Description:

Mission:

Act as a trusted financial advisor to the business by delivering forward-looking insights, rigorous financial analysis, and proactive performance management.

This new role enables strategic planning, resource optimization, and informed decision-making through accurate forecasting, disciplined budgeting, and robust financial modeling.

By enhancing financial processes, strengthening data governance, and fostering collaboration across global and cross-functional teams, the mission is to drive profitable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.

Responsibilities:

Business Analytics:

- Put Analytics to work for Business and strive to drive Business through quality Data Analytics.

- Gain extremely good and detailed understanding of Business through various analytics to drive all the major decisions via data.

- Collaborate with Global teams across Europe and APAC to make sure India performance is explained using various data models.

- Be a critical part of all investment decisions and greenfield/brownfield projects being envisaged.

- Work as a financial pillar for the organizations Financial Performance measurement, Decision Making, Driving Business Performance, Critical thinking, Problem Solving.

Financial Reporting and Analysis:

- Prepare and analyze financial reports including balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and working capital summaries.

- Perform monthly closing procedures ensuring accurate and reliable financial data.

- Analyze financial statements for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with internal policies.

- Conduct variance analysis and reconciliation of key accounts, including sales and cost data by country and business segment.

- Provide inventory analytics and reporting to support business insights.

Budgeting, Forecasting and Cost Tracking:

- Support the development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, aligning cost trends with business needs.

- Standard Costing knowledge in SAP.

- Variance Analysis and explanation of P&L variances with Budget/Forecast and Previous Years.

- Knowledge of FCCS and PBCS.

- Detailed knowledge of monthly closing, Reco of standard costing.

- Track actual expenses against budgets, analyse cost variances, and recommend corrective actions.

- Monitor and report on key financial metrics including costs, sales, and cash flow to drive performance improvements.

Financial Process Optimization:

- Identify and implement initiatives to optimize financial processes and reporting accuracy.

- Ensure consistency and quality of data across systems and reports.

- Develop and maintain automated reporting tools and dashboards to enhance productivity and visibility.

- Leverage expertise in FP&A modeling, reporting, and databases to improve efficiency and support decision-making.

- Support financial systems (e.g., Oracle Cloud) and participate in enhancement initiatives.

- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts including process optimization aligned with company standards.

Cross-functional Business Support:

- Promote financial understanding and provide insights to non-finance stakeholders (Sales, Operations, HR, etc.) to support business decisions.

- Collaborate with operational teams to align financial planning with organizational goals.

Requirements:

- CA/CWA/MBA.

- 10-15years of experience.

- Strong understanding of Business Processes.

- Strong knowledge of financial processes, accounting, and controlling standards.

- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with a passion for data accuracy.

- Effective communication and presentation skills.

- Self-driven, curious and solution-oriented.

- Fluency in English (written and verbal).

- Proficiency in SAP, Oracle, Power BI, Cosmos, and advanced Excel/Microsoft tools.

- Experience in project business controlling is a plus.

- Strong organizational and time-management skills.