Finance Manager

"Finalize and publish monthly MIS on a timely basis. Perform actual Contribution analysis for BU/ SKU and deep-dive

analysis of Fixed Expenses, Sales realization and overall financial

performance of the business every month, in comparison with Budget targets

and YoY and review deep-dive analytical results with all relevant business stakeholders for prompt decision making and actions.

Partner with the Plant Finance Team to track product costs, monitor

variances, capex, inventory control and sourcing cost implications.

Track “Sanchay”Cost Saving initiatives along with Plant Finance

Team and factor the same in the Contribution analysis.

Continuously monitor the business performance and KPIs against the

Budget, Long Term Plan, work out differences/ shortfall

Participate and implement in finance transformation with data

analytics, digital interventions and changes in processes and policies.

Business Planning -

Create Long Term Plans (LTP) with financial projections for 3-4

years, factoring all agreed business goals and creating the long term

performance goals for the business. Participate in business planning

meetings, work out financial implications to facilitate strategic decisions.

Anchor and drive the Annual Budgeting process within the business

and finalise detailed Budgets with analysis and in alignment with the long

term Goals for BU including preparing for presentation to Senior Management

for approval.

Establish a rolling P&L and Working Capital Forecast quarterly & Rest

of year, on a monthly basis, updated with business developments, actions

taken and economic environment to continuously monitor the achievement of

performance targets during the year well in advance and influence business

decisions to drive results.

Perform Commodity & Currency forecasts and trigger product cost

sensitivities and impact on financial delivery. Partner with Plant Finance

Team to work out cost projections for Budget and LTP.

Provide cash forecast inputs to Treasury Perform impact analysis prior to product pricing decisions, schemes &

incentives

Stakeholder responses and interactions -

Provide required BU-specific inputs for Investor presentations and

response to Investor & Group queries.

Partner with Finance support functional teams, Cross functional team

members and cross-business partners to drive central functional objectives,

corporate objectives and Group objectives.

Industry Benchmarking –

Perform benchmarking with Industry peers on Financial results in same

BU segment basis quarterly results and also on market practices, pricing,

costs etc. as gathered from time to time from various sources.

Conduct regular market visits to get visibility on market developments

and competitive practices."