Associate Manager - Category Finance - CA

Job Opportunity with Leading FMCG Company

Only CA Candidate with 1 to 4 years of experience.

What are the Key Deliverables in this role?

Financial Outcome

- Overall responsibility for Innovation P&Ls.

- Overall responsibility & controller for Marketing spends.

- P&L Management for consolidated companies' performance.

- Preparation of Monthly Overall companies system P&L (Category X Channel).

- Assisting / review of the final BPC submissions for the consolidated companies P&L including reviewing inter company transactions.

- Assisting/ Working with the team for MTP and Annual Operating Plan exercises.

- Annual planning for ATL spends.

- Work closely with Category & Media team for rolling up the plans.

- Responsible for tracking and reporting of ATL Spends at Category & activity Level -Actuals vs budget.

- Monthly provisioning of spends and review of activities for actualization and to estimate (LE) spends for the rest of the yr.

- Responsible for setting up the processes for accounting & control of spends.

- Responsible for all ATL vendor management, timely payments and reconciliations.

- Drive process improvements and harmonization across business.

- Follow up with Category team for timely creation of IO; maintenance of portal and timely updates to accommodate category requirements.

Customer Service:

- Managing Innovation project partners across functions (Innovation, Marketing, Packaging development etc.

- Work closely with the Departmental Heads providing Finance perspectives enabling effective decision making.

- Track innovation development and advertisement spends and ensure visibility at a project level.
- Reporting on responsibility on promotion and trade spends.

- Reporting on monthly performance of Innovation for discussion with innovation team / category head.

- Reporting on performance of launched innovation products to executive committee with 360 degree insights on finance performance distribution metrics and marketing support etc.

- Participate in contract execution and negotiation with vendors; Ensure adherence with the SOA on all ATL procurements Goods & Services.

- Ensure all KPIs, savings are tracked and reported w.r.t Media contracts and monthly reconciliation of plan vs execution of estimates.

- Deliver all reporting requirements in terms of ATL spends and develop a framework for ATL spend evaluation.

Internal Processes:

- Overall responsibility for managing Innovation projects for both domestic and exports.

- Driving profitability and taking initiatives for margin accretive projects.

- Managing and developing innovation framework guidelines for all innovation projects including renovation.

- Drive continuous improvements in process and procedures and partner in all automation/other projects to improve ways of working.

- Drive any cross functions projects.

What are the Critical success factors for the Role ?

- Chartered Accountant (first or second attempt).

- Minimum 1-4 years of post-qualification business partnering experience.

- Strong analytical ability and interpersonal skills.

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role ?

- FMCG environment or related industry experience.

- Ability to interpret financial data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to optimize the category's financial performance.