- This is a high-ownership role for a finance professional who wants to move beyond bookkeeping and into the. engine room of business strategy.
- You will own the planning, forecasting, and analytical infrastructure that. drives decisions across Sales, Procurement, Operations, and Technology partnering directly with the CFO. to translate numbers into actionable insight.
- You will be working in a fast-paced environment where your models and dashboards directly influence real. capital allocation decisions not just reviewed but acted upon.
Key Responsibilities
01 Annual Operating Plan (AOP):
- Own the end-to-end AOP process across all business verticals.
- Work with Operations, Sales, Marketing & Tech to build bo@om-up budgets.
- Track actuals vs plan and publish monthly variance commentary with actionable insights.
- Flag budget overruns early and recommend corrective levers to leadership.
- 02 Rolling Forecasts & Scenario Planning.
- Prepare monthly rolling cash forecasts and quarterly reforecasts.
- Build scenario models - base, bull, and bear - for leadership and board reviews.
- Provide investor-ready variance commentary with forward-looking views.
- Stress-test financial plans against key business risks and macro variables.
03 Financial Modelling
- Build dynamic models for vehicle inventory economics, reconditioning cost, take-rate, and warranty liability.
- Simulate the impact of pricing changes on Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) and net margin.
- Evaluate ROI on new city/store expansions and technology investments.
- Develop sensitivity analyses to support strategic and capital allocation decisions.
04 MIS & Management Reporting
- Prepare board packs, investor dashboards, and weekly / monthly MIS.
- Drive cohort-level analysis - city-wise EBITDA, channel profitability, vehicle contribution margin.
- Publish performance scorecards for senior leadership with clear business narrative.
- Automate recurring reports through ERP and BI tool integration.
05 Business Partnering
- Partner with Sales, Procurement, and Operations to identify cost arbitrage opportunities.
- Provide financial perspective to business decisions - hiring, capex, new verticals.
- Translate financial data into business language for non-finance stakeholders.
- Act as a trusted advisor to BU Heads on financial planning and target seUng.
06 Working Capital & Unit Economics
- Monitor Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) and drive faster cycle times.
- Track burn rate, cash runway, and working capital e- ciency on a weekly basis.
- Support treasury and financing decisions with analytical inputs and projections.
- Identify and flag working capital leakages across procurement, logistics, and collections.
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
- CA (1st or 2nd attempt) or MBA Finance from a reputed institution.
- Experience supporting investor reporting or fundraising processes.
- 5 - 8 years of progressive finance experience.
- Working knowledge of BI tools - Tableau, Power BI, or Metabase.
- Minimum 3 years in a dedicated FP&A or business finance role.
- Exposure to NBFC or vehicle financing economics.
Prior exposure to startup, auto, fintech, or e-commerce strongly preferred.
- Strong financial modelling and Excel / Google Sheets expertise.
- Experience in a multi-City and multi-entity finance setup.
- Proficiency in ERP systems (Zoho).
Competency Profile
- Core Competencies Leadership Competencies.
- Financial modelling & scenario analysis.
- Business partnering & stakeholder management.
- AOP, forecasting & variance analysis.
- Cross-functional influence.
- Unit economics & contribution margin.
- Comfort with ambiguity & speed.
- MIS design & management reporting.
- Strong communication & data storytelling.
- Working capital & cash flow management.
- Integrity & analytical rigor.
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