If you are designing the future-state finance structure for a manufacturing organization (multi-plant, PET / packaging operations, growth stage, commercial complexity), the CFO role should sit above both operational finance and corporate finance. For a growing manufacturing company, the CFO becomes less of an “accounts head” and more of a business finance leader + strategic partner + governance owner.
- Corporate Finance & FP&A
- Treasury
- Accounts & Consolidation
- Taxation
- Internal Audit
- Plant Commercial Finance
- Costing
- Banking & Investor Coordination
- Compliance & Governance
- MIS / BI / Financial Analytics
- ERP Finance Controls
- Long-term financial strategy
- Business expansion and plant growth planning
- Capex and investment approvals
- Business restructuring
- Profitability enhancement strategy
- Financial transformation initiatives
- Enterprise budgeting and forecasting
- Consolidated financial performance
- Cash flow and capital management
- Fund raising and banking relationships
- Working capital strategy
- Enterprise risk framework
- Internal controls and audit governance
- Fraud prevention oversight
- Statutory and regulatory compliance
- Board reporting and governance systems
- Plant profitability
- Cost optimization
- Inventory efficiency
- Yield and scrap economics
- OEE financial impact
- Commercial controls
- MD support
- Board presentations
- Strategy reviews
- Expansion feasibility
- Investment analysis
- Performance dashboards
