Business Finance - Senior Manager

Digantara; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive incentives

Galvanising workspace

Startup culture

Job summary

Digantara in Bengaluru is seeking a senior Business Finance leader to own the Business P&L, drive budgeting and forecasting, and provide strategic financial insights across Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams.

You will mentor the Finance team, drive governance, and optimize costs to support scalable growth in a space-focused manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• CA / MBA (Finance) or equivalent professional qualification.
• 6–8+ years of experience in Business Finance, Plant Finance, Cost Accounting, or FP&A within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of product costing, plant costing, pricing, budgeting, P&L management, and manufacturing finance.
• Proven experience leading and developing finance teams and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key bridge between the business and finance teams, enabling informed financial and operational decision-making.
• Partner with business and plant leadership to drive profitability, operational efficiency, and financial performance.
• Own the Business P&L by monitoring key financial levers, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending corrective actions.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and periodic financial reviews while ensuring effective budget controls.
• Drive cost management initiatives by monitoring manufacturing, operational, and overhead costs and identifying optimization opportunities.
• Lead product and plant costing activities, ensuring accurate standard costing, overhead allocation, inventory valuation, and cost analysis.
• Support product pricing decisions by evaluating cost structures, margins, and profitability to ensure commercial viability.
• Review and evaluate customer and revenue agreements from a financial perspective, assessing pricing, commercial terms, profitability, and associated risks.
• Analyze cost variances, material consumption, and production efficiencies to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop financial models and business cases for new products, capital investments, and strategic initiatives.
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, and performance analyses for business and senior leadership.
• Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, and Commercial teams to improve profitability and working capital.
• Ensure strong financial governance, compliance, and internal controls across manufacturing operations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Business Finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive process improvements and standardization across finance processes and reporting.

Skills

Business Finance

Plant Finance

Cost Accounting

FP&A

P&L Management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cross-functional Partnering

Leadership

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.
• Expertise in P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, costing, pricing, and profitability analysis.
• Ability to drive cost optimization and provide actionable financial insights to business leaders.
• Experience in business partnering with cross-functional teams including Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Commercial functions.
• Strong team leadership skills with the ability to develop and mentor finance professionals.
• Ability to drive financial governance, process improvements, and reporting excellence.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key bridge between the business and finance teams, enabling informed financial and operational decision-making.
• Partner with business and plant leadership to drive profitability, operational efficiency, and financial performance.
• Own the Business P&L by monitoring key financial levers, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending corrective actions.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and periodic financial reviews while ensuring effective budget controls.
• Drive cost management initiatives by monitoring manufacturing, operational, and overhead costs and identifying optimization opportunities.
• Lead product and plant costing activities, ensuring accurate standard costing, overhead allocation, inventory valuation, and cost analysis.
• Support product pricing decisions by evaluating cost structures, margins, and profitability to ensure commercial viability.
• Review and evaluate customer and revenue agreements from a financial perspective, assessing pricing, commercial terms, profitability, and associated risks.
• Analyze cost variances, material consumption, and production efficiencies to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop financial models and business cases for new products, capital investments, and strategic initiatives.
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, and performance analyses for business and senior leadership.
• Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, and Commercial teams to improve profitability and working capital.
• Ensure strong financial governance, compliance, and internal controls across manufacturing operations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Business Finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive process improvements and standardization across finance processes and reporting.

Qualifications

• CA / MBA (Finance) or equivalent professional qualification.
• 6–8+ years of experience in Business Finance, Plant Finance, Cost Accounting, or FP&A within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of product costing, plant costing, pricing, budgeting, P&L management, and manufacturing finance.
• Proven experience leading and developing finance teams and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred Qualities

• Strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and business orientation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence decision-making and drive change across functions.
• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with focus on continuous improvement.

Job Location:

Hebbal, Bengaluru