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Experience: 10-12 Years

1. Financial Planning, Budgeting and MIS • Lead the annual budgeting and rolling forecast process across functions, channels and verticals. • Monitor actual performance against budget, analyse variances and drive corrective action with business heads. • Deliver timely, accurate monthly MIS covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, channel, product, region and store-wise profitability. • Prepare management dashboards and review packs for the Managing Partner and leadership team. • Build a 3 to 5 year financial plan and support the business in evaluating growth, capex and expansion proposals. 2. Accounting and Financial Reporting • Ensure complete, accurate and timely books of accounts, month-end and year-end closing, and finalisation of financial statements. • Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards (Ind AS / Indian GAAP) and move the company towards best-practice reporting. • Oversee general ledger, inter-company and inter-unit accounting, fixed assets, provisions and reconciliations. • Manage accounting for plant, warehouses, head office and company-owned stores. 3. Accounts Payable • Oversee vendor onboarding, invoice processing, three-way matching (PO, GRN, invoice) and timely payments. • Manage vendor reconciliations, ageing and payment planning aligned to cash flow. • Strengthen controls on procurement-to-pay, including raw material, packaging, logistics and services vendors. 4. Accounts Receivable and Credit Control • Own receivables management across distributors, modern trade, e-commerce, quick commerce and B2B customers. • Define and enforce credit policies, limits and collection processes; track ageing and reduce overdue and bad debt. • Manage trade schemes, discounts, claims, deductions and channel-partner reconciliations. • Oversee billing, collections and reconciliation for the B2B coffee machine business, including rentals, consumables and asset tracking. 5. Costing and Margin Management • Own product costing, standard costing and BOM costing for manufacturing; track yield, wastage, conversion cost and variances. • Provide product, SKU, channel and customer-wise margin analysis to guide pricing and portfolio decisions. • Work with Production, Procurement and Supply Chain to drive cost reduction and margin improvement. • Oversee inventory valuation, stock audits, and control of raw material, packaging and finished goods across plant and warehouses. 6. Treasury, Cash Flow and Working Capital • Manage cash flow planning, working capital (inventory, receivables, payables) and fund requirements. • Manage banking relationships, credit facilities, term loans and compliance with lender covenants. • Fund growth initiatives and capex in a cost-efficient manner; evaluate funding options as the company scales. 7. Taxation and Statutory Compliance • Ensure timely and accurate compliance with GST, TDS/TCS, income tax, PF/ESI, professional tax, ROC and other statutory requirements. • Manage tax planning, assessments, notices and litigation with the help of advisors. • Oversee transfer pricing and related-party compliance, where applicable. 8. Audit, Internal Controls and Governance • Lead statutory, tax and internal audits; ensure timely closure of audit observations. • Design and implement internal financial controls, SOPs, delegation of authority and risk management frameworks. • Introduce store-level cash, stock and shrinkage controls for the retail network. • Build an audit-ready, governance-strong finance function that can support the company's long-term capital market ambitions. 9. Systems and Process Automation • Lead the finance side of the ongoing re-implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, covering design, data migration, testing, go-live and stabilisation. • Drive integration with sales, procurement, inventory and e-commerce / quick commerce platforms, and automate reconciliations and reporting. • Continuously improve finance processes for accuracy, speed and scalability. 10. Business Partnering and Leadership • Act as a strategic finance partner to the Managing Partner and functional heads on pricing, investments, expansion, new channels and new products. • Evaluate capex proposals, new store economics, plant expansion and new business opportunities. • Lead, mentor and develop the 18+ member finance team; define roles, build capability and plan succession. • Coordinate with external stakeholders: auditors, tax consultants, banks, investors and regulators. Requirements Chartered Accountant (CA); additional qualifications such as CMA, CS or an MBA in Finance are a plus. • About 15 years of progressive experience in finance and accounts, with at least 5 years in a senior finance leadership role. • Strong hands-on exposure to MIS, budgeting, costing, AP, AR, treasury, taxation and audit. • Experience leading a finance team of 15 or more. • Experience with ERP systems; exposure to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or an ERP implementation or migration is an advantage.