Associate Director - Business Finance

B Capital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

B Capital is looking for an Associate Director - Business Finance in Bengaluru, India. This role involves strategizing financial governance, working closely with CXOs to influence growth and profitability, and leading a team of finance professionals.

The ideal candidate will have 6 to 10 years of experience in Business Finance, a Chartered Accountant or equivalent degree, and strong analytical skills. This position requires proactive decision-making and collaboration across different business units.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10 years of experience in Business Finance.
• At least 5 years of experience specifically in a Business Finance role.
• Self-motivated team player with strong collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the business unit and participate in decision making.
• Develop financial plans with business and technology teams.
• Review plans vs actuals and analyze variance.
• Track key financials and business metrics.
• Own OKRs for the respective business unit.

Skills

Analytical rigor

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Chartered Accountant or Post-Graduate in Finance

Job description

About the Role

As Associate Director - Business Finance, you’ll strategise with the business team and tell us how and where to spend our money. While you ensure governance and controllership are best in class, more importantly you actively work with CXOs to drive prioritisation/ choices around growth and profitability. You will lead a team of expert finance professionals – who will aid you in problem discovery, implementing complex business solutions, playing the critical challenger role in business orgs and being co‑pilot in leadership level decision‑making. You’ll also manage business development activities according to a financial plan. You’ll modify financial plans and budget amounts based on changes in business plans. You’ll also provide financial support and advice to management in closing business deals and short/medium/long term strategies.

What you will do

• To work closely with the business unit and actively participate in its operations and management decision making
• To develop financial plans along with various business and technology teams with rigor on bottom's up approach
• To review the plans vs actuals on regular basis; in depth analysis of variance and communicating the same proactively creating right visibility and enabling planning of actionable
• To track and measure key financials and business metrics
• To jointly own the OKRs of the respective business unit and build an AOP to achieve the same. Completes account level month-end closing reviews, procedures, and corrections as needed
• Directs and oversees the overall policies, objectives, and initiatives of the revenue cycle activities to optimize operations
• Conduct periodic meetings with direct reports to assure staff understand assigned tasks and can manage time constraints
• Do scenario analysis and develop business plans on product enhancement or business initiatives, present top management with analysis
• Review the plans vs actuals on a regular basis; in‑depth analysis of variance and communicating the same proactively creating right visibility and enabling planning of actionable
• Handle Adhoc requests and problem‑solving with a short turnaround time and supplement such requests with appropriate analysis and comments to support decision making
• Participate & Drive standardization automation projects for process efficiency

What you will need

• 6 to 10 years Exp, Chartered Accountant or Post‑Graduate in Finance
• Should hold at least 5 years of experience in Business Finance
• Strong analytical rigor and problem‑solving skills
• Strong communication & Interpersonal skills
• Proactive takes initiative, self‑motivated, team player
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management and interpersonal skills

For candidates with non similar industry experience, the numbers of years of experience may vary.