Chief Financial Officer - CA - Manufacturing/Food Processing

Designation- CFO (Chief Financial Officer) - India Operations

Education- CA

Experience- Between 15 - 20 years in Finance (Manufacturing/ Food-Processing) at both plant level and corporate level

Job Description-

The CFO will be a thoroughbred Finance professional from the manufacturing/ food-processing sector, with broad knowledge and experience in all accounting, financial and business principles. The CFO will be a strategic thinker and effective leader who can make the most profitable decisions - both short-term and long-term. He should be able to use his experience to evaluate organic and inorganic growth opportunities for the organization, which come from an understanding of M&A vis-a-vis internal cost of growing the business.

His KRA will be to guide the company towards profitability and long-term business success to achieve and sustain industry leadership through sustainable positive cash flows.

The candidate for the role should be currently working in a corporate Finance role, either heading the Finance function for a Strategic Business Unit/ Profit-Centre/ or in Corporate for the entire organization.

His experience should include leading a team of financial accounting, SAP, Cost-Audit, Taxation, Enterprise Risk Assessment, Treasury and Commercial functions.

The CFO will own the following metrics and guide the organization on:

- Forecasts of company revenue, working capital, expenditure and return on investments

- Provide crucial insights basis statistical information derived as per Indian and GAAP accounting standards

- Evaluate cost of credit and sign-off with banks for any short-term and long-term credit requirements

- Own the fiscal responsibility for statutory and Government Audits as defined under the Companies Act and other relevant laws

- Lead and streamline functioning of the Accounts and Finance functions including:

- Automation through better processes and system integration

- Internal controls and compliance including Internal Audits

- Consolidated Financial Statements

- Accounting and process manuals (P2P = Procure to Pay, for all functions)

- Branch accounting, Plant Accounting, JV Accounting and MIS

- Related party transactions & MBP 4

- JV Analysis

The CFO will be expected to display high analytical thinking to arrive at insights basis in-depth analytical reports generated by his team, and will have a monthly reporting to the Global Head of Finance.

Personal attributes: proven team-leader, strategic thinker with proven competency in M&A and managerial ability of handling not just functional team (Finance), but has been able to interface and guide other functions including the CEO to positively impact the financial health of company while also focusing on continuous growth through both organic and inorganic means.

Critical that person has post qualification (in CA) experience in a manufacturing industry/ food-processing industry spanning 15-20 years.

Those with experience of last 10 years in Service Sector/ Service Industry need not apply even if they have some experience in the Manufacturing sector