Job Description – Business Finance (GM/SGM)

About the Company:

Founded in 2015, CARS24 is a fast-paced tech-first used Car Company that offers an efficient and reliable platform to

customers to buy and sell used cars.

It enables car owners to sell their cars within an hour of a single visit to one of their many CARS24 branches. Currently

strengthened with 8,000+ passionate employees, we are a leading player in the used car sector. CARS24 has the first-

mover advantage in the industry and currently has over 90% market share. We are well-poised for explosive growth

internationally and have forayed into international markets with ‘Australia’ ‘UAE’ and ‘Thailand’ continuously investing

in technology (The Epicenter of our Ecosystem) to transform the consumer experience in buying/selling cars. We also

have an NBFC arm with a rapidly growing loan book and innovative partnerships to drive profitability with minimum

capital investment

About the Role:

The Business Finance team is responsible for Budgeting, Forecasting, and creating monthly MIS reports and Cost

optimization strategies to top Management. The team is also responsible for creating analysis reports to support

various initiatives which can help improve the profitability and revenue for the organization. Further, the team is also

responsible for handling all the Investor relations and for the fund raising.

Job Responsibilities:

A. Financial Planning:

● Work with business and finance leaders in building the Annual operating plan (AOP) and departmental

budgets.

● Develop comprehensive project plans to evaluate new business proposals.

B. Analysis/ Special Projects:

● Generate actionable insights by conducting thorough & in-depth data analysis and prepare

reports/dashboards for finance leadership to provide necessary support in their decision making.

● Examining and evaluating the cost-efficiency of Business lines/department/Stores of the company, including

the manpower productivity and other KPIs

● Establish productivity metrics (KPIs) for each of role in Organization and define threshold for performance

measurement by analyzing the historical data

● Identify further revenue enhancement,cost optimization and margin enhancement projects by In-depth

analysis of the revenue and cost items

● Drive revenue assurance process to identify the revenue leakages

● Automated various performance monitoring Dashboard/MIS in POWERBI/Excel

C. Business Partnering:

● Working with individual departments across functions to prepare budgets/Forecasts and preparation of Long

Range Strategy Plan

● Act as a central finance POC for respective departments/business segments

● Programs manage initiatives that are driven centrally for cost optimization, technology and process

improvements

Requirements:

● Chartered Accountant/MBA Finance with 2 to 3 years of progressive FP&A, forecasting, performance

reporting and analysis.

● Strong Advanced Excel Skills and Modeling Skills● Strong communication and articulation skills; ability to connect with various stakeholders across levels

● Ability to work under pressure

● Solid business judgment capable of driving an organization to the right results with a focused, pragmatic,

approach to the business

● Experience of working in a start-up or other fast-growing companies