Senior Manager - Financial Control - FMCG

Employer : Listed FMCG Company

Role. : Sr Manager - Finance

Reports to : Head of Finance

Job Location : Mumbai

Qualification : CA with min 8 yrs+ of relevant experience

Responsibilities:

This leadership role is responsible for ensuring robust financial control, accurate accounting, and strategic FP&A support in a consumer goods environment. The incumbent will play a key role in maintaining accounting hygiene, driving financial planning, and supporting leadership through data driven decision making and providing insights.

Financial Control & Accounting Hygiene (Listed Company Focus):

- Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in compliance with Ind AS, SEBI LODR, and other statutory requirements.

- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closures, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and audit-readiness.

- Maintain strong accounting hygiene, including reconciliations, provisions, and documentation standards.

- Drive implementation and monitoring of internal controls, accounting policies, and process improvements.

- Coordinate with external auditors and internal teams to ensure smooth audit execution and resolution of audit points.

- Coordination with other functions for Board/ investor presentations and earnings calls.

FP&A and Strategic Business Support (Consumer Goods Focus):

- Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning across product categories and geographies.

- Analyze sales trends, trade spends, promotional effectiveness, and SKU profitability.

- Partner with sales, marketing, and supply chain teams to align financial plans with business strategies.

- Develop and maintain financial models for pricing, new product launches, and market expansion.

- Monitor channel performance (modern trade, general trade, e-commerce) and provide actionable insights.

- Support capex planning, ROI analysis, and scenario modeling for strategic initiatives.

- Ability to drive cost optimization, margin improvement, and digital finance transformation.