Paytm - Assistant General Manager - Business Finance - CA (5-7 yrs)

About Us:

Paytm is India's leading digital payments and financial services company, which is focused on driving consumers and merchants to its platform by offering them a variety of payment use cases. Paytm provides consumers with services like utility payments and money transfers, while empowering them to pay via Paytm Payment Instruments (PPI) like Paytm UPI, Paytm FASTag and Paytm Postpaid - Buy Now, Pay Later. To merchants, Paytm offers acquiring devices like Soundbox, EDC, QR and Payment Gateway where payment aggregation is done through PPI and also other banks' financial instruments. To further enhance merchants' business, Paytm offers merchants commerce services through advertising and Paytm Mini app store. Operating on this platform leverage, the company then offers credit services such as merchant loans, personal loans and BNPL, sourced by its financial partners.

About the role: We're looking for a Business Finance Manager for our central business finance team. You'll be a key part of our success by:

- Analyzing financial performance to find areas for improvement and growth opportunities.

- Working closely with business and finance teams to understand the factors that influence results.

- Providing data-driven insights to the Business Heads and Finance leadership to support effective decision-making.

- Monitoring progress towards goals and proactively addressing potential risks.

Expectations/ Requirements: What You'll Do:

- Collaborate closely with Business, participating actively in their strategic planning.

- Develop detailed financial plans, using a bottom-up approach to ensure accuracy and buy-in.

- Regularly analyze actual results against the plan, identify the reasons for any variances, and clearly communicate your findings to facilitate informed decision-making.

- Track and report on key financial and business metrics

- Contribute to the unit's goal-setting process and create a detailed annual operating plan to achieve those goals.

- Ensure the accuracy and completeness of month-end financial reports, including reviews, procedures, and necessary corrections.

- Contribute to the improvement of financial processes, including revenue cycle activities, to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.

- Analyze the financial impact of potential new products or business initiatives and present your findings to senior management.

- Respond promptly to requests for information and problem-solving, providing thorough analysis and insights to support decision-making.

- Actively participate in projects aimed at standardizing and automating processes to improve efficiency.

Superpowers/ Skills that will help you succeed in this role:

- 5+ years in a Business Finance role.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends and insights from complex data.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences.

- Advanced skills in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, to effectively analyze and present data.

- Ability to take initiative and work independently.

Education : Qualified CA

Why join us:

1. A collaborative output driven program that brings cohesiveness across businesses through technology

2. Improve the average revenue per use by increasing the cross-sell opportunities

3. A solid 360 feedback from your peer teams on your support of their goals

4. Respect, that is earned, not demanded from your peers and manager

Compensation:

If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants - and we are committed to it. India's largest digital lending story is brewing here. It's your opportunity to be a part of the story!