AgroStar - Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - CA

AgroStar is India's foremost AgTech start-up with a mission of #HelpingFarmersWin. Shardul and Sitanshu started AgroStar with a vision to solve two of the biggest problems in Indian agriculture - Lack of guidance for scientific/sustainable farming & limited access to great quality farm inputs.

Today AgroStar provides full-stack solutions to millions of farmers across 11 Indian states via an omnichannel approach. Along the journey, we have built India's largest agronomy advisory center, a highly engaged digital farmer network with over 9.5 million users, and a retail network of 8500+ stores. These technology-enabled channels work together to help farmers produce better and achieve higher price realizations by providing appropriate advice, timely input delivery, and output market linkages.

In March 2022, we acquired INI Farms, and with this, we are now exporting our farmer's produce to over 20+ countries across the globe.

With massive synergies across the value chain to unlock, we are excited about our next exponential growth phase while being more mission-focused than ever! #HelpingFarmersWin!

Backed by prominent investors and partners we are rapidly growing our full-stack platform and access to credit.

The Role:

- Collaborate across different functions to gather business insights and inputs for demand forecasting.

- Analyze historical data, market trends, and other relevant factors to develop accurate demand forecasts/models.

- Utilize forecasting models and tools to generate demand projections for various business needs.

- Maintain a sound business forecast and review process to ensure the predictability of financial results.

- Create financial reports and meet with the Function Heads to clearly summarize financial trends and provide insights.

- Monitor and evaluate actual financial results against budgeted targets, identify variances, and communicate findings to management, highlighting potential risks and opportunities.

- PnL management ensuring that the operational costs are controlled and the budgets are adhered to.

- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), highlighting trends and analyzing the market variables.

- Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting.

- Conduct various ad hoc analyses and strategically address issues that are complementary to the regular Planning and Analysis processes

- Ensure a tight control on outstanding and overdue payments

Qualifications we look for:

- Qualified Chartered Accountant, with 3-5 years of experience of working in a Business Finance, Financial Analytics, Business Planning, or FPnA role.

- Knowledge and experience working on Budgeting and demand side planning, with a strong acumen for forecasting.

- Basic knowledge of Google Sheets and a good command of MS Office Suit.

- Demonstrated ability to present analytics in a clear, highly professional manner.

- Established record in managing multiple and competing priorities.

- Excellent communication, analytical, written, and interpersonal skills and proven ability to work with cross-functional teams.

- Ability to take logical business decisions with the financial lens

- Most importantly, we are looking for passionate intrapreneurs who want to work at the grassroots level, drive impact in India's biggest sector & Help Farmers Win!