Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Own Financial Planning. Create Multiple Scenarios basis on the ground understanding and completely understand and explain various sensitivity
- Coordinate the annual Plan, budget and quarterly re-forecasting process, presenting the outputs to CEO/CFO and advising on strategic choices at Group level.
- Assist the Treasury function to forecast working capital requirements
- Works closely with Banks and external agencies to support Fundraising
- Own Group-level financial reporting:
- Work with business-facing teams to understand drivers of performance and assimilate these in a succinct and insightful manner for CEO/CFO
- Comprehend and explain differences in drivers of performance between business units.
- Prepare performance reporting materials for Board and other external stakeholders including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow.
- Ensure accuracy of reporting, including currency considerations
- Act as business partner to CEO, CFO, CBO, and Customer Service Director on points of escalation
- Assist these functions to ensure they fully appreciate their cost bases (including monthly variance reviews), and evidence strong cost discipline
- Other ad-hoc projects
Desired Candidate Profile
- Bachelors with CA Preferred and 5-8 years relevant experience from retail and Internet industry.
- Startup experience is an add-on.
Key competencies:
- Strong analytical capabilities and exceptional financial modeling and analysis skills
- Previous planning / reporting, operations analysis and budget / forecasting experience
- Sound understanding of the Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow
- Knowledge and application of accounting principles
- Resilience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment and absorb pressure when necessary
- Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and communication (written and verbal) skills
- Confidence to challenge the status quo with a view to process improvement
- Strong MS Excel skills required
- investment banking, or FP&A of any capital intensive industry sector experience is beneficial