General Manager Finance
The Catalyst Group
Date: 7 hours ago
City: Lahore
Contract type: Full time
Position: General Manager Finance
Location: Lahore, Pakistan
The Catalyst Group is hiring a GM Finance for its client, a rapidly expanding food and beverage group with multiple brands and concepts, including full-service restaurants, quick-service outlets, and cloud kitchens.
About The Role
We are seeking a forward-looking and strategic General Manager Finance to serve as a finance business partner to the founders and management team. This role goes beyond traditional accounting the GM Finance will build financial systems, drive profitability, and enable data-driven decision-making across the Groups portfolio.The ideal candidate will bring F&B, retail, or multi-location business finance experience, with strong exposure to cost accounting, P&L management, and pricing strategies, coupled with the ability to provide strategic insights for expansion and franchising.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Strategy & Leadership
Location: Lahore, Pakistan
The Catalyst Group is hiring a GM Finance for its client, a rapidly expanding food and beverage group with multiple brands and concepts, including full-service restaurants, quick-service outlets, and cloud kitchens.
About The Role
We are seeking a forward-looking and strategic General Manager Finance to serve as a finance business partner to the founders and management team. This role goes beyond traditional accounting the GM Finance will build financial systems, drive profitability, and enable data-driven decision-making across the Groups portfolio.The ideal candidate will bring F&B, retail, or multi-location business finance experience, with strong exposure to cost accounting, P&L management, and pricing strategies, coupled with the ability to provide strategic insights for expansion and franchising.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Strategy & Leadership
- Partner with founders to shape long-term financial strategy aligned with growth plans
- Build financial models for expansion, franchising, and new ventures
- Provide forward-looking analysis to guide strategic decisions.
- Establish managerial accounting systems including P&L, cash flow tracking, and cost accounting
- Deliver insights on unit economics, outlet performance, and new concept viability
- Identify underperforming areas and recommend corrective actions.
- Lead budgeting process and oversee forecasting
- Strengthen cost controls, working capital management, and reporting
- Ensure accurate and timely financial visibility for leadership
- Partner with operations on pricing, procurement, and supply chain efficiency
- Improve visibility on margins across outlets and brands
- Introduce KPIs and dashboards to monitor business performance
- Build and mentor a capable finance team.
- Implement ERP/financial management tools for scale
- Drive structured processes to support growth and reduce inefficiencies
- Education: MBA in Finance (preferred), or Chartered Accountant with strong FP&A/strategy exposure
- Experience: 812 years in finance, ideally with F&B, retail, or FMCG exposure
- Strong expertise in managerial accounting, unit economics, and growth-stage business needs
- Track record as a strategic partner with leadership, not just an accountant/controller.
- Entrepreneurial, hands-on mindset with the ability to build from scratch.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work closely with a young, dynamic leadership team.
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