Manager - Accounts & Finance - D2C - CA

Description:

- Lead working capital strategy across procurement, production, marketing, warehouse operations, and trade credit.

- Optimize vendor financing, receivable cycles, payment terms, and inventory turns.

- Negotiate with banks for OD/CC/LC structures aligned to growth and SKU strategy.

- Build SKU-level and channel-level P&Ls.

- Track COGS, trade discounts, logistics, marketing spend, and cost leakages.

- Own pricing frameworks and promo governance.

- Lead annual operating plan (AOP), budgeting cycles, forecasting, and MIS cadence.

- Build dashboards for Founder, Investors, and leadership reviews.

- Support scenario modeling for scale, expansion, and GTM initiatives.

- Implement cash flow discipline with weekly and monthly visibility.

- Ensure liquidity planning across growth, inventory, marketing, and hiring.

- Manage and mentor the accounts team and external partners (CA/audit/statutory).

- Ensure GST filings, statutory audits, payroll compliance, and MCA filings are timely.

- Strengthen controls, SOPs, and documentation required for scale.

Youll Succeed If You:

- Are hands-on and comfortable rolling up your sleeves.

- Understand FMCG economics trade, margins, warehousing, GST, promotions, and logistics.

- Can balance growth mindset with hard cost discipline.

- Move fast and are energized by a pace where done beats perfect.

- Are a problem solver, not a policy enforcer.

Experience: 5 to 10 years

Qualification: Chartered Accountant/MBA Finance or other Finance related field