Deputy Manager / Manager - Finance Business Partnering

Corporate Finance What You Will Own

• At Tally, Finance Business Partnering is a strategic partnership that enables informed business decisions and drives long-term value creation. In this role, you will partner closely with one of Tally's core business functions, such as Product Engineering, Sales, or Customer Experience. You will leverage financial insights, commercial acumen, and data-driven analysis to influence business strategy, optimize performance, and support key decision-making.
• This role requires the ability to manage greater business complexity, exercise strong commercial judgment, and influence senior stakeholders. Success in this role requires a proactive mindset, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate financial insights into actionable business outcomes.

Where Your Expertise Meets Our Future

• 3 5 years of relevant experience in Business Finance, Corporate Strategy, or MA.
• Proven ability to independently drive problem-solving and deliver outcomes.
• Strong fundamentals in Financial modelling, Business economics, Data analysis etc.

• Prior experience in working with a software product or tech-enabled startups.
• Familiarity with:
  • SaaS / subscription models
  • Product-led growth / GTM constructs

The Scope of Your Influence

• Act as the primary finance partner to the functional leadership team (e.g., Product Heads, Engineering Leaders, Sales Leaders).
• Drive decision-making on product investments, GTM strategies, and resource allocation using structured financial thinking.
• Bring a value-creation mindset to discussions balancing growth, customer impact, and profitability.
• Influence key business decisions through assertive yet collaborative engagement.

Financial Modelling Investment Evaluation

• Build and own complex financial models for product investments / feature releases, new market entries or GTM strategies, pricing and monetisation decisions.
• Evaluate investments using NPV, payback, ROIC, and cohort-level economics.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analyses to inform leadership decisions under uncertainty.

Performance Management and Business Insights

• Drive function-level performance analytics (growth, margins, efficiency, ROI on spends).
• Identify key business drivers and translate them into actionable insights (not just reporting).
• Lead monthly/quarterly business reviews, focusing on what's working / not working, root-cause analysis, and forward-looking recommendations.

Planning, Forecasting, Capital Allocation

• Own annual planning and periodic forecasting for the function.
• Align financial plans with operational and strategic priorities.
• Ensure optimal allocation of capital and resources across initiatives.
• Introduce rigour and structure without slowing down innovation.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Engineering teams (especially if aligned to them).
• Sales, Marketing, and Customer teams
• Corporate Finance and Leadership
• Act as a bridge between Finance and Business, especially for technical stakeholders.
• Bring clarity and financial structure to ambiguous, evolving business problems.

Executive Communication Influence

• Convert complex analysis into clear, compelling narratives for leadership.
• Drive discussions with confidence, clarity, and data-backed reasoning.
• Manage senior stakeholders with strong presence, persuasion, and empathy.