Strategy & Business Analytics Manager

Role Overview

We are looking for a high-calibre Strategy & Business Analytics professional to work closely with the CEO and senior leadership team on strategic business initiatives, financial analysis, business performance, and data-driven decision-making.

The role will involve working across business, finance, credit, operations, risk, collections, and technology to analyse business performance, identify opportunities, support strategic decision-making, and drive key initiatives.

The ideal candidate would have a combination of strong analytical capability, commercial understanding, structured problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.

A CA + MBA profile with experience in a reputed consulting or professional-services organisation such as EY, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, or similar would be preferred. Alternatively, an engineer with strong analytical/business experience and preferably fintech exposure can be considered.

Key Responsibilities1. Strategic Business Analysis

• Work closely with the CEO and leadership team on strategic business priorities and key initiatives.
• Analyse business performance and identify key trends, opportunities, risks, and areas requiring management attention.
• Develop structured analysis and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Conduct market, competitor, product, and business-model analysis as required.
• Support evaluation of new business opportunities, products, partnerships, and growth initiatives.

2. Business & Financial Analytics

• Analyse key business and financial metrics to understand business performance and profitability.
• Develop financial/business models to evaluate different scenarios and strategic decisions.
• Analyse revenue, costs, margins, customer acquisition, portfolio performance, productivity, and other relevant business metrics.
• Track actual performance against business plans, budgets, and strategic targets.
• Identify key drivers impacting business performance and provide actionable insights to leadership.

3. Management Reporting & Business Reviews

• Prepare management-level analysis and presentations for CEO and senior leadership reviews.
• Develop structured dashboards and performance reports covering key business metrics.
• Consolidate information from multiple functions and translate data into meaningful business insights.
• Support monthly/quarterly business reviews and strategic performance discussions.

4. Cross-Functional Strategic Initiatives

• Work with Business, Finance, Credit, Risk, Operations, Collections, Product, and Technology teams on strategic projects.
• Drive special projects assigned by the CEO/leadership team from analysis through execution.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to identify issues, develop solutions, and track implementation.
• Monitor progress of strategic initiatives and highlight key dependencies, risks, and outcomes.

5. Business Planning & Forecasting

• Support annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, and long-term business plans.
• Build scenario analysis and sensitivity models to assess potential business outcomes.
• Support leadership in evaluating growth, profitability, cost optimisation, and resource-allocation decisions.
• Track business performance against agreed objectives and highlight variances.

6. Process & Performance Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, operating efficiency, and profitability.
• Use data and analytics to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
• Work with functional teams to develop and implement improvement initiatives.
• Establish appropriate metrics/KPIs to measure the effectiveness of business initiatives.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand complex business problems and structure them into actionable solutions.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen.
• Excellent Excel and financial-modelling skills.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work with large datasets and derive meaningful insights.
• Strong stakeholder-management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to independently drive strategic projects.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving fintech environment.
• High attention to detail with the ability to maintain a broader strategic perspective.

Preferred Candidate ProfilePreferred Profile – CA + MBA

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with an MBA from a reputed institution.
• 5–10 years of experience in strategy, consulting, financial advisory, business analytics, corporate finance, or related areas.
• Experience with a reputed consulting/professional-services organisation such as EY, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, or similar preferred.
• Strong experience in financial analysis, business modelling, strategic projects, and management reporting.
• Exposure to financial services, fintech, lending, NBFC, banking, or related sectors will be an advantage.

Alternative Profile – Engineering + Analytics

• B.E./B.Tech or equivalent engineering degree.
• 5–10 years of strong analytical/business experience.
• Experience in business analytics, strategy, consulting, product analytics, financial analytics, or business planning.
• Fintech/digital lending/financial-services exposure preferred.
• Strong Excel, data analysis, business modelling, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with senior stakeholders and drive strategic initiatives.

Qualification

Preferred: CA + MBA

Alternative: B.E./B.Tech with strong analytical/business experience.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who can operate as a thought partner to the CEO and leadership team, rather than someone focused only on routine reporting.

The individual should be able to:

Understand the numbers identify the business issue analyse the root cause develop options present insights drive the initiative to execution.

The role requires a combination of financial acumen, strategic thinking, analytical ability, business understanding, and execution orientation.

Ideal Industry Background

Candidates from the following backgrounds can be considered:

• Fintech
• Digital Lending
• NBFC
• Banking / Financial Services
• Management Consulting
• Big 4 / Professional Services
• Corporate Strategy
• Business Analytics
• Corporate Finance / FP&A
• Financial Advisory

Fintech experience is preferred but not mandatory for the CA + MBA profile. For the engineering profile, fintech/financial-services exposure would be strongly preferred.