Key Finance Professional

Job Title: Key Finance Professional

About the Role:

We are seeking a talented Key Finance Professional to join our team, where you will play a critical role in driving business growth and success. As a seasoned finance professional, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional financial performance and creating opportunities for future growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Possess a flair for numbers and think big-picture
• Communicate financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders effectively
• Demonstrate proactive behavior, self-driven with capacity to work in a dynamic environment
• Be a team player, trouble-shooter, and consensus-builder
• Exposure to complex business environments
• Analytical, written & verbal communication skills
• Proficient knowledge of MS Office and SAP
• Inter CA/Qualified ICWA with 2+ years of post-qualification experience

Requirements:

• High professionalism, integrity, and commitment
• Influence key stakeholders effectively
• Manage time and prioritize tasks efficiently
• Analyse complex data, draw connections, and advocate coherent strategy for improvement

Areas of Responsibility:

Performance Delivery

• Support, partner, and enable AOP delivery on Volume, NSV, OP Cash, and Pricing
• Strengthen the Finance O&R process, build, and drive 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 lowers in value than last 3 years average aged inventory)

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

Business Partnering

• Independently developing financial analysis to drive 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

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

We offer flexible working arrangements, part-time hours, compressed hours, different locations, so that you can work flexibly in ways to suit you. We embrace diversity and celebrate people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

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