Senior Financial Analyst

The role is within the India Finance team supporting a key global manufacturing plant in the company. The role will have direct responsibility to lead the forecasting, tracking, optimization, reporting and controllership of COGS , Inventory & Cash for the business.

Roles and Responsibilities:-

• Partner with global finance team and plant management team to baseline COGS, Inventory & Cash metrics against the target, drive transparency and predictability.
• Partner with functional leaders to prioritize and solve problems related to cost and cash within the business through the application of lean principles.
• Defines, aligns and executes the most effective finance and operation processes for the manufacturing plants.
• Run periodic (monthly, quarterly, budget) COGS forecasting, provide strong variance analysis and associated actions.
• Drive cash management supporting Global finance teams through optimization of supplier disbursements & inventory optimization.
• Partner with Finance, manufacturing, and sourcing to reduce variations from budget plan, understand variance drivers, and optimize business results.
• Ensure quarter end controllership/reporting submissions, physical inventory count & support statutory & internal audits w.r.t inventory.
• Partner with Sourcing organization in driving inventory initiatives such as incoterms, VMI (Vendor managed inventory) etc.
• Bring focus on inventory inward freight costs by plant and commodity, drive optimization on the inventory freight costs with best in class benchmarking and practices.

Qualifications:-

• MBA/CA/ICWA or Master’s degree from an accredited university/college or equivalent qualification.
• FMP/CAS graduates preferred.

Experience:-

• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in Finance, experience in a manufacturing plant is a plus.
• This role requires advanced experience in the Finance & Manufacturing Operations.

Desired Characteristics:-

• Strong analytical skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change, provides data driven insights.
• Clear thinking/problem solving successfully led projects/process improvements within operations/finance functions involving process improvements; able to quickly grasp new ideas.
• Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations.
• Integrity: accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others.
• Confidence/Assertiveness: strong influencing skills across business functions, execute with a high sense of urgency, and ability to constructively challenge the status quo.
• Communication skills: articulate and fact based, comfortable with executive communications.
• Experience working in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others and drive change while working across all levels, functions, and regions.
• Strong critical thinking skills and ability to add value to operating teams.