Chief Financial Optimization Specialist

Job Title

As a seasoned Operations Manager at a leading beverage company, you will play a pivotal role in driving business performance and growth. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional financial acumen, analytical skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial concepts effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support and partner with finance teams to deliver ambitious operational plans on volume, net sales value, operating profit cash, and pricing.
• Strengthen finance operations and reporting process by building and driving pre- and post-measurement and evaluation mindsets for trade spend investments (BTL and TTL).
• Collect past c-forms, ensure process improvement, and reduce timelines for recording the same.
• Participate in unlocking savings and ensuring hygiene by dialing up distributor return on investment (ROI).

Areas of Responsibility:A. Performance Delivery

• Support, partner, and enable operational plan delivery on volume, NSV, OP cash, and pricing.
• Strengthen finance O&R process. Build and drive pre- and post-M&E mindset for Trade Spend investments (BTL and TTL).

B. Productivity

• Collect past c-forms, ensure process improvement, and reduce timelines of recording the same.
• Active participation to unlock savings and ensure hygiene by dialing up Distributor ROI,
• Reduction in W/Capital / Provisions unlock (Overall Norms to be lower in value than last 3 years average aged inventory)

C. Net Revenue Management

• Trade Spend Management
• Drive BTL claim process for the cluster & adopting new BTL Process, involving NRM planning
• Developing Pre and Post M&E Culture on BTL and TTL Spends
• Engaging with HO commercial team / cross function team and understanding of various RTM/ learning more formats for personal development & growth
• Pricing optimization - Volume/ Value/ Margin Market Share pool / Benchmarking our Pricing with Industry players basis information available in public domain.

D. Business Partnering

• Independently developing financial analysis to drive the business insights. The role also requires the ability to concisely communicate these insights to key stakeholders to influence decision-making in a complex and delicate business environment.
• Partner with CH/SH to drive business performance by providing financial/commercial expertise and insights while owning the delivery of the financial targets and an effective control environment.
• Bring strong commercial insight and judgment to decision making
• Investment optimization, including A&P measurement and evaluation
• Support Cluster/region BPMs with market financials and decision-making.
• Participate in pricing discussion and provide quality inputs

E. BAU Operations

• Credit Management – Timely MIS Circulation for expected blocks, credit Block Release, Improve credit block review system and best utilization of resources, Credit Limit review
• Collection Management - Driving Collection and reducing overdues by partnering with sales team, Improve AR ageing quality & achieve DSO Target through continuous monitoring
• Debtor Estimates / forecast review basis actual Debtor reports to ensure no Risk in AR. Timely customer reconciliation and balance confirmations.
• Support RTM Changes / Annual policy changes and ensure no sales loss due to system, support in Representation to State Govt, Excise Policy year Change Invoice checking and verification to ensure billing with approved /accurate rates.
• Timely month end closing and sharing required MIS, monthly Overhead tracking

F. Compliance and Governance

• Ensure compliance to Credit Policy, BTL Policy, TTL Policy, SOA and all commercial CARM controls
• Risks identified through TB review are tracked and ensure review with RCFH
• Any AML or legacy issues highlight with the legal consul and ensure get resolve.

We create an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and belongs. We welcome diversity in all its forms and help build and champion this culture.

We aim to create the best-performing, most trusted, and respected consumer products companies in the world.

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