Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Position: Corporate FPA Lead

Location: Banglore

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Experience Required: 4-6 years

The Role

The Corporate FP&A owns company-level financial planning and analysis — the AOP, forecasts, and estimates that leadership plans against, the P&L from CM3 down to PAT, and the cash and runway that keep the brand funded to grow.

This is a company-wide role that works directly with the Head of Finance and every corporate and support function. You will slice performance by category, channel, and geography; convert variances into corrective action; and bring a strategic finance lens to every major decision — new sub-channels, category bets, and changes to the AOP — so leadership knows exactly how the P&L and cash flow will move before they commit.

Your mandate is to make Corporate FP&A the function leadership turns to first when a decision has a number attached to it.

Reporting & Interfaces

• Reports to: Head of Finance
• Internal Interfaces: Head of Finance, Category Business Finance, Sales, Financial Controller / FinOps, Legal, HR, Supply Chain, and other department leads
• External Interfaces: Auditors, Banks (as relevant to cash flow and runway), Board / Investors (as relevant to strategic studies)

What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)

Within the first quarter, success in this role would mean:

• Month 1 — Understand: Develop an understanding of the business, categories, channels, sub-channels, operating expenses, and finance arrangements. Build relationships with the Department Leads.
• Month 2 — Build: Create the Corporate FP&A process — governance, cadence, metrics, and SOPs — to establish a best-in-class FP&A function.
• Month 3 — Advise & Drive: Operate as an advisor to the Head of Finance and management. Drive the monthly FP&A cadence and drive results.

What You'll Own

A. Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnering

• Work with the Head of Finance and other departments as the company-level FP&A partner
• Be the finance function leadership turns to for a company-wide view of performance

B. Planning & Forecasting (Company Level)

• Drive the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Quarterly Rolling Forecasts (QRF), and Running Monthly Estimates (RME) at a company level
• Slice and dice AOP, forecasts, and estimates to Category, Channel, and Geography levels

C. P&L Ownership (CM3 to PAT)

• Drive the P&L from CM3 to PAT margin levels, working with the Head of Finance and other support/corporate functions
• Track Actuals vs. AOP / Forecasts / Estimates, and drive the analysis of what went well and what didn't
• Convert variance analysis into corrective actions that keep the company on track to its end targets

D. EBITDA & PBT Improvement

• Drive EBITDA and PBT improvement basis finance levers around Operating Expense optimization
• Drive Finance Cost optimization as an additional lever to EBITDA and PBT improvement

E. Cash Flow & Runway Management

• Drive cash flow and runway improvement through better working capital management
• Drive optimization of funds across the business

F. Strategic Finance & ROI Studies

• Drive strategic finance or ROI studies for proposed changes to the AOP, new sub-channels, or category/sub-category additions
• Provide leadership with clear insight on how the P&L and Cash Flow will behave based on proposed changes, ahead of the decision

G. Governance & Advisory

• Build and run the monthly Corporate FP&A cadence
• Operate as an advisor to the Head of Finance and management by Month 3
• Institutionalise metrics, SOPs, and governance so company-level performance is tracked consistently, month over month

Authority & Decision Rights

• Sign-off on company-level AOP, forecasts, and monthly estimates before submission
• Flag and escalate P&L (CM3–PAT), EBITDA, or PBT variances that require corrective action
• Recommend Opex and Finance Cost optimization actions across corporate and support functions
• Direct access to the Head of Finance and management on strategic finance, cash flow, and runway matters

Who You Are

Mandatory

• MBA or Chartered Accountant (CA)
• 4–6 years of experience in the D2C industry
• Demonstrated growth to an FP&A level
• Experience managing P&L, Working Capital, and Cash for a growing, fast-paced D2C Consumer Brand

How You Show Up

You bring:

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking, comfortable modelling company-level scenarios and ROI
• The ability to influence across corporate and support functions without direct authority over them
• The ability to turn a variance into a decision, not just a number in a deck
• Comfort owning cash flow and runway conversations with clarity and calm
• Comfort building process and cadence from scratch across a company-wide remit