Business Finance - Assistant Manager

Digantara; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Digantara, a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company, is seeking a Finance/FP&A professional to partner with business and plant teams in Bengaluru. You will support budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reviews while analyzing variances and driving cost optimization.

The role demands strong cost accounting, budgeting, and profitability analysis skills. Based in Hebbal, Bengaluru, this position offers exposure to manufacturing finance within a fast-growing startup environment and

Qualifications

• CA/MBA Finance with 3–5 years in manufacturing finance or FP&A.
• Strong costing, budgeting, P&L analysis, and variance analysis.
• Experience building financial dashboards and cost optimization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and plant teams to provide financial insights for operational and commercial decisions.
• Support management of Business P&L by tracking performance drivers, variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Assist in annual budgets, forecasts, and monthly reviews while monitoring adherence to budgets.
• Monitor manufacturing, overhead costs and support cost optimization initiatives.
• Perform product and plant costing, standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory valuation.
• Support pricing by analyzing cost structures, margins, and profitability.
• Review customer revenue agreements for profitability and commercial viability.
• Analyze production efficiencies, material consumption, and cost variances with actionable recommendations.
• Prepare financial reports, dashboards, and business performance analyses for management.

Skills

Business Finance

Plant Finance

Cost Accounting

FP&A

Education

CA / MBA (Finance) or equivalent

Job description

Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception (data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects (RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

Why Us?

• Be part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your ideas and skills make a real difference to the entire space realm.
• Push the boundaries with hands‑on experience, greater responsibilities, and rapid career advancement.
• Competitive incentives, galvanising workspace, blazing team—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong experience in Business Finance, Plant Finance, Cost Accounting, or FP&A within a manufacturing environment.
• Hands‑on experience in P&L analysis, budgeting, forecasting, costing, and profitability analysis.
• Ability to analyze cost drivers, identify improvement opportunities, and provide business insights.
• Experience in product costing, plant costing, pricing support, and variance analysis.
• Strong collaboration skills with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Commercial teams.
• Ability to prepare financial reports, dashboards, and support data‑driven decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and plant teams to provide financial insights that support operational and commercial decision‑making.
• Support the management of Business P&L by tracking key performance drivers, analyzing variances, and highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, and monthly financial reviews while monitoring budget adherence.
• Monitor manufacturing, operational, and overhead costs, and support cost optimization initiatives.
• Perform product and plant costing, including standard costing, cost roll‑ups, variance analysis, and inventory valuation.
• Support product pricing by analyzing cost structures, margins, and profitability.
• Review customer and revenue agreements to assess financial impact, profitability, and commercial viability.
• Analyze production efficiencies, material consumption, and cost variances, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Prepare financial reports, dashboards, and business performance analyses for management review.
• Develop financial models and business cases to support new products, investments, and business initiatives.
• Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, and Commercial teams to improve profitability and working capital.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, and governance requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by enhancing financial reporting, costing, and planning processes.

Qualifications

• CA / MBA (Finance) or equivalent professional qualification.
• 3–5 years of experience in Business Finance, Plant Finance, Cost Accounting, or FP&A within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of product costing, plant costing, budgeting, pricing, P&L analysis, and manufacturing finance.

Preferred Qualities

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset.
• Good commercial acumen with an understanding of business drivers.
• Proactive approach with ownership of deliverables.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment and drive continuous improvements.

Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru