Assistant Manager Finance (FP&A)
Freight Tiger · Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 70d ago
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About Freight Tiger
Freight Tiger, a subsidiary of the $16 billion listed company Tata Motors Limited (Commercial Vehicles Division
We offer two core solutions:
- Cloud-based TMS (Transportation Management Software) to streamline the procure-to-cash cycle and provide real-time visibility across the supply chain
- Carrier Matching Marketplace to help Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) source vehicles transparently and get paid faster
We currently process 4% of India's total freight, serving 400+ shippers, 1500+ LSPs across 90,000+ locations ? with marquee clients including Saint Gobain, JSW Steel, ITC, DHL, MRF and Pernod Ricard.
Our mission is simple ? benefit every stakeholder across the ecosystem, from shippers and logistics providers to carriers, truckers and end customers ? without disintermediating anyone. Built on trust, transparency and collaboration.
About the Role:
The Assistant Manager/Manager ? Finance will primarily support business finance, financial planning analysis, and investor reporting functions. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, MIS reporting, and delivering actionable financial insights to aid decision-making. The individual will work closely with cross-functional teams to track performance, support planning cycles, and ensure timely, accurate reporting for management and investors, while contributing to process improvements
and strategic initiatives.
Key responsibilities :-
?? Financial Planning, Forecasting Analysis
? Support the preparation of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and variance analysis.
? Track actual vs. budgeted expenses and revenue; provide timely insights to management.
? Support financial planning activities and help identify areas for cost optimization.
? Update financial models promptly to reflect the latest actuals and projections, supporting timely and informed decision making.
? Support management with ad hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, and business cases as needed for decision-making.
?? Investor Relations
? Compile, validate, and distribute monthly MIS reports?including PL, balance sheet, and cash flow summaries?within two business days of month-end close to align with management review cycles.
? Ensure accuracy and completeness of data inputs to avoid delays and ensure reliability of reports as this needs to be shared with the Board of Directors and Investors.
?? Month-End Closures
? Coordinate with the accounting team to ensure timely completion of accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries as per the monthly close calendar.
? Validate that all closing activities are completed and financials are review-ready within the prescribed closing window.
?? Cross-Functional Collaboration
? Partner with internal, sales, and product teams to gather inputs and validate assumptions early in the planning cycle to prevent last-minute delays.
? Facilitate planning meetings and checkpoints to ensure all stakeholders meet agreed timelines.
?? Process Improvement Automation
? Identify opportunities for process improvement (e.g., centralized templates, automation of data pulls, streamlined workflows) to reduce turnaround time.
? Monitor close cycle KPIs to drive ongoing improvements in efficiency and reporting timelines.
?? Ad Hoc Analysis Special Projects
? Support management with ad hoc analysis, ensuring a quick turnaround without compromising insight quality.
? Contribute to strategic initiatives (e.g., business cases, scenario planning) with well-defined deliverables, schedules, and milestone tracking.
Preferred qualifications:
? Chartered Accountant with 0-2 years of experience with article-ship in either Statutory Audit/ Internal Audit/ Risk Advisory from Big 4 firms.
? Open to consider, CA Internship with Big Four in Taxation (GST), provided strong post qualification experience in FPA of 2 years. Strong Class X, XII marks and not many attempts to clear CA.
? Excellent MS Excel skills and working knowledge of accounting tools (Zoho/QuickBooks/Tally).
? Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
? High attention to detail as the individual is expected to work on critical investor/ board queries with a sense of ownership.
? Good verbal and written communication skills. High on energy.
? Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks under tight timelines.
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About Freight Tiger
Freight Tiger
Logistics
210
employees
2014
12 years old
Mumbai,Maharashtra
India
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Freight Tiger platform helps you deliver your freight eyon-time in-full. They do it through end-to-end logistics visibility & a cloud-based TMS, which power the largest DF Network in India.
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