Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Finance & Business Partnering

• Act as a key advisor to the CFO on financial strategy, business planning, and long-range forecasting.
• Partner with functional and business leaders to evaluate financial implications of new contracts, pricing strategies, flight catering SLAs, institutional catering RFPs, and CAPEX projects.
• Provide commercial insights to support negotiations with airline clients, institutional customers, and vendors.
• Support CEO-level decision-making through high-quality insights and scenario planning.

2. Financial Planning, Budgeting & Performance Management

• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range plans for both airline and institutional catering businesses.
• Monitor financial performance vs. budgets across units; highlight deviations and recommend corrective actions.
• Establish financial KPIs for kitchen units, production facilities, logistics, and corporate functions.
• Drive margin improvement through cost management, yield optimization, and operational efficiency tracking

3. Financial Analysis & Insights

• Conduct deep-dive financial analysis including profitability, route-level costing, menu costing, unit economics, food cost variance, and manpower cost trends.
• Perform scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis, and risk assessment for new business proposals.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities using financial and operational data (e.g., meal volumes, flight schedules, food cost indices).

4. MIS, Reporting & Governance

• Design and deliver MIS dashboards, KPI trackers, and business performance reports for the CFO and senior leadership.
• Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and governance in financial reporting across all units.
• Strengthen controls on inventory, procurement, wastage, and consumption aligned with airline catering standards.
• Work closely with the audit and compliance teams to ensure statutory, internal, and client audit readiness.

5. Operational & Commercial Finance Oversight

• Review commercial contracts with airlines and institutional clients, ensuring pricing accuracy and financial viability.
• Monitor procurement efficiency, vendor payments, credit management, and working capital.
• Ensure adherence to financial SOPs across production kitchens, commissaries, transport, and distribution operations.
• Evaluate CAPEX proposals, ROI, and financial feasibility for kitchen upgrades, automation projects, and expansion units.

6. Stakeholder Management & Leadership Support

• Act as a key interface between the CFO’s office, CEO, and cross-functional teams.
• Support the CFO in preparing financial presentations for the Board, Audit Committee, aviation client reviews, and leadership reviews.
• Mentor, guide, and develop finance team members across corporate and unit-level finance functions.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Deep understanding of food production, airline catering economics, and institutional catering cost structures.
• High business acumen with ability to translate financial data into actionable insights.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High integrity, governance orientation, and attention to detail.

Qualifications & Experience

• CA / CMA / MBA (Finance) from a reputed institution is preferred
• 12–20 years of progressive experience in finance, including strategic finance, FP&A, business partnering, and corporate finance roles in Hospitality and Hotels.
• Experience in aviation catering, hospitality, or multi-unit operations preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, financial modelling tools, ERP systems, and business analytics.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience of having worked as a head of finance is necessary