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Broad outline of the Role
The position combines strategic financial planning with operational finance responsibilities to support profitable growth, improve working capital, and strengthen financial controls.
- CA/ICWA/MBA/Other equivalent qualification
3-7 years experience in Finance
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Other Knowledge & Skills
- Exceptional knowledge of Advanced Excel.
- SAP exposure required.
- Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI enabled MIS for management, creation and publishing)
- Familiarity with finance and statistical analysis
- Understanding of financial and accounting principles
- Lead annual budgeting, strategic planning, and rolling forecast processes.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial plans.
- Analyze business performance against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods.
- Drive variance analysis highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop financial models to support strategic and operational decisions.
- Provide insightful management reporting and KPI dashboards.
- Support profitability analysis by product, customer, channel, and business segment.
- Partner with business leaders to identify revenue growth and cost optimization opportunities.
- Conduct scenario analysis and sensitivity modeling for business decisions.
Support monthly business reviews and management presentations.
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- Manage the complete CAPEX approval and monitoring process.
- Evaluate investment proposals through detailed financial analysis.
- Assess project returns using ROI, IRR, NPV, and Payback methodologies.
- Track approved CAPEX against budgets and project timelines.
- Work closely with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to monitor project execution.
- Conduct post-implementation reviews of capital projects.
- Prepare CAPEX performance reports for leadership review.
- Serve as a trusted finance business partner to commercial, supply chain, and functional teams.
- Drive process improvements and automation initiatives within finance.
- Support ERP enhancement and digital transformation initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and governance standards.
- Support internal and external audit activities.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated Management Information Systems (MIS) to provide real-time business insights.
- Leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and advanced analytics tools to enhance financial planning, forecasting, and decision-making.
- Develop interactive dashboards and self-service reporting solutions using Power BI, Tableau, SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud), or similar BI platforms.
- Drive automation of routine finance processes, reports, reconciliations, and variance analysis through AI and digital tools.
- Implement predictive analytics models for revenue forecasting, cash flow forecasting, collections performance, and profitability analysis.
- Develop executive dashboards covering Revenue, Accounts Receivable, Working Capital, CAPEX, EBITDA, Cash Flow, and Operational KPIs.
- Partner with IT, Digital, and Business teams to improve data governance, data quality, and reporting accuracy.
- Utilize AI-powered insights to identify trends, business risks, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.
- Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Business Performance Management
- Working Capital Optimization
- Financial Modeling
- CAPEX Planning & Control
- ROI, IRR, NPV Analysis
- Budgeting & Cost Control
- SAP S/4HANA
- Advanced Excel, Power BI, Power Query
- Data Analytics & Dashboard Development
- Artificial Intelligence driven MIS
- Strong commercial and business acumen
- Strategic thinking and financial insight
- Stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Excellent communication and presentation capabilities
- Problem-solving and analytical mindset
- Results orientation and ownership
- Team leadership and people development
- High integrity and governance focus
