Business Financial Analyst

About Curefoods Curefoods is one of Indias fastest-growing cloud kitchen and food brands platforms bringing together a diverse portfolio of popular restaurants and delivery-first brands. With a mission to make great food accessible Curefoods operates across multiple cities leveraging technology culinary innovation and operational excellence. The company partners with leading chefs and food entrepreneurs to scale their concepts while also building its own successful brands. Curefoods is redefining the way people experience food by combining convenience quality and variety under one umbrella. About the Role Were looking for a Business Finance Analyst to be the finance partner for our store operations category and growth teams. This is a high-visibility role for someone who wants to work at the intersection of finance retail operations and consumer brand strategy tracking unit economics for a fast-growing dessert/QSR brand with a mix of dine-in delivery and franchise formats. Youll own store-level and category-level P&Ls partner with Operations and Category teams on pricing and cost decisions and build the analytical backbone for expansion decisions (new store launches menu profitability). Key Responsibilities Store & Unit Economics Build and maintain store-level P&Ls (dine-in and delivery formats) Track contribution margin food cost % rent-to-revenue ratio and other unit economics KPIs Partner with Ops teams to flag underperforming stores and drive corrective action plans Business Partnering Act as finance business partner to Category Marketing and Supply Chain teams Evaluate profitability of new product launches combos and seasonal menu changes Support pricing decisions with margin impact analysis across channels (dine-in Swiggy/Zomato own app) Planning & MIS Own monthly MIS budget vs. actual variance analysis and management reporting decks Build annual operating plans (AOP) and rolling forecasts at store city and category level Automate recurring reports (dashboards in Excel/Power BI/Google Sheets) New Store Economics Build business cases for new store openings payback period IRR breakeven analysis Track capex vs. budget for new store rollouts Cost & Vendor Analysis Analyze raw material cost trends (flour chocolate packaging) and their P&L impact Support procurement/supply chain teams with cost-benefit analysis on vendor contracts Track aggregator commission impact (Swiggy/Zomato) on channel profitability What Were Looking For Must-Haves 25 years of experience in FP&A business finance or corporate finance retail QSR F&B or consumer brands strongly preferred Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables financial modeling); Power BI/Tableau a plus Solid grasp of unit economics P&L structuring and variance analysis CA / MBA (Finance) / CFA (any level) or equivalent Good to Have Experience with multi-format retail (own stores delivery/aggregator channels) Exposure to SAP / Oracle / Zoho Books or similar ERP systems Prior experience working closely with Operations or Category teams (not just a back-office finance role) Traits We Value Comfortable with ambiguity this is a fast-growing brand priorities shift Bias for action: prefers a good-enough answer today over a perfect one next week Can translate numbers into a story that a non-finance stakeholder (store manager category head) can act on Key Metrics Youll Own Store-level EBITDA margin Food cost % and contribution margin by SKU/category New store payback period and IRR Forecast accuracy (budget vs. actual variance) Channel-wise profitability (dine-in vs. delivery)

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