Croma - Lead - Finance Transformation

Roles & Responsibilities

Primary Job Functions:

As Lead - Finance Transformation, your specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Collect and analyze information from different finance functions, about their current processes

2. Identify potential challenges and business needs, and propose recommendations (process, technology, people) towards their mitigation

3. Drive the implementation of recommendations and solutions, in close alignment with cross functional teams, ensuring the creation of tangible enhancement/change

4. Manage the activities and milestones inherent to each project, ensuring daily/periodic relationships with management/team, client and various stakeholders

5. Support the senior management and partnership with team management activities, such as training, team development

6. Bring in outside in perspective about technical, process and industry knowledge to identify/enhance solutions to our current challenges

7. Establish, Maintain and strengthen relationship with both Internal and External Partners/Vendors

Functional Aptitude or Skills:

8. In-depth understanding of CPG and Retail Value chain and business models with specific acumen on Finance Processes and Excellence

9. Good Appreciation of EPM tools, RPA and dashboarding tools such as Power BI

10. Understanding of the flow and logic of Connected/Integrated Business Planning and Budgeting both from Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approach

11. Exposure in the areas of Driver Based Planning in CPG, Omni Retail Industry

12. Understanding of Supply Chain Planning, Knowledge of S&OP cycle, Sales Planning/ Territory Planning, Marketing and Trade Promotion Planning. Concepts like segmentation/clustering/Trade Optimization etc.

13. Ability to understand planning and budgeting scenarios/what if analysis and shall be able to assess the impact of the same on the other business functions

14. Knowledge in Financial Accounting including principles of business Consolidation.

15. Have good appreciation of Business and Financial KPIs and their usage for Business Performance Management

Administrative Aptitude or Skills:

16. Ability to interact with cross functional teams and leadership

17. Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles and project management acumen, having exposure in project management tools such as Jira, MS Teams etc.

Other Requisites:

18. Advanced Skills in Microsoft Excel and Power Point

19. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

20. Self-driven with high level of commitment and initiative

21. Exposure to Agile Methodology

Desired Skills for the Job:

1. Big 4 Experience preferred

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

1. Chartered Accountant - India/Cost Accountant India

Additional qualification of MBA in Finance or Supply Chain