strategic planning, business performance analysis, and decision-making.

- Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, dashboards, and management presentations.

- Analyze financial and operational data to identify cost optimization opportunities and improve overall business performance.

- Build and publish management dashboards and financial KPIs to enable performance tracking across the organization.

- Prepare financial presentations and business updates for leadership and internal stakeholders.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial reporting, forecasting, and business analysis.

- Provide support for ad-hoc financial analyses, strategic projects, and leadership requests.

- Evaluate investment opportunities and business cases through financial modelling and commercial analysis.

We hope that you have:

- Are a Chartered Accountant (CA) with 6 - 8 years of post-qualification experience and a strong articleship, preferably with one of the Big 4 firms.

- Have a strong interest and proven experience in financial planning & analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering.

- Possess advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.

- Have a solid understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and management reporting.

- Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy.

- Possess excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Have hands-on experience with financial analysis and reporting tools such as SAP S/4HANA, Tableau, and Power BI.