Finance Manager - Manufacturing Finance - D2C - CA

About Company: Company is a fast-growing D2C furniture and home interiors brand focused on offering stylish, affordable, and design-led products through an omnichannel model. Job Description: Key Roles and Responsibilities: 1. Accounting & Financial Reporting: - Ensure accurate and timely accounting & compliances like GST, TDS, etc. - Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements. - Maintain compliance with applicable accounting standards - Ind AS. - Oversee general ledger, reconciliations, and monthly closing processes. 2. Manufacturing Finance: - Monitor cost of production, BOM variance, consumption and inventory valuation. - Track plant-level performance - yield, wastage, overhead absorption. - Partner with operations team to improve cost efficiency. 3. Trading Business Finance: - Manage margin analysis, pricing controls, and discount structures. - Monitor inventory turnover and working capital cycles. - Ensure profitability tracking across SKUs and channels. 4. Working Capital & Cash Flow Management: - Optimize receivables, payables, and inventory levels. - Prepare cash flow forecasts and ensure liquidity management. - Work closely with sales and procurement teams on credit policies. - Treasury Management. 5. Compliance & Controls: - Ensure compliance with GST, TDS, Income tax, and other statutory regulations. - Manage audits - internal, statutory, tax audits. - Strengthen internal financial controls and SOPs. - Secretarial compliances, RBI. 6. Team Management: - Lead and mentor finance and accounts team of 8 - 10. - Ensure process discipline and continuous improvement. - Coordinate cross-functionally with operations, sales, and supply chain. 7. MIS & Business Support: - Prepare annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and variance analysis. - Develop dashboards for management reporting. - Provide actionable insights to leadership for decision-making. - Support strategic initiatives such as expansion, pricing, and cost restructuring. - Prepare MIS for Management and investors in strict timelines. Qualifications: CA/CMA with 3 to 5 years of experience in similar roles from any industry or mid-sized CA firms. Strong understanding of: - Accounting, Balance Sheet. - Costing and inventory accounting. - Working capital cycles. - GST and regulatory compliance. - Proficiency in ERP systems - ERP Next, Odoo, SAP, Oracle, Tally or similar, Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills. Key Skills: - Strong analytical and problem-solving ability. - Commercial mindset with attention to detail. - Ability to work closely with operations and business teams. - Leadership and stakeholder management.