Manager, Business Finance

PhonePe Group is seeking a Manager for Business Finance to join their team in Bangalore. This role involves financial planning, analysis, and reporting to support the company's growth and strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate will be a Chartered Accountant or MBA graduate with 5+ years of experience in finance, demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

The Manager will be responsible for conducting monthly business reviews, creating financial plans, and providing financial insights to business teams. They will also play a key role in ensuring capital adequacy and identifying cost-reduction opportunities. PhonePe offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth and development.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting monthly business reviews and organization wide financial and business planning exercise
• Publish mid-month financial outlook for every month to the financial leadership group
• Creating business review decks and orchestrating meeting as central POC with the broader org
• Creating the Annual Operating Plan for all PhonePe business functions and refresh the outlook for the year every quarter by working with business finance and business teams
• Prepare long-term and short-term business and financial plans for the entire company and if and when needed, financial plans for evaluation of new businesses
• Provide financial reports and interpret financial information to business finance and business teams while recommending further courses of action
• Analyse costs, pricing, variable contributions, growth results and the company's actual performance compared to the business plans
• Ensure capital adequacy by doing a monthly refresh of cash flow projections
• Conduct reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities
• Pro-active forecasting of impact of policy / assumption changes to business models and communication of the same to all stakeholders
• Build knowledge base on global and local peers (business / financial performance) to shape our strategy and eventually sharpen IPO readiness.
• Conduct data analysis for sector / industry deep dives, emerging opportunities and partner in corporate strategy projects
• External benchmarking and peer review

Requirements:

• Chartered Accountant / MBA with 5+ year of work experience
• Strong Proficiency in financial modelling and presentations
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills
• Proactive, takes initiative, self-motivated, team player
• Strong stake holder management and interpersonal skills
• Prior experience in Corporate Finance, FP&A or Business Finance
• Extensive understanding of financial trends both within the company and general market patterns
• Business acumen, Analytical approach, understanding of general business development and operations
• Commercial Negotiations, Partnerships, Alliances is preferred
• Prior experience in Ecommerce/ Fintech/ start-ups/Consumer Tech

PhonePe offers:

• Insurance Benefits
• Wellness Program
• Parental Support
• Mobility Benefits
• Retirement Benefits
• Other Benefits