Senior Manager FP&A

About the job

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being Indias most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country delighting over 32 lac customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood!

Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented professional to lead our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. The ideal candidate will lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis for the business. This position offers an excellent opportunity to develop a deep understanding of financial analysis and strategy within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

What makes the role meaty?

• Leading the annual budgeting process, working with department heads to develop and consolidate budgets.
• To Leverage past experience in FP&A and business partnering to drive cross-functional alignment between diverse functions and business units.
• Breaking down complex business dynamics with structured analysis, identify opportunities for growth and deliver recommendations.
• Collaborating with the technology team to implement and optimize financial systems (e.g., ERP software, AI-powered financial tools). Identify opportunities for process automation and work to enhance financial system capabilities.
• Working with business leaders to review key cost items and arrive at strategy and metrics to improve profitability
• Working closely with Controllership team to review the cost data and work collaboratively to arrive at the business analytics
• Conducting variance analysis between actual and budgeted financial performance, identifying key trends and discrepancies and work with stakeholders to fix these at the root cause
• Developing financial models to analyze business performance and make data-driven recommendations.
• Leading the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and presentations.
• Collecting and analyze financial data to identify cost-saving opportunities and business performance improvements.
• Leading the creation and publishing of management dashboards and financial KPIs to track business performance.
• Leading the preparation of financial presentations for internal stakeholders.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial data reporting and analysis.
• Providing support in ad-hoc financial analysis and projects as required.
• Participating in the evaluation of investment opportunities and business cases.

We hope that you ..

• Are a Chartered Accountant with 6-8 years of post qualification and a strong internship experience (preferably with one of the big 4's);
• Have Strong interest in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Have Proficiency in Microsoft Excel / MS power point.
• Have basic understanding of accounting principles and financial statements.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in handling financial data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Hands on experience with financial analysis / reporting tools like SAP S/4 HANA, Tableau, Power BI