Supply Chain Finance Manager

Industry

E-commerce

Location

Bengaluru

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience

4–8 years

Qualification

CA / CWA / Equivalent

About The Role

We are hiring for our client, a fast-growing

e-commerce business

, for a finance professional who will own

Supply Chain Finance, Inventory Finance, Cost Controls, and Operational Finance

across the organisation.

The role will work closely with

Supply Chain, Warehousing, Procurement, Logistics, Operations, and Technology teams

to ensure inventory accuracy, cost efficiency, financial controls, and data integrity across the entire value chain.

The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in

inventory management, warehouse operations, WMS, reconciliation, COGS, cost control, and operational finance

, preferably within an e-commerce or manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Inventory & Supply Chain Finance
• Own end-to-end inventory accounting, valuation, reconciliation, and variance analysis.
• Monitor inventory movement across inbound, storage, processing, and outbound operations.
• Identify inventory discrepancies, ageing, shrinkage, write-offs, and financial leakages.
• Drive regular stock reconciliation and coordinate with Operations/Warehouse teams for closure of variances.
• Support inventory planning and ensure financial controls across the supply chain.
• Warehouse, Logistics & Cost Management
• Monitor warehouse, packaging, transportation, and fulfilment costs.
• Track cost-per-unit, cost-per-order, and other relevant operational cost metrics.
• Monitor budgets, identify cost deviations, and drive corrective actions.
• Validate logistics and warehouse partner SLAs, billing, claims, and applicable penalties.
• Analyse operational costs and identify opportunities for process and cost optimisation.
• Financial Controls & Leakage Management
• Track, investigate, and report inventory and financial leakages, claims, and operational losses.
• Design, implement, and monitor robust internal controls across Operations and Systems.
• Identify control gaps across the supply chain value chain and recommend corrective measures.
• Ensure timely closure of audit observations and control exceptions.
• WMS & Systems Finance
• Own financial controls and data integrity across WMS and inventory management systems such as Increff, Unicommerce, or similar platforms.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of inventory and financial data across integrated systems.
• Perform regular system-to-system reconciliations and investigate data mismatches.
• Work with Technology and Operations teams to strengthen system controls and data sanctity.
• Procurement & COGS
• Manage finance processes related to procurement and buying for direct and indirect materials.
• Perform rate validation, rate control, and vendor cost checks.
• Review and validate COGS, purchase rates, and cost assumptions.
• Identify pricing and procurement variances and ensure appropriate controls.
• Compliance & New Location Readiness
• Ensure financial and operational compliance for new and existing warehouses/locations.
• Coordinate and monitor requirements related to:
• Stock audits
• GST/APOB compliance
• Licenses and registrations
• Insurance
• Warehouse documentation
• Other statutory and operational requirements
• Ensure all locations are financially and operationally audit-ready.
• Reporting & Business Insights
• Build and maintain MIS, dashboards, and operational finance reports.
• Provide actionable insights on inventory, logistics, warehouse costs, COGS, leakages, and operational efficiency.
• Present key variances, trends, risks, and recommendations to business leadership.
• Drive data-backed decision-making across Supply Chain and Operations.

Must-Have Skills & Qualifications

• CA / CWA / equivalent professional qualification.
• 4–8 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain Finance, Operations Finance, Inventory Finance, or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience working with warehouse, factory, fulfilment, or supply chain operations.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting, reconciliation, valuation, COGS, cost control, and operational finance.
• Experience working with WMS / inventory management systems such as Increff, Unicommerce, or similar platforms.
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel, data analysis, reconciliation, and dashboard creation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Logistics, and Technology teams.

Preferred Experience

• Prior experience in E-commerce, Retail, D2C, Consumer, Manufacturing, or Supply Chain-led businesses.
• Experience managing finance for multiple warehouses / fulfilment centres.
• Exposure to inventory audits, GST/APOB, logistics claims, vendor reconciliations, and operational controls.
• Experience in building or improving processes, controls, MIS, and financial dashboards.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who is

hands-on, analytical, process-oriented, and comfortable working close to the ground with operations

. The ideal candidate should be able to move beyond reporting numbers to

identify gaps, uncover leakages, strengthen controls, and drive measurable improvements in supply chain efficiency and profitability.

Skills: finance,operations,data,supply chain