Job Description

Job Summary

Provide requisite support to Director Finance in analysing and monitoring key business metrics and in partnering assigned businesses through periodical interaction with BU teams and business reviews. Support BU in annual business planning exercise. Monitor working capital and risk management. Support special Corporate/BU initiatives and CapEx/M&A projects. Be the lead finance partner to Corporate IS

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support Director Finance in performance management of assigned businesses through analysis and monitoring of key business performance metrics. Participate in business reviews.
• Actively participate in development of 3-Year Strategy Statement and Annual Operating Plans for Corporate OHs and assigned BU and drive regular variance analysis agenda.
• Engage with BUs to optimise utilisation of BI tools /Dashboards for improving performance monitoring and business analytics.
• Help ensure financial discipline and working capital management. Help enforce strict credit control.
• Support special Corporate/BU initiatives (BI, Costing Forum, Centralising Credit Control, etc).
• Monitor capital expenditure. Support new CapEx/Greenfield projects, M&A and restructuring initiatives.
• Critically examine and help strengthen existing systems, workflows, procedures, policies and controls.
• Help monitoring compliance with Group policies and processes, including DOA, Accounting Manual and other Finance Guidelines.
• Help tracking of internal audit observations on Compliance and Governance and timely implementation of agreed actions plans.

KPIs

• Business support & performance monitoring.
• Business intelligence and analytics.
• Support special Corporate/BU initiatives.
• Skills development.

Work experience requirement

• 5-7 years relevant experience preferably in medium/large sized FMCG businesses (multi-product/multi-location).

Qualification

• Chartered Accountant.
• MBA with specialization in Finance from a reputed Business School will be an added advantage.

Competencies

• Ownership & Result Orientation
• Business Acumen
• Financial Reporting
• Financial planning and Analysis
• Financial Compliance
• Forecasting
• Self and Team Management
• Planning & Decision Making
• Strategic Thinking
• Change Management