Zolostays - Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

About Zolostays

Zolo is a Nexus and PE funded, Series-C company which provides fully managed co-living and student housing spaces. Valued at more than $200 mn, we are India's fastest moving technology startup in the co-living and student housing spaces. With an aim to provide a completely hassle-free long term living experience to working professionals as well as students, our living spaces offer all kinds of basic and luxury living amenities. Our biggest USP for a resident comes from a vibrant resident community, omni channel platform, top notch services such as hygienic and healthy food, furnished rooms, daily housekeeping, seamless internet facilities, hi-tech security and much more - all enabled by technology.

Founded by alumni of IIM, IIT, AIIMS, ISB in 2015, we are currently present in 10 cities - Bangalore, Coimbatore, Pune, Kota, Noida, Gurugram, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai and fast expanding to other geographies. We are at a team size of 800+. Serving approximately 40,000-45,000 customers daily as we speak, we have aggressive growth plans of catering to around

Roles and Responsibilities

Planning - Develop the financial & operating plan that is required to achieve the management's strategic business goals

Forecasting - Maintain periodic forecasts of the company's financials, Analyze the company's historical performance, the key macro & micro trends & assumptions that will impact the future estimates, Liaison between all the key teams to understand the drivers of the key financial metrics such as sales, expenditures, and profit margin

Budgeting - Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating budget

Variance Analysis - Keep a track of the variance between actual vs forecasted values and identify & analyse the key drivers for the same

Cost Control - Analyse and understand in-depth all the costs in the business that can impact the profitability

Business Performance Reports - Create a business performance report covering an analysis of the historical financials, and explanation of the variance b/w actual vs forecasts, Maintain an updated forecast for the upcoming month/quarter, headwinds/tailwinds to achieve the management's business goals etc. that will help management in better decision making