Finance Controller - Manufacturing

We are hiring for a Finance Controller who will be accountable for Managing Finance, Financial Controlling, Governance, Accounting, Treasury and Tax only from manufacturing industry.

Roles & Responsibilities

Primary Objective:

- Provide financial guidance and leadership to the Management Team in delivering their business objectives.

- Ensure robust financial evaluation of all major business decisions in relation to Sourcing and Production, working capital, capital investments and returns on investments.

- Ensure appropriate financial controls and risk management processes exist and are executed.

- Ensure financial statements are fully compliant with all appropriate accounting standards and corporate reporting requirements are met in a timely and high quality way.

- Manage and develop a team of direct reports by providing strong leadership.

Finance Operations:

- Provide stewardship of organizational assets and ensure that the organization is compliant with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

- Ensure efficient processes are enabled to focus on making right decisions.

- Ensure Financial Controlling to provide deep business insight on actual and forward looking performance (reporting and planning).

- Develop an effective Controlling for Sourcing and Production, working capital management and investments decisions in line with Group policies.

- Ensure the financial transactions have the proper documentation and are in accordance with the internal control environment expectations.

- Ensure information is prepared fairly, honestly, and in accordance with relevant professional standards.

- Develop and implement tax planning and management actions in line with business objectives, Group tax policies and local tax regulations.

- Effectively manage unit's treasury system and forex operations by implementing best local practices in line with Group policies, influence on bank relationship, establishing suitable standards and managing appropriately currency risks.

- Manage the Accounts Receivable, Accounts payable with appropriate controls.

- Ensure the correctness of the costing for the product lines.

- Ensure compliance to local tax regulations related to Direct and Indirect Taxes, FEMA.

Delivering a Secure Governance and Control Environment:

- Fulfill responsibilities by ensuring effective compliance and control, responding to increasing regulatory developments including financial reporting, capital requirements, and corporate responsibility.

- Develop, implement, and maintain sound management controls/policies to ensure compliance with overall company's internal control requirements, Internal Audit reports,business ethics and Code of Business Conduct, compliance guidelines.

- Manage and co-ordinate internal control review, internal and external audits.

- Determine any change in business environment and develop respective processes within the control framework.

- Develop, deploy and improve risk management function.

Contributing to a High-Performing Business:

- Build the effective process of high-quality Operating Plan development that fits business purposes in close partnership with the management team.

- Leverage Sourcing and Production Controlling, reporting, financial shaping, modelling and forecasting activities to bring value added insights to the business.

- Managing cash, liquidity, profitability, long-term vision, and sustainable organizational success.

- Build tools meant to simplify, standardize and automate reporting.

- Ensure business managers and their teams understand financial performance and drivers to improve it.

- Develop and implement suitable management information system and review of monthly results to support the business objectives.

People Management and Engagement:

- Build, manage and lead effective team by attracting, developing, retaining and motivating high-calibre Team members.

- Ensure team know their roles and responsibilities, performance standards and expectations.

- Be the centre of expertise for own team by sharing knowledge, mentoring and training them on the skills aligned with their development objectives, constantly develop and leverage capabilities within Finance function.

Eligibility:

- A qualified Chartered Accountant or Finance Controller with minimum 7 years of operational experience in manufacturing industry.

- Advanced knowledge in SAP.

- Preferably with leadership experience.