Tata 1mg - Manager - Finance Business Partner - Supply Chain Cost

Role Summary

Looking for a strong Finance Business Partner to own pharma supply chain cost, structural controls, and financial governance. The role acts as the bridge between Pharma Ops, Central Finance, Cost Owners and Business P&L owners, ensuring cost accuracy, transparency, and financially disciplined decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Cost Ownership & Business Partnering:

- Own all pharma supply chain cost lines (warehousing, manpower, transport, packaging, etc.).

- Partner with SCM leaders to drive cost discipline, productivity improvement, and unit economics.

- Provide insights, scenarios, dashboards, and financial visibility for daily/weekly decision-making.

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting:

- Lead AOP, forecasts, and monthly cost tracking for pharma supply chain.

- Build volume-linked cost models and align business teams to budgets.

- Controls, FRAC & Accounting Hygiene:

- Ensure correct booking of costs, accrual discipline, invoice validation, and month-end closures.

- Strengthen internal controls to prevent leakages and ensure audit readiness.

Cross-Functional Liaison:

- Align business teams, finance, accounting, admin and BI on cost attribution and reporting.

- Act as single finance contact for Pharma Ops for all cost-related decisions.

- Cost Analytics & ROI

- Run variance analysis, cost-to-serve, and root-cause insights.

- Evaluate ROI for automation, infra, vendor changes, and process improvements.

Qualifications

- CA / MBA (Finance) preferred

- 3-5 years in Supply Chain Finance / Business Finance

- Experience in pharma/e-commerce/logistics preferred

- Strong in Excel, modeling, variance analysis, and dashboards (Power BI/Looker)

Behavioural Skills

- Strong ownership & accountability

- Ability to challenge constructively

- Solid stakeholder management

- Analytical + structured thinker

- Good hold on numbers