The Role
Lead business finance activities: build bottom-up financial plans, analyze actuals versus plan, report key metrics, support Business Heads with data-driven insights, improve month-end reporting and financial processes, and evaluate financial impacts of new initiatives.
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About Us:
About Us: Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology.
About the role:
We're looking for a Business Finance Manager for our central business finance team. You'll be a key part of our success by:
- Analyzing financial performance to find areas for improvement and growth opportunities.
-Working closely with business and finance teams to understand the factors that influence results.
-Providing data-driven insights to the Business Heads and Finance leadership to support effective decision-making.
-Monitoring progress towards goals and proactively addressing potential risks.
Expectations/ Requirements:
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate closely with Business, participating actively in their strategic planning.
- Develop detailed financial plans, using a bottom-up approach to ensure accuracy and buy-in.
- Regularly analyze actual results against the plan, identify the reasons for any variances, and clearly communicate your findings to facilitate informed decision-making.
- Track and report on key financial and business metrics
- Contribute to the unit's goal-setting process and create a detailed annual operating plan to achieve those goals.
- Ensure the accuracy and completeness of month-end financial reports, including reviews, procedures, and necessary corrections.
- Contribute to the improvement of financial processes, including revenue cycle activities, to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.
- Analyze the financial impact of potential new products or business initiatives and present your findings to senior management.
- Respond promptly to requests for information and problem-solving, providing thorough analysis and insights to support decision-making.
- Actively participate in projects aimed at standardizing and automating processes to improve efficiency.
Superpowers/ Skills that will help you succeed in this role:
- 7+ years in a Business Finance role.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends and insights from complex data.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences.
- Advanced skills in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, to effectively analyze and present data.
- Ability to take initiative and work independently.
Why join us
1. A collaborative output driven program that brings cohesiveness across businesses through technology
2. Improve the average revenue per use by increasing the cross-sell opportunities
3. A solid 360 feedback from your peer teams on your support of their goals
4. Respect, that is earned, not demanded from your peers and manager
Compensation:
If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you
With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants – and we are committed to it. India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here. It’s your opportunity to be a part of the story!
Skills Required
- 7+ years in a Business Finance role
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to take initiative and work independently
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The Company
What We Do
Paytm started the Digital Revolution in India. And we went on to become India’s leading Payments App. Today, more than 20 Million merchants & businesses are powered by Paytm to Accept Payments digitally. This is because more than 300 million Indians use Paytm to Pay at their stores. And that’s not all, Paytm App is used to Pay bills, do Recharges, Send money to friends & family, Book movies & travel tickets. With innovations to Financial services & products in pipeline, this is but one of the milestones achieved towards our mission – to bring 500 million unserved and underserved Indians to the mainstream economy.
