Open Secret - Business Finance Manager - CA

Business Finance Manager

About Open Secret :

Open Secret is a brand with a vision to make every Indian family snack better. Powered by a strong operating team of strategists and marketers from Harvard Business School, IIM, and IIT with 40+ years of collective FMCG experience and backed by the strongest set of mentors - Matrix, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal, and Vivek Gambhir. The goal is to become the most preferred snacking brand for families by un-junking their favourite snacks.

Open Secret is currently available through their website at https://opensecret.in, multiple ecommerce platforms, and across offline stores Pan India where they sell their entire range of un-junked snacks including; Nutty Cookies, Nutty Chips, Flavoured Nuts, Nutty Shake Mixes and Nutty Spreads.

About the CEO and Co-Founder :

Ahana Gautam is an experienced operator with a passion to build and grow the biggest consumer brands in India. She has a B. Tech from IIT Bombay and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She started her career at P&G where she worked across multiple functions - supply chain, finance and marketing. Ahana grew her passion for food brands at General Mills in the US where she launched natural and organic products.

Job Description : We are currently hiring a Sr. Finance Manager / Finance Manager for a series B funded D2C Start up in Mumbai. This is a leading FMCG startup that is growing in a big way.

Job Role :

- This role will require exceptional numerical proficiency to aid the organization in maintaining financial growth, formulating sound financial strategies and implementing proper internal controls for accounting and compliance.

- You will also be leading audits, taxation and compliances.

- This role will report to finance head.

The role requires the person to be able to do :

- Strategic planning and providing the financial grounding.

- Managing financial transactions, overseeing and preparing income statements and preparing financial reports.

- Analyzing financial data and monitoring internal controls.

- Prepare & Review of Audit Financial & Schedules as per IGAAP or Ind-AS.

- Resolve audit queries, follow up for pending information with Finance, Legal, Tax, Solutions, etc.

- Lead book closure for the company on monthly basis

- Developing plans for financial growth and cost optimization.

- Control day to day accounting and ensure month end book closing activities.

- Strong stakeholder management from a finance perspective.

- Ensuring tax related matters.

- Assist in streamlining and improving the payable process and to oversee the purchase orders, invoices and expenses, assist with cash management and bank reconciliation.

You must be :

- CA with minimum 1 to 2 years of experience in start up or manufacturing set up.

- Excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods.

- Strong leadership and organizational skills.

- An analytical mind, comfortable with numbers.

- Relationship and team management.

- Hustler, Well organized and self-directed.