Finance Manager · Mumbai

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting & Accounting

• Prepare monthly P&L for brand, region, and store level with detailed variance analysis vs. budget.

• Ensure timely month-end and year-end closing in line with accounting policies.

• Budgeting, Forecasting & MIS

• Prepare annual budgets and monthly forecasts in coordination with retail operations, merchandising, and marketing teams.

• Track sales performance, margins, and store profitability.

• Present monthly MIS dashboards highlighting sales trends, expense deviations, and profitability KPIs.

• Analyze rent-to-sales ratio, manpower cost, and other retail performance indicators.

• Business Partnering

• Act as a finance business partner to retail operations, providing financial insights for decision-making.

• Evaluate new store proposals, ROCE, and payback analysis.

• Support marketing spend analysis and ROI tracking for campaigns and promotions.

• Advise business teams on pricing, discounting, and margin improvement.

• Cost Control & Process Improvement

• Monitor controllable expenses (rent, utilities, manpower, and marketing).

• Identify areas of cost optimization across stores and HO.

• Support process simplification and SAP efficiency.