Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Multi-Unit Retail & F&B; Platform

Job Location: Mumbai

Experience: 12 18 Years

Education: CA (Chartered Accountant) mandatory

Industry: Retail / F&B; / QSR / Consumer / Travel Retail

Functional Area: Finance & Accounting / Executive Leadership

Role Category: Executive / Senior Management (C-Suite)

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

About the Client

Our client is a rapidly expanding, high-growth multi-format retail and F&B; platform operating across key transit and consumer hubs across India. With an extensive network of 300+ stores/outlets and multiple brand partnerships, the organization operates in a dynamic, high-volume workplace handling complex commercial models, inventory cycles, and working capital structures.

Job Overview

We are seeking an agile, commercially focused Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the end-to-end finance ecosystem and act as a co-pilot to the CEO and Board. The leader will drive financial strategy, capital allocation, cash discipline, governance, controllership, and finance transformation to support ambitious expansion plans.

Key Responsibilities

- Strategic Leadership & Business Partnering:
- Provide financial direction to the CEO and executive leadership, steering P&L; management, margin expansion, unit economics, and return on capital.
- Partner closely with Business, Operations, Commercial, and Procurement teams on store-level profitability, revenue-share dynamics, and margin optimization.
- FP&A; & Performance Management:
- Spearhead enterprise-wide budgeting, rolling forecasts, and multi-year strategic business planning.
- Build robust financial models for store rollouts, commercial tenders, joint ventures, and new business expansions.




- Institute advanced business MIS, executive dashboards, and variance reviews.
- Treasury, Liquidity & Working Capital:
- Manage banking relationships, fundraising, liquidity, and active treasury operations.
- Drive working-capital discipline, cash-flow forecasting, inventory velocity, and debtor management.
- Direct capital allocation strategies across store capex, special projects, and long-term investments.
- Controllership, Governance & Risk:
- Ensure timely, audit-ready financial closures, compliance with accounting standards, and direct/indirect taxation frameworks.
- Strengthen internal financial controls, approval frameworks, SOPs, and inventory loss-prevention systems.
- Finance Transformation & Systems:
- Drive digital transformation across the finance function, including ERP/SAP implementation and workflow automation for scale.
- Re-engineer reporting architecture to support high transaction volumes seamlessly.
- M&A; & Strategic Deals:
- Evaluate and execute financial due diligence for M&A;, franchise agreements, concession contracts, and revenue-sharing partnerships.

Desired Candidate Profile

- Qualification: Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).
- Experience: 12 to 18 years of progressive finance leadership experience, currently operating as a CFO, Head of Finance, or Senior Finance Director.
- Sector Background: Proven experience in multi-unit operations such as Retail, F&B;, QSR, Consumer Goods, or Travel Retail.
- Core Strengths: Strong blend of commercial acumen, unit economics, treasury/working capital oversight, ERP implementation experience, and statutory compliance.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, executive presence, and communication skills.

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