1 . Project Commercials & Margin Tracking
- Track and analyze project margins end-to-end — from order booking through execution and project closure.
- Monitor Costs Incurred vs. Cost to Come at a project level; proactively flag deviations, overruns, and margin risks.
- Prepare and maintain project-level P&L statements with focus on Gross Contribution (GC%), Net Manufacturing Cost (NMC), and overall project profitability.
- Conduct periodic margin reviews (SO-level / L2-level) and highlight anomalies, margin erosion trends, or unfavorable cost variances.
- Support project teams with commercial insights to drive better decision-making on pricing, cost control, and resource allocation.
Liaise with project managers and operations to validate cost assumptions, forecast completion costs, and maintain up-to-date project financial models.
2. Business Intelligence & Dashboard Development
- Design, develop, and maintain BI dashboards (Power BI, AWS QuickSight, or equivalent) providing real-time visibility into project financials, cost performance, and margin trends.
- Create interactive margin waterfall charts, cost variance dashboards, and project health scorecards for leadership reviews.
- Develop MBR / QBR financial decks with clear visualizations of project performance, profitability, and cost exposure.
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and timely refresh of all dashboard reports across finance and operations.
Collaborate with IT / data teams for data pipeline reliability and model governance.
3. Automation & Process Improvement
- Identify and automate repetitive financial reporting, data consolidation, and reconciliation tasks to reduce manual effort.
- Build automated workflows for margin tracking, cost roll-ups, provision monitoring, and variance analysis using tools such as Excel VBA, Power Automate, or Python.
- Drive continuous improvement in reporting turnaround time, data quality, and analytical accuracy.
- Standardize and document finance processes, templates, and reporting frameworks to ensure scalability.
Evaluate and implement RPA or low-code tools to further streamline Finance operations workflows.
4. Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Present financial insights, project health updates, and margin commentary clearly to cross-functional teams and senior management.
- Translate complex financial data into simple, compelling narratives for non-finance stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Project Managers, Procurement, and Operations to align on commercial terms, cost assumptions, and project forecasts.
- Prepare concise and actionable financial summaries for monthly and quarterly business reviews.
Act as the Finance business partner for operational project teams, providing proactive financial guidance.
5. Service Operations — Margins & Profitability Analysis
- Perform Entry vs. Exit margin analysis to assess margin leakage, identify root causes (scope changes, cost overruns, pricing gaps), and report trends to the Management.
- Conduct zone-wise and LOB-wise profitability analysis to identify high-performing and underperforming regions; present comparative P&L summaries to the Management.
- Track labor efficiency metrics — technician utilization, billable vs. non-billable hours, cost per service call, and manpower deployment patterns.
Prepare and maintain project-level P&L statements with focus on GC%, NMC, VCM, and overall profitability.
