Knya
Website:
knyamed.com
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ABOUT THE ROLE
We are a fast-growing D2C and multi-channel retail brand building a world-class finance function from the ground up. The Senior Finance Manager is a critical leadership hire, the operational nerve centre of our finance team. You will sit between the Head of Finance and the execution layer, owning treasury, internal controls, cost optimisation, and cross-functional financial governance. You will directly oversee the Finance Controller, Finance Analyst, and Accounts Payable Manager — and be the person who ensures our financial operations are accurate, real-time, and always audit-ready. This is not a back-office role. You will be in the room for every significant business decision, bringing financial rigour to commercial conversations across channels, vendors, and operations.
WHAT YOU WILL OWN
Financial governance & oversight
• Set the financial governance framework for the organisation — policies, controls, approval hierarchies, and escalation protocols
• Ensure the Controller, Finance Analyst, and AP Manager are delivering accurate, timely outputs — review and own the quality of their work
• Sign off on all financial statements, MIS reports, and investor-facing data before they reach leadership • Drive month-end and year-end close discipline — the team executes, you own the outcome
• Ensure statutory and internal audits are completed cleanly every cycle with zero major observations Treasury & banking strategy
• Own and manage all banking relationships — OD limits, CC facilities, lender negotiations, and limit enhancements
• Ensure fund flows and liquidity are managed proactively — no surprises, no last-minute scrambles • Review and approve all banking documentation before submission — stock statements, DP reports, QIS, financial MIS
• Negotiate commercial terms with banks and financial institutions — rates, charges, facility structures • Take strategic calls on working capital financing — when to draw, when to repay, how to optimise cost of funds Cost leadership & profitability
• Own the cost optimisation agenda for the organisation — set targets, track progress, and hold functions accountable • Review and challenge all significant spends — logistics, vendor contracts, marketing, and overheads
• Partner with commercial and operations leadership to improve contribution margins across channels • Ensure every major business decision has a financial model behind it — pricing, new channels, partnerships
• Identify structural cost inefficiencies and drive cross-functional initiatives to address them Cross-functional business partnering
• Be the senior finance voice in all commercial, operations, and marketing discussions
• Translate business decisions into financial consequences — and flag risks before they become problems • Partner with supply chain and demand planning to align inventory strategy with working capital constraints
• Lead financial inputs for fundraising — data rooms, due diligence, investor reporting, and board packs • Build financial literacy across the organisation — non-finance teams should understand the P&L impact of their decisions Internal controls & risk management
• Design and own the internal audit framework — scope, frequency, methodology, and outcomes
• Review audit findings and ensure remediation plans are implemented, not just acknowledged
• Set the leakage prevention agenda — identify systemic risks across stores, marketplace, and vendor payments
• Ensure IFC (Internal Financial Controls) are robust, documented, and tested regularly
• Escalate material risks to the Head of Finance with clear recommendations, not just observations Team leadership & organisation building
• Lead, develop, and hold accountable three direct reports — Finance Controller, Finance Analyst, and Accounts Payable Manager
• Build a high-performance finance culture — where accuracy is non-negotiable and ownership is the default
• Define roles, responsibilities, and KPIs for each team member — and review performance regularly • Hire and onboard future finance team members as the organisation scales
• Build systems and processes that make the team resilient — not dependent on any single person including yourself
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
• 5–8 years of progressive finance experience with at least 3 years in a leadership or manager role
• CA / MBA Finance strongly preferred — the rigour of formal qualification matters for this role
• Prior experience in D2C, FMCG, retail, or e-commerce is non-negotiable — you must understand how multi-channel businesses work financially
• Hands-on treasury experience — you should have sat across the table from a banker and negotiated a facility
• Strong command of compliance — GST, TDS, statutory filings — you don't need to file them but you need to own them
• Demonstrable cost optimisation track record — specific, quantified outcomes, not just a bullet on a resume
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling — scenario analysis, sensitivity models, cash flow forecasting • Experience with ERP systems — Tally, Zoho Books, SAP, or equivalent
• Power BI or equivalent data visualisation capability is a strong plus
• Someone who communicates financial complexity in plain language — to founders, to teams, to banks
YOU WILL THRIVE HERE IF
• You are equally comfortable in a spreadsheet and a boardroom
• You find leakages before they find you
• You treat financial controls as a competitive advantage, not a checkbox
• You are energised by building systems, not just running them
• You can hold a team accountable without micromanaging
• You want ownership, not just responsibility
GROWTH PATH As the business scales — new channels, new geographies, potential fundraising — this role grows with it. The Senior Finance Manager is the natural successor to the Head of Finance and will have increasing exposure to investor relations, board reporting, and strategic financial planning. We are building a finance function that will support a significantly larger business — and we want the person in this seat to help design it.
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