Key Responsibilities

1.

Business

Performance &

- Insights

- Own financial performance reviews for the assigned business/function, covering revenue, margins, costs, profitability and key business KPIs.

- Analyse actual performance against budget, forecast and prior periods; identify key drivers behind variances.

- Highlight significant deviations and recommend clear corrective actions.

- Develop forward-looking views on risks, opportunities and business performance.

- Simplify complex financial information into clear, actionable insights for business leaders.

2.

Business

Planning &

- Forecasting

- Partner with business teams on annual operating plans, budgets and periodic forecasts.

- Challenge assumptions and ensure plans are supported by robust business drivers and economics.

- Develop scenario analysis and sensitivities to support strategic decisions.

- Track delivery against agreed plans and proactively flag emerging gaps.

3. Commercial &

- Strategic Finance

- Evaluate business cases, new initiatives, investments and strategic opportunities from a financial and commercial perspective.

- Assess ROI, payback, profitability and long-term value creation.

- Identify key growth levers and opportunities to improve business economics.

- Challenge decisions where financial returns, costs or assumptions are not aligned with business objectives.

- Support leadership in making economics-based decisions.

4. Cost &

- Profitability Management





- Identify key cost drivers and opportunities for cost optimisation.

- Partner with functional teams to establish appropriate cost guardrails and improve cost accountability.

- Track initiatives to deliver sustainable savings and productivity improvements.

- Drive focus on profitability / Store unit economics

5. Cross-functional Business Partnership

- Build strong relationships with business, operations, marketing, supply chain, HR and other functional leaders.

- Participate in key business reviews and provide an independent finance perspective.

- Influence stakeholders through data, insights and sound commercial judgement.

- Encourage ownership of financial outcomes across the organisation.

Ideal Candidate Profile

- 3 – 8 years of experience in FP&A;, Business Finance, Commercial Finance, Finance Business Partnering or a similar role.

- Robust understanding of P&L;, business drivers, profitability and financial modelling.

- Experience working closely with business teams and functional leaders.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

- Ability to translate numbers into business insights and actions.

- Strong commercial acumen and willingness to challenge assumptions.

- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills.

- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous and highly cross-functional setting.

- Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modelling;

experience with BI/visualization tools is preferred.

📌 Business Finance Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Hardcastle Restaurants
📍 Mumbai