Group Chief Financial Officer - Conglomerate - CA

Role Ownership :

The CFO Industries is fully responsible for overall finance & accounting function of various manufacturing entities in the Group incl. Financial strategy, Innovation, Internal controls, Working capital management, Costing, Financial performance & reporting etc.

Job Responsibilities :

Planning & Forecasting :

- Work with the senior leaders on the strategic vision of the organization including cultivating and fostering strategic relationships and potential alliances, engage in the growth agenda

- Collaborate with senior leaders on operational and strategic issues as they arise, provide strategic recommendations based on financial analysis and projections, and revenue/ expense analysis.

Operations :

- Review existing SOPs, ensure its completeness. Ensure these are based on best business practices and aligned to current business realities. Suggest improvements, review automation levels and control aspects in various processes.

- Inventory Review & Control; monitor levels, ageing and sales patterns. Escalation for timely actions on slow/non-moving and to liquidate old stocks

- Ensure adequate provisioning of inventory in books of accounts.

Financial Information / Reporting :

- Directs the preparation of all financial reports, ensure proper accounting and costing systems that facilitate recording and production of accurate and timely financial and costing information

- Assists Group CFO in implementation of IFRS in the business unit and manages the change process with all stake holders.

Risk Management :

- Constantly identify key risks to the organization with regard to finance, legal/tax, accounting,
insurance, cost control, contractual and other functions. Document identified risks and develops risk matrix of the Group and possible mitigating plans and actions.

Qualifications & Desired Skills :

- A qualified Chartered Accountant, CA or CIMA (ICWA India)

- At least 15+ years of progressively responsible experience for a major manufacturing organization, preferably in a process manufacturing FMCG

- Should have managed multiple factories and strong man management

- Working knowledge of SAP preferred

- Africa Experience a big plus

- Should have experience in collaborating with an executive team and have a high level of written and oral communication skills.

- Excellent Leadership and Managerial competencies relevant to Business Strategy, Problem Solving & Decision Making.

- Collaborating & relationship building to lead and motivate staff to deliver results.

- Skilled in examining, developing, re-engineering, and recommending financial policies and procedures.

- Ability to work flexibly and under own initiative to achieve objectives

- Languages -English (Mandatory), Hindi (Desired), Portuguese (Desired)