Licious – Senior Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis – CA Licious

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Licious, Bengaluru-based meat and seafood company, is seeking a Chartered Accountant with 6–8 years of post-qualification experience to lead FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering across functions. You will build robust financial models and drive profitability improvements while collaborating with multiple teams.

Responsibilities include implementing ERP and AI-powered finance tools, delivering insightful analyses, and presenting to leadership to influence strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• CA with 6–8 years post-qualification experience, preferably with Big 4 exposure.
• Strong background in financial planning & analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills; solid understanding of accounting principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting process in partnership with department heads.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across diverse functions and business units.

Skills

Budgeting

FP&A

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

We are Licious and we are a Bengaluru based meat and seafood company founded in 2015 by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, our founders, foodies and friends. We pride ourselves on being Indias most successful D2C food-tech brand operating in 20 cities across the country delighting over 32 lakh customers with our de-licious fresh meat and seafood! Think you have what it takes to be the magic ingredient in the recipe that is Licious? Read on…

What makes the role meaty:

• Lead the annual budgeting process, partnering with department heads to develop, review, and consolidate budgets.
• Leverage prior FP&A and business partnering experience to drive cross-functional alignment across diverse functions and business units.
• Break down complex business challenges through structured financial analysis, identify growth opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with the Technology team to implement and optimize financial systems (ERP, AI-powered finance tools), identify automation opportunities, and improve financial processes.
• Partner with business leaders to review key cost drivers, define profitability improvement strategies, and monitor performance metrics.
• Work closely with the Controllership team to review cost data and derive meaningful business insights through financial analytics.
• Conduct variance analysis between actuals and budgets, identify key trends and root causes, and work with stakeholders to drive corrective actions.
• Develop robust financial models to support strategic planning, business performance analysis, and decision-making.
• Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, dashboards, and management presentations.
• Analyze financial and operational data to identify cost optimization opportunities and improve overall business performance.
• Build and publish management dashboards and financial KPIs to enable performance tracking across the organization.
• Prepare financial presentations and business updates for leadership and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial reporting, forecasting, and business analysis.
• Provide support for ad-hoc financial analyses, strategic projects, and leadership requests.
• Evaluate investment opportunities and business cases through financial modelling and commercial analysis.

We hope that you have:

• Are a Chartered Accountant (CA) with 6 – 8 years of post-qualification experience and a strong articleship, preferably with one of the Big 4 firms.
• Have a strong interest and proven experience in financial planning & analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering.
• Possess advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Have a solid understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and management reporting.
• Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Possess excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Have hands-on experience with financial analysis and reporting tools such as SAP S/4HANA, Tableau, and Power BI.