Assistant Manager Commercial Finance (Wholesale)

Overview

Manage a business unit for PUMA India, working closely with the Business Head to achieve KPIs for the unit's P&L and working capital, while driving business partnering, control, compliance, process automation and strategy for future growth.

What you'll do

• Own and manage the complete Profit & Loss (P&L) for the assigned business unit.
• Partner with Business Heads and Sales teams to drive achievement of revenue, margin and EBIT targets.
• Monitor business performance through regular financial reviews and provide actionable insights to improve profitability.
• Identify risks and opportunities impacting financial performance and proactively recommend corrective actions.
• Lead annual budgeting, periodic forecasting and long-range planning for the business unit.
• Conduct variance analysis against budgets and forecasts, highlighting key business drivers and recommending interventions.
• Support strategic decision-making through financial modelling, scenario analysis and business case evaluations.
• Drive working capital optimization with a strong focus on Accounts Receivable and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
• Collaborate with Sales and Customers to ensure timely collection of receivables and resolution of payment-related issues.
• Monitor credit exposure and escalate risks impacting cash flow and collections.
• Partner with reconciliation teams to ensure timely closure of customer reconciliation issues.
• Engage directly with customers to resolve complex finance-related disputes, deductions and outstanding issues.
• Ensure accurate accounting and commercial compliance across customer transactions.
• Support Business Heads on strategic initiatives, growth opportunities, pricing decisions, customer negotiations and profitability improvement projects.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to enhance operational and commercial effectiveness.
• Act as the primary finance contact for business teams and customers on finance-related matters.
• Work closely with Internal Audit, Loss Prevention and Control teams to strengthen financial governance and minimize leakages.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, statutory requirements and company SOPs.
• Drive process improvements, automation initiatives and standardization of finance processes.
• Develop, track and review business KPIs on a daily and periodic basis.
• Proactively identify and escalate potential risks or performance gaps.
• Prepare and present business reviews, financial performance reports and management dashboards to senior leadership.

What you'll need

• Chartered accountant with 1-2 years of experience.
• Similar experience in business finance and commercial roles.
• Self-motivated, with great people skills to manage and work with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to think innovatively and provide quick solutions to business problems.
• Ability to bring changes to current processes through robust SOPs and automations.
• Good managerial skills and ability to lead a team.
• Good understanding of accounting standards and GST.
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel is a must.
• Ability to handle and comprehend huge data.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial analytics.
• Ability to analyse and interpret large data sets.
• Open to domestic travel and ability to close issues with the customer independently.

Nice to have

• Experience in the retail industry.
• Working knowledge of SAP.
• Experience with SAP.
• Knowledge of automation (SQL, Python, AI tools) and reporting solutions.

Details

• Location: Local Office Bangalore.
• Open to domestic travel.