About client:

Our client offers a future-proof Co-op Marketing Operating System - accelerating digital transformation across Enterprise Brands & its Channel Partner ecosystem. They are an Enterprise B2B SaaS startup, based out of Pune India. Several Enterprise OEMs across Auto, Retail, and CPG verticals and 7000+ Channel Partners are leveraging them to digitize Co-op Marketing budgets to personalize & localize Shopper experience at scale.

Role Introduction:

As the Business Finance Manager, you'll be a strategic partner in driving the company's financial success across multiple business units and geographies. Leading the finance team, you'll own the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function, ensuring accurate and insightful financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. You'll support monthly closures, and internal audits and fundraise while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to guide sound financial decision-making. Your contribution will be pivotal in maintaining robust financial analysis, supporting business growth, streamlining financial processes, and ensuring the company's financial health.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Work closely with the Finance Team to drive strategic insights, driving operational and strategic goals while seamlessly connecting multiple business units across global markets

- Ensure timely, smooth book closure on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Ensure all the compliances are taken care of and we are audit ready at the end of every quarter.

- Lead audit and due diligence activities as and when required.

- Automate and standardise financial processes. Explore and implement financial tools that can help reduce manual interventions in financial operations.

- Drive the AR and AP teams to ensure that the financial operations are running on track and transactions are being meticulously recorded throughout the month.

- Assist on budgeting and forecasting, partnering with departments across regions to craft forward-looking financial roadmaps that align with big-picture objectives

- Crunch numbers, spot trends, and flag risks, turning financial data into actionable insights that fuel senior management's decision-making process. Build financial models like a pro, running scenarios to guide pivotal business choices across diverse markets and business units

- Keep your finger on the pulse of KPIs, delivering sharp, insightful reports to leadership that drive the conversation and the company forward.

Requirements:

- 2-3 years of post-qualification experience in Assurance on various data points.

- Candidates who have worked in (or led) small finance teams at early-stage startups are also welcome to apply. Even if you do not have specific FP&A experience, all-rounder candidates are good to go.

- The candidate must have either startup experience or SaaS industry experience of at least 1 year. Within non-SaaS startups, B2B candidates would be preferred.

- Excellent profiles can be considered even if they are not a CA, provided they are well aware of the regulatory landscape and have end-to-end finance experience.

- Exposure to either of these, Zoho Books, QuickBooks and RazorpayX is mandatory.

- A+ communication and sharp business acumen. "Textbook intelligence" would not be appreciated.

- Candidates with practical business knowledge would be preferred.

- Ready to work from the office setup & tight deadlines.

- Quick learner, street smart person.