Manager, Finance

Overview

Manage finance for the India business, partnering with business leaders on planning, reporting, financial performance, controls and SOPs.

What you'll do

• Partner with businesses to ensure long term sustainable and profitable growth.
• Review and finalize Business AOP (Annual Operating Plan), planning and timely reporting.
• Drive the agenda of MBR (Monthly Business Review) and QBR (Quarterly Business Review) for business leaders with APAC Division leader and India Leadership to understand variance and drive corrective action.
• Find opportunities and prepare plans to mitigate risks and target growth.
• Prepare and share updated Rolling Forecast with the Leadership on a monthly basis for timely discussion.
• Provide timely and accurate management financial reporting.
• Drive balanced business growth by focusing on quality of revenue and understanding drivers of growth for the Business.
• Analyse and drive competition insights leading to market beating growth.
• Lead return on investment optimization and identify improvements on marketing spends.
• Evaluate and drive business deals that meet strategic needs.
• Plan market visits to gain market and competition insights to improve business strategy.
• Steer, along with supply chain, inventory levels optimization and working capital management.
• Manage annual bonus and ensure accurate incentive calculation for Sales Organisation.
• Review and analyse business with respect to key financial drivers and financial performance to achieve Revenue and EBITA as per AOP for the year.
• Deliver Revenue and EBITA targets through financial reporting and analytics and drive EBITA improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and evaluate critical metrics and highlight key areas for effective action.
• Drive better product mix and identify and implement Pricing and COGS reduction opportunities to improve Gross Margin.
• Implement cost containment plans to ensure effective utilization of funds.
• Drive every element of P&L and report variance in Actual vs AOP vs Last Year to achieve sustainable growth.
• Provide performance insights and publish monthly dashboards to drive growth and improve profitability.
• Drive SOP improvement leading to simplification (including automation) and implement better controls to ensure business is done in a simplified, compliant environment.
• Drive automation of reports through IT platforms to reduce manual process, save time and improve compliance and quality.
• Identify simplification areas and implement processes to drive improvement in Bias for Action.
• Partner with consultants and auditors in driving different business SOP improvements and audits, ensuring they are relevant and enforceable in the given business environment.
• Ensure that all existing SOPs and Delegation of Authority are followed; evaluate any deviation accurately and initiate corrective actions.

What you'll need

• Chartered Accountant with approximately 6-8 years of post-qualification experience.
• Working experience in ERP system (E1/SAP).
• Strong financial and business skills.
• Strong interpersonal and supervisory skills, with customer service orientation.
• Team management and people management ability.
• Ability to multi-task, meet timelines and grow in a fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to prioritise multiple expectations in a typical matrix organization structure.
• Ability to develop high levels of credibility and forge positive professional relationships with subordinates, peers and upper management.

Nice to have

• Exposure to Hyperion planning.
• Experience working in a multi-cultural environment.

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.
• Work schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri).
• Environmental conditions: Office.