General Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis KPB Consultants

The Corporate Institute; Jaipur; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute is seeking a General Manager – FP&A to build and strengthen the FP&A function from the ground up, guiding financial planning, business partnering, and strategic decision-making ahead of an IPO journey.

The role focuses on creating a structured, forward-looking finance function with robust forecasting, AOP, and financial modeling, while partnering with business teams to deliver data-backed insights and performance management across units.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience in FP&A / Strategic Finance.
• Strong experience in financial planning & forecasting.
• Experience in business finance partnering and driving insights for business decisions.
• Hands-on exposure to unit economics and performance metrics.
• Experience in consumer tech / platform / startup environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and structure the FP&A function across the organization.
• Move the finance function from historical reporting to forward-looking planning and predictability.
• Build robust frameworks for forecasting, AOP, and financial modeling.
• Act as a strategic finance partner to business teams and provide actionable insights.
• Own forecasting, planning cycles, and performance tracking against plans.
• Transition from Excel-based reporting to automated dashboards; enable real-time reporting.
• Drive deep analysis on unit economics, product/channel performance, retention, and LTV.
• Oversee financial benchmarking and competitive analysis; IPO readiness alignment.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Business partnering

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

CA qualification

Tools

Excel

Dashboards

Data visualization

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a General Manager – FP&A to build and strengthen the FP&A function from the ground up. This role will play a critical part in driving financial planning, business partnering, and strategic decision-making, especially as the organization prepares for its IPO journey.

The current FP&A setup exists in fragments, and this role will be responsible for creating a structured, forward-looking, and insight-driven finance function.

Key Responsibilities

1. FP&A Setup & Transformation

• Establish and structure the FP&A function across the organization
• Move the finance function from historical reporting – forward-looking planning & predictability
• Build robust frameworks for:
• Forecasting
• Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
• Financial modeling

2. Business Finance Partnering

• Act as a strategic finance partner to business teams
• Provide actionable insights to support business decision-making
• Drive alignment between finance and business teams through structured inputs and outputs
• Enable data-backed decision-making across functions

3. Forecasting, Planning & Performance Management

• Own and drive:
• Forecasting accuracy
• Financial planning cycles
• Performance tracking against plans
• Develop a predictable financial outlook for the organization
• Introduce structured performance review mechanisms

4. Data, Dashboarding & Automation

• Transition from Excel-based reporting to automated dashboards
• Work closely with the data resource to:
• Build dashboards
• Enable real-time reporting
• Improve visibility for leadership

5. Business Insights & Unit Economics

• Drive deep analysis across:
• Unit economics
• Product/channel performance
• Retention & lifetime value
• Translate data into meaningful financial insights for leadership

6. Market & Competitive Intelligence (Finance Lens)

• Oversee financial benchmarking and competitive analysis
• Leverage available data to derive insights on:
• Market movement
• Competitor performance (high-level due to limited public data)
• Work with internal data resources to build intelligence inputs

7. IPO Readiness

• Support finance transformation aligned with IPO requirements
• Build systems, reporting standards, and processes required from an investor perspective

8. Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Work with and guide the existing FP&A team:
• 1 Senior Manager (India)
• 1 Data resource
• Coordination with FP&A resource in Australia (currently part-time)
• Build and scale the team over time
• Define roles, responsibilities, and structure as the function evolves

Ideal Candidate Profile

Must-Haves

• 8-12 years of experience in FP&A / Strategic Finance
• Strong experience in:
• Financial planning & forecasting
• Business finance partnering
• Driving insights for business decisions
• Experience in consumer tech / platform / startup environments
• Hands-on exposure to:
• Unit economics
• Business metrics
• Performance management frameworks
• Ability to build and scale functions from scratch
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Preferred

• CA qualification (strong preference)
• Experience in high-growth or startup environments
• Exposure to IPO readiness / investor reporting
• Prior experience working with cross-functional teams