Strategic Financial Analyst

Our finance team drives sustainable growth for our business and customers. We're part of a dynamic organization, responsible for delivering exceptional performance and creating opportunities for future growth.

As a key member of our finance team, you'll help us harness digital capabilities and analytics to inform our business strategy. No two days are the same in our work environment where we support each other's learning and development in an inclusive culture.

• Possess a flair for numbers and think big-picture.
• Communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders effectively.
• Show demonstrated ability to be proactive, self-driven, and adaptable in a dynamic work environment.
• Be a team player, troubleshooter, and consensus-builder.

Key skills and qualities include:

• Demonstrate high professionalism, integrity, and commitment.
• Influence key stakeholders through effective communication and collaboration.
• Manage time and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Analyse complex data, draw connections, and advocate coherent strategies for improvement.

As a member of our finance team, you'll enjoy:

• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
• A dynamic and inclusive work environment.
• The chance to work with a talented and dedicated team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting AOP delivery on volume, NSV, OP cash, and pricing.
• Strengthening the finance O&R process by building and driving pre and post M&E mindset for trade spend investments (BTL and TTL).
• Collecting past c-forms, ensuring process improvement, and reducing recording timelines.
• Participating actively to unlock savings and ensure hygiene by dialing up distributor ROI.
• Reducing W/Capital / provisions unlock (overall norms lower than last 3 years average aged inventory).
• Driving BTL claim process for the cluster and 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 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.
• Developing financial analysis to drive business insights and communicate concisely to key stakeholders to influence decision-making in complex business environments.
• Partnering with CH/SH to drive business performance by providing financial/commercial expertise and insights while owning delivery of financial targets and an effective control environment.
• Bringing strong commercial insight and judgment to decision-making.
• Investment optimization, including A&P measurement and evaluation.
• Supporting Cluster/region BPMs with market financials and decision-making.
• Participating in pricing discussions and providing quality inputs.
• Credit management – timely MIS circulation for expected blocks, credit block release, improve credit block review system, 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.
• Supporting RTM changes / annual policy changes and ensuring no sales loss due to system, support in representation to state gov, 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.
• Ensuring compliance to credit policy, BTL policy, TTL policy, SOA, and all commercial CARM controls.
• Risks identified through TB review are tracked and reviewed with RCFH.
• Any AML or legacy issues highlight with legal consul and ensure get resolve.