Head/Lead - Financial Planning & Analysis - FMCG - India

Financial Planning & Analysis Head (India Lead)

The India FP&A lead is responsible for the overall direction, control, compliance and timely & accurate reporting of all company's management accounting, financial planning & budgeting, Supply Chain Finance. Ensures implementation of the company's finance policy.

He will need to work closely with the Regional Accounting team to ensure that the preparation of company's financial reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles other statutory authority requirements.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Budgeting, MIS & Accounting:

- Be accountable for company's finances; develop periodic financials forecasts, strategic planning, & budgeting.

- Drafting Annual Business Plan, Budget and Periodic Forecasts.

- Establish and Control budget heads; drive financial discipline in the company; Set Up Financial control processes, including Six monthly/Quarterly Operating Plan, and ensure adherence to budgets.

- Provide a systematized reporting of financial data for comparative analysis to plans

- Analyse financial data by collecting, monitoring and creating financial models

- Variance analysis of actual vs forecast.

- Make financial presentations to business stakeholders. .

Commercial

- Managing Commercial functions for terms of trade, for company's business units and/or subsidiaries, and logistics terms of trade with 3P logistics providers, and other service providers.

- Ensure timely receipt of payments, reconciliation and confirmation thereof.

Supporting the Regional Accounting team (as and when required):

- Company's Accounts & Finance function maintenance, analysis and reporting as per Indian and US GAAP.

- Internal & statutory auditors for conducting audits; evaluating internal control systems to highlight shortcomings and implementing necessary recommendations, process and Systems.

- Filing of tax returns.