Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - QSR Division | Leading Retail Brand

As the CFO of the QSR Division in a leading Indian food & beverage brand, your role will be crucial in driving financial excellence and long-term value creation for the business. You will partner closely with the Business Head and the Board to lead the overall financial strategy, governance, capital planning, and performance management of the fast-growing QSR business. Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Financial Leadership: - Define and drive long-term financial strategy aligned with domestic scale-up and international expansion. - Lead capital allocation decisions for new store rollouts, format expansion, and overseas market entry. - Evaluate franchise, JV, and partnership models from a financial and governance perspective.

- Support potential fundraise, debt structuring, or strategic investor engagement if required.

• Business Partnership & Performance Management: - Act as a financial advisor to the Business Head and Board on strategic decisions.

- Drive annual operating plans, budgeting, and rolling forecasts across outlets and regions.
- Establish strong unit economics frameworks and monitor key performance indicators.

• Financial Operations & Governance: - Lead accounting, FP&A, treasury, taxation, audit, compliance, and MIS functions.

- Ensure timely closure of books and accurate reporting to leadership.
- Establish robust financial controls across inventory, procurement, outlet cash management, and supply chain.
- Strengthen governance and internal audit systems to support scale and global operations.

• Cost & Margin Optimization: - Drive structured margin improvement initiatives across product mix, procurement, and operations.

- Improve cost visibility at outlet and SKU level.
- Partner with procurement and operations teams to optimize supply chain efficiency.

• Expansion & International Readiness: - Lead financial planning for international expansion including market entry strategy.

- Manage FX exposure, overseas compliance, and cross-border structuring.
- Support evaluation of acquisitions, alliances, or new business formats.

• Team Leadership: - Build and scale a high-performance finance organization.

- Institutionalize systems, processes, and digital finance tools.
- Mentor finance leaders and instill strong financial discipline across business teams.

Required Skills & Competencies: - Proven CFO / Senior Finance Leader with 1520 years of experience in QSR, retail, hospitality, or consumer businesses.

• Strong exposure to multi-unit retail operations and franchise models.

• Deep expertise in financial strategy, capital planning, governance, and risk management.

• Demonstrated experience in scaling businesses and driving profitability.

• Strong executive presence with Board-level stakeholder management capability.

• Experience in managing expansion, transformation, or structured growth environments.

• Chartered Accountant preferred; MBA Finance with strong controllership foundation considered. As the CFO of the QSR Division in a leading Indian food & beverage brand, your role will be crucial in driving financial excellence and long-term value creation for the business. You will partner closely with the Business Head and the Board to lead the overall financial strategy, governance, capital planning, and performance management of the fast-growing QSR business. Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Financial Leadership: - Define and drive long-term financial strategy aligned with domestic scale-up and international expansion.

- Lead capital allocation decisions for new store rollouts, format expansion, and overseas market entry.
- Evaluate franchise, JV, and partnership models from a financial and governance perspective.
- Support potential fundraise, debt structuring, or strategic investor engagement if required.

• Business Partnership & Performance Management: - Act as a financial advisor to the Business Head and Board on strategic decisions.

- Drive annual operating plans, budgeting, and rolling forecasts across outlets and regions.
- Establish strong unit economics frameworks and monitor key performance indicators.

• Financial Operations & Governance: - Lead accounting, FP&A, treasury, taxation, audit, compliance, and MIS functions.

- Ensure timely closure of books and accurate reporting to leadership.
- Establish robust financial controls across inventory, procurement, outlet cash management, and supply chain.
- Strengthen governance and internal audit systems to support scale and global operations.

• Cost & Margin Optimization: - Drive structured margin improvement initiatives across product mix, procurement, and operations.

- Improve cost visibility at outlet and SKU level.
- Partner with procurement and operations teams to optimize supply chain efficiency.

• Expansion & International Readiness:

- Lead financial planning for international ex