Senior Finance Business Partner

Cluster Finance Business Partner

Job Title: Cluster Finance Business Partner.

Qualification: CA Inter or Qualified ICWA with 5-8 years of post-qualification experience in finance and accounting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Possess a flair for numbers and think strategically.
• Communicate financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders effectively.
• Proactive, self-driven with the capacity to work in a dynamic business environment.
• Team player, trouble-shooter, and consensus-builder.
• Exposure to complex business environments and financial systems.
• Good analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient knowledge of MS Office and SAP.

Best Suited For:

• High professionalism, integrity, and commitment to delivering results.
• Influence key stakeholders and drive business performance.
• Manage time and prioritize effectively to meet deadlines.
• Analyze complex data, draw connections, and advocate a coherent strategy for improvement.

Areas of Responsibility:

Performance Delivery

• Support AOP delivery on Volume, NSV, OP Cash, and Pricing strategies.
• Strengthen the Finance O&R process and build a Pre and Post M&E mindset for Trade Spend investments (BTL and TTL).

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).

Net Revenue Management

• Trade Spend Management and optimization.
• 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.

Business Partnering

• Independently developing financial analysis to drive business insights.
• Concisely communicate these insights to key stakeholders to influence decision-making in a complex 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.

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.

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.

Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them.

Diversity statement: We celebrate life, every day, everywhere. Creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is crucial.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted, and respected consumer products companies in the world.

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