Assistant Manager - Business Finance

Kuku Fm; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuku Fm in Mumbai is seeking a finance professional to oversee budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and month-end reporting, while helping set up robust business processes and controls.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, analyze revenue and costs, build financial models, and provide data-driven insights to support leadership decisions in a dynamic startup environment.

Qualifications

• CA qualification required; startup exposure preferred.
• 0-1 year post-qualification experience in a startup.
• Strong business acumen to understand business requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in business partnering and stakeholder management.
• High proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets and building formula-driven models.
• Ability to multitask, think critically and execute tactically.

Responsibilities

• Analyse revenue, costs, margins, profitability and key metrics.
• Drive MIS and management reporting for leadership.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Build financial models and perform scenario / sensitivity analysis.
• Identify business trends, performance gaps and opportunities through data.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to understand business performance and financial drivers.
• Support leadership with data-backed insights for decision‑making.
• Drive process improvements and automation across financial reporting and analysis.
• Work on strategic and ad‑hoc business finance projects.

Skills

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Financial modelling

Data analysis

Multitasking

Critical thinking

Excel/Google Sheets

Education

Chartered Accountant

Articleship in Big 4 preferred

Tools

Excel / Google Sheets

Job description

Job Summary

You will be responsible for overseeing financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, month-end reporting and supporting the set-up of business processes and control.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse revenue, costs, margins, profitability and key business metrics
• Drive MIS and management reporting for business leadership
• Support budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Build financial models and perform scenario / sensitivity analysis
• Identify business trends, performance gaps and opportunities through data
• Partner with cross-functional teams to understand business performance and financial drivers
• Support leadership with data-backed insights for decision‑making
• Drive process improvements and automation across financial reporting and analysis
• Work on strategic and ad‑hoc business finance projects

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant
• Articleship in Big 4 preferred
• 0-1 years of post qualification experience majorly in a startup
• Strong business acumen to understand the business requirements
• Demonstrated experience in Business Partnering external stakeholder management
• High proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets; ability to build clean, formula‑driven models without relying on manual overrides
• Ability to multitask, think critically and execute tactically