Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain project financial models, budgets, forecasts, and financial plans.

- Track and monitor CAPEX, OPEX, project costs, cash flows, and project milestones.

- Analyze project financial performance and identify budget variances, cost overruns, financial risks, and deviations.

- Prepare regular MIS reports, financial dashboards, management reports, and project performance updates.

- Monitor project cash flows, funding requirements, commitments, and utilization of project budgets.

- Support evaluation and preparation of CAPEX proposals and business cases.

- Establish and monitor financial controls across project activities.

- Ensure appropriate capitalization of project costs in accordance with accounting policies and applicable standards.

- Partner with Project, Engineering, Procurement, Operations, and Business teams to monitor project financial performance.

- Provide financial insights and recommendations to support project decision-making and cost optimization.

- Support project governance through financial reviews, controls, and periodic performance assessments.

- Identify potential financial risks and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.

- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

- Drive adherence to approved budgets, financial policies, processes, and internal controls.

Required Candidate Profile:

- Chartered Accountant (CA) with 7 - 10 years of relevant experience.

- Strong experience in Project Finance, Project Accounting, Financial Planning, and Cost Control.

- Experience in developing financial models, project budgets, forecasts, and cash - flow projections.

- Strong understanding of CAPEX, OPEX, capitalization, variance analysis, and financial controls.

- Experience in preparing MIS, dashboards, management reports, and financial analysis.

- Strong analytical and problem - solving skills with the ability to identify financial risks and cost overruns.

- Excellent cross - functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

- Strong understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles.

Preferred Industry Experience:

- Candidates with experience in product - based manufacturing industries will be preferred.

- Experience handling large - scale CAPEX/project investments will be an added advantage.