Manager - Business Finance - Financial Planning & Analysis - Interior Design - CA

About Company: The company operates in the luxury interior design and turnkey home execution industry, delivering bespoke residential and hospitality spaces. Role Overview: The Business Finance Manager will play a critical role in strengthening the business finance function at the organization. This is a hands-on role involving financial planning and analysis, collections, cash flow management, project profitability, MIS, budgeting, forecasting, controllership, and process improvement. You will work closely with leadership and cross-functional teams including Sales, Design, Execution, Purchase, and Operations to improve financial visibility, strengthen cash discipline, track business performance, and drive better financial decision-making across Bengaluru and Gurugram operations. Key Responsibilities: Business Finance & Planning: - Own collection planning and tracking, ensuring adherence to collection SOPs and achievement of monthly and annual targets - Monitor customer collections against project milestones and drive closure of overdue receivables - Manage day-to-day cash flow and liquidity planning across business locations - Prepare and review location-wise MIS for Bengaluru and Gurugram covering both cash and accounting performance - Track project-level revenue, costs, margins, and profitability and highlight deviations requiring business action - Drive budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and company-wide expense planning - Lead the Annual Operating Plan and support target-setting across business functions - Track targets versus actual performance and provide actionable insights to leadership - Own incentive workings including calculation logic, SOPs, validations, and payout processing - Review business dashboards and reports maintained by internal and external teams for accuracy and relevance Controllership & Financial Reporting: - Own the monthly books closure process and ensure closure within defined timelines - Maintain and review financial statement schedules and supporting workings - Manage deferred revenue workings, including monthly movement and reconciliation - Review accounting entries and financial data across Bengaluru and Gurugram operations - Maintain and continuously improve finance trackers, including accurate nature-wise mapping of transactions - Support advance tax workings and other management-level financial analysis - Coordinate with statutory auditors and internal stakeholders for timely audit closure - Ensure operational and accounting data remain reconciled and aligned ERP, MIS & Process Improvement: - Drive the ongoing migration from Tally to Zoho, including data validation, process mapping, reconciliation, and implementation - Build and improve MIS, dashboards, trackers, and management reports using Excel and Google Sheets - Identify opportunities to automate recurring finance processes and improve reporting efficiency - Build and continuously refine finance SOPs, controls, and review mechanisms - Strengthen data integrity and ensure consistency across operational and financial systems Commercial & Cross-Functional Finance: - Review customer and vendor agreements from a commercial and financial risk perspective - Partner with Sales, Design, Execution, Purchase, and Operations teams to ensure financial alignment with on-ground business activity - Review estimate trackers, payment trackers, sales MIS, project margins, collection trackers, and other operational data from a finance perspective - Identify financial and commercial risks early and work with respective teams to drive closure - Provide leadership with actionable insights on collections, cash flow, margins, costs, and overall business performance Education & Experience: Qualification: - Chartered Accountant (CA) - Mandatory Experience: - 3 - 5 years of relevant experience in Business Finance, FP&A, Commercial Finance, Controllership, or a similar role - Strong hands-on experience in MIS, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, working capital, and financial analysis - Experience in project-level profitability and cost analysis will be strongly preferred - Hands-on expertise in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Tally, and Zoho Books - Experience in project-based industries such as interior design, construction, real estate, contracting, or similar businesses will be preferred - Exposure to multi-location business operations will be an advantage Skills Required: - Strong financial and analytical understanding with the ability to connect operational data with financial outcomes - Good understanding of cash flow, working capital, project profitability, and management reporting - Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills with strong comfort working with large datasets - Ability to independently analyse numbers and identify business issues rather than only prepare reports - Strong communication and stakeholder management skills - Ability to work closely with multiple cross-functional teams - High attention to detail and strong ownership mindset - Process-driven approach with the ability to build systems and improve existing ways of working