Job Description

Job Title: Manager - Finance Business Partner (Purplle Retail Stores)
About the Role: We are looking for a highly analytical and experienced Business Finance Partner to join our high-performing Finance team. In this critical role, you will be the dedicated finance lead for the rapidly expanding Purplle Retail Stores business unit. You will drive financial planning, provide commercial insights, and ensure optimal resource allocation to maximize store profitability and growth. This is a hands-on role requiring a strategic mindset and excellent partnership skills.
Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Planning & Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting and rolling
forecast processes for the entire retail store network, ensuring alignment with
strategic business goals and market realities.
2. Management Reporting (MIS): Prepare and deliver comprehensive
Management Information System (MIS) reports, providing the Retail
leadership team with timely and actionable insights on store performance,
category profitability, and regional trends.
3. Performance Tracking & Analysis: Establish and rigorously track key
business and financial KPIs (e.g., Sales Per Square Foot, Gross Margin
Return on Investment (GMROI), store EBITDA, conversion rates, ROCE, etc).
Conduct variance analysis (Actual vs. Budget/Forecast) and provide
commentary on deviations.
4. Cost Management & Optimization: Proactively identify opportunities to
optimize operating costs across retail operations, including rent, utilities,
staffing, and supply chain, working closely with operations teams to
implement savings initiatives.
5. Capital Expenditure (Capex) Evaluation: Own the end-to-end process for
evaluating and recommending Capex proposals for new store launches,
renovations, and technology upgrades. This includes financial modelling,
payback period analysis, IRR, and NPV calculations.
6. Business Partnering: Act as the primary financial contact for the Retail
Operations and Leadership teams, translating operational drivers into financial
outcomes and supporting commercial decisions with robust data.
7. Controls and Process Improvement: Ensure proper stores level controls
are maintained for cash and inventory. Drive efficiency in financial processes
and reporting by leveraging technology and automation tools.
Requirements:
CA with 3 to 5 years of progressive experience in Business Finance,
FP&A, or Commercial Finance, with a mandatory experience in Retail /
QSR / Store division of a company.
Technical Skills: Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel (forecasting models,
pivot tables, lookups) and experience with financial reporting systems (e.g.,
SAP).
Soft Skills: Effective communication, presentation, and stakeholder
management skills. Must be comfortable challenging the status quo and
influencing cross functional stakeholders.

Skills Required