Manager - Business Finance - eCommerce

Manager - Business Finance

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnering:

- Act as a finance partner to the category, procurement, and supply chain teams, ensuring data-driven decision-making for sustainable growth.

Commercial Evaluations:

- Evaluate vendor pricing strategies, category margins, and bulk procurement deals, construct financial proposals, and lead negotiation discussions.

Inventory & Working Capital Management:

- Drive inventory planning, working capital efficiency, and cash flow optimization to ensure a financially sound business model.

Cost & Process Optimization:

- Work with supply chain & operations teams to reduce inefficiencies across procurement, warehousing, and logistics.

- Implement controls to manage shrinkage and wastage.

Budgeting & Forecasting:

- Own the P&L for the new business, lead the annual operating plan, forecasting, and variance analysis, and provide insights to leadership on business profitability & sustainability.

Financial & Business Analytics:

- Set up MIS, reporting automation, and financial dashboards to track KPIs such as fill rates, inventory turnover, category profitability, and cost per order.

Tech & Automation:

- Leverage BI tools & SQL (preferred) for faster decision-making and process automation in financial reporting.

Desired Skills:

- 2-6 years of experience in Business Finance, FP&A, or Commercial Finance, preferably in B2B, FMCG, or supply chain-heavy businesses.

- Masters in business (Finance/Strategy) or CA preferred.

- Experience in inventory finance, vendor negotiations, and working capital optimization.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, ability to work cross-functionally with category, procurement, and operations teams.

- Ability to own deliverables end-to-end with minimal direction.

- Proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and SQL (preferred).