Business Finance Manager

Fairdeal.Market; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairdeal.Market in Gurugram is seeking a Business Finance Manager to partner with Supply Chain and Last Mile Delivery teams and drive financial performance across our end-to-end fulfilment network.

The role focuses on cost optimization, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making, requiring 5–8 years of experience in Business Finance, FP&A or Supply Chain Finance within Quick Commerce, E-commerce, Retail, or Logistics. Proficiency in Excel and BI tools is essential.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in Business Finance, FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Supply Chain Finance.
• Experience in Quick Commerce, E-commerce, Retail, Logistics, FMCG, Food Delivery, or Marketplace businesses is highly preferred.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling skills.
• Proficient with Excel and data visualization tools (Power BI/Tableau).

Responsibilities

• Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Warehousing and Last Mile Delivery teams to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Own financial planning and performance management for fulfillment centers and dark stores.
• Analyze procurement, inbound logistics, warehousing, handling and inventory costs; monitor carrying costs and write-offs.
• Support budgeting, quarterly forecasts, monthly outlooks and long-term financial planning for operations.
• Develop unit economics, ROI analyses for automation and productivity projects; deliver KPI dashboards.

Skills

Financial Planning

Business Partnering

Forecasting

Variance Analysis

Budgeting

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Stakeholder Management

Cost Optimization

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

SAP

Oracle

NetSuite

Job description

We are looking for a highly analytical and business-oriented Business Finance Manager to partner with our Supply Chain and Last Mile Delivery teams. This role will be responsible for driving financial performance, cost optimization, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making across our end-to-end fulfilment network. The ideal candidate will have strong business finance experience in Quick Commerce, E-commerce, Retail, Logistics, or FMCG, with the ability to translate operational data into actionable financial insights.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Partnering

• Serve as the finance business partner for Supply Chain, Procurement, Warehousing, and Last Mile Delivery teams.
• Partner with business leaders to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
• Provide financial insights to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Challenge business assumptions and identify opportunities to optimize costs.

2. Supply Chain Finance

• Own financial planning and performance management for fulfillment centers and dark stores.
• Analyze procurement, inbound logistics, warehousing, handling, and inventory costs.
• Monitor inventory carrying cost, shrinkage, wastage, stock ageing, and write-offs.
• Identify opportunities to improve warehouse productivity and optimize supply chain costs.
• Support inventory planning and network expansion decisions through financial analysis.

3. Last Mile Delivery Finance

• Drive financial performance of the last mile delivery network.
• Analyse delivery partner payouts, rider incentives, fleet utilization, and partner commercials.
• Monitor key delivery metrics including:
  • Rider Productivity
  • Delivery Distance
  • Delivery Time
  • Batching Efficiency
• Recommend initiatives to improve delivery margins and operational efficiency.

4. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

• Prepare annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly outlooks.
• Perform variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Build financial models for:
  • New City Launches
  • Dark Store Expansion
  • Capacity Planning
• Support long-term financial planning for Operations.

5. Cost Analytics & Unit Economics

• Own end-to-end unit economics across the fulfillment journey.
• Identify major cost drivers and improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate ROI of automation, operational initiatives, and productivity projects.
• Develop business cases for strategic investments.

6. Performance Reporting

• Develop operational finance dashboards and KPIs.
• Present weekly and monthly business reviews to leadership.
• Track financial and operational performance against targets.
• Deliver actionable insights using data analytics.

7. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Product, Strategy, Data Analytics, and Finance teams.
• Support commercial negotiations through financial analysis.
• Ensure financial governance across operational spend.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in Business Finance, FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Supply Chain Finance.
• Experience in Quick Commerce, E-commerce, Retail, Logistics, FMCG, Food Delivery, or Marketplace businesses is highly preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong financial planning and business partnering skills.
• Excellent analytical and financial modeling capabilities.
• Strong understanding of supply chain and logistics cost structures.
• Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with Power BI/Tableau and SQL is preferred.
• Familiarity with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Supply Chain Cost as % of Revenue / GMV