About the Company
Upscal.io is India's next-generation, digitally-led consumer goods company. We invest in, grow, and buy e-commerce businesses. We acquire e-commerce businesses that sell on Amazon, Flipkart, other marketplaces, and their own websites. We infuse capital, and our A-team of experts takes full responsibility to grow the business 5-10X, maximizing wealth creation for the founders. Upscal.io is led by e-commerce, strategy, and M&A experts from McKinsey, Bain, Purplle, Hotstar, Amazon, P&G, Axis Capital, Paytm, and others.
About The Team
The Business Finance team partners with the business team to drive growth sustainably. The team drives efficiency in the investment being made to drive top-line and bottom-line. Focus remains on improving category margins and minimizing financial risks by understanding the key business drivers, analyse key financial metrics, provide value add analysis, support to sales / finance management (budget analysis and financial forecasting)
About The Role
- Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking
- Analyse financial data – and create financial models for decision support
- Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
- Ensure maintenance of Data archives for easy consumption whenever required
- Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews
- Analyse past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements
- Work closely with business and support teams to drive team objectives
- Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analysing actual results with plans and forecasts
- Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization
- Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting and decision support
- Recommend actions by analysing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials
- Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards.
Qualification & Skills:
- Post-Graduate from a tier 1/ tier 2 University / business school
- 1-3 years of work experience
- Prior experience in ecommerce/online company or analytical company is preferred
- Strong analytical rigour and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication & Interpersonal skills
- Proficient in MS Excel
- Proactive, takes initiative, self-motivated, team player
Location- Gurgaon
Experience- 1-3years
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