Populux HR
Website:
populuxhr.com
Job details:
Company Description
Populux HR is a leading executive search firm headquartered in Kochi, Kerala.
We are hiring for our client, a leading large organisation in Retail Sector .
Key Roles
Group Financial Leadership:
- Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for finance, accounts, treasury, taxation, audit, and financial governance across the Group and all subsidiary companies.
Financial Planning & Strategy:
- Develop and execute the Group’s long-term financial strategy, annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, and financial targets in alignment with business objectives.
Group Consolidation & Reporting:
- Lead the timely and accurate consolidation of financial statements across all subsidiaries and business verticals, ensuring strong financial reporting and MIS.
Business Performance Management:
- Drive financial performance reviews across subsidiaries, identify performance gaps, and work closely with business heads to improve profitability, productivity, and returns.
Strategic Business Partner:
- Act as a key strategic advisor to the Promoters, Board, and senior management on business growth, investments, profitability, capital allocation, and major strategic decisions.
Fund Raising & Capital Management:
- Lead debt and equity fund-raising initiatives, including engagement with banks, financial institutions, investors, and other funding partners to support the Group’s expansion plans.
Working Capital Management:
- Develop strategies to optimize working capital, cash flows, receivables, inventory, payables, and overall liquidity across the Group.
Treasury & Cash Flow Management:
- Establish robust Group-level treasury practices and ensure effective management of cash, banking relationships, liquidity, borrowing, and interest costs.
Business Growth & Expansion:
- Partner with the leadership team to evaluate new business opportunities, expansion plans, acquisitions, investments, and strategic initiatives from financial and commercial perspectives.
Profitability & Cost Optimization:
- Drive initiatives to improve margins, optimize costs, enhance operational efficiency, and maximize shareholder value across the Group.
Risk Management & Internal Controls:
- Strengthen financial controls, risk-management frameworks, compliance systems, and governance mechanisms across all Group companies.
Taxation & Regulatory Compliance:
- Oversee direct and indirect taxation, statutory compliance, transfer-pricing matters where applicable, and ensure adherence to all applicable laws and regulations.
Audit & Governance:
- Lead coordination with statutory auditors, internal auditors, tax advisors, banks, and other professional advisors while ensuring high standards of corporate governance and financial discipline.
Finance Transformation & MIS:
- Build a high-performing, technology-enabled finance function with standardized processes, dashboards, KPIs, automation, and timely management information for decision-making.
Leadership & Finance Team Development:
- Lead, mentor, and develop finance teams across the Group, establishing strong accountability, performance culture, succession planning, and professional standards.
Key Competencies
- Strategic & Commercial Leadership
- Financial & Capital Management
- Retail & Multi-Business Acumen
- Risk, Governance & Controls
- Performance Management & Transformation
- Leadership, Stakeholder Management & Influence
Education
- Professionally Qualified - CA (Mandatory)
- Addional Qualification in Finance would be a plus
Experience
- 15–20+ years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ years at CFO / Finance Director / BU CFO level
- Experience managing finance across multiple business verticals, subsidiaries or geographies
- Significant exposure to Retail, Consumer, FMCG, or other high-volume working-capital businesses.
- Experience dealing with Board, Audit Committee, shareholders, banks, investors and external stakeholders
CTC : As per industry Standards
Job Location : Ernakulam Dist, Kerala
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