Analyst External Manufacturing Finance

Analyst External Manufacturing Finance

Location Options: Surendra Nagar (Gujarat) or Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

Travel: Monthly or quarterly travel to EM plants (as required)

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In this role, you will partner closely with our External Manufacturing (EM) ecosystem to drive strong financial stewardship, shape cost performance, and enable strategic decision-making. You will operate with end-to-end ownership, high autonomy, and cross-functional exposure across EM plants, supply chain, procurement, and category finance. The role also provides a unique opportunity to support procurement negotiations through financial modeling and commercial insights.

You may choose to be based out of Surendra Nagar (Gujarat) OR Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).

If you are based in Surendra Nagar, you will travel to the Bhopal plant on a monthly or quarterly cadence, and if you choose Bhopal as your base location, you will follow the same monthly/quarterly travel frequency to the Surendra Nagar plant.

How You Will Contribute

1. Business Partnering & Exposure Across EM Sites

• Coordinate with EM Plant Finance teams, Plant Managers, Procurement, and Supply Chain to drive performance tracking and cost visibility.
• Provide timely insights, variance analyses, and business recommendations.
• Support procurement teams during supplier and contract negotiations with financial models and scenario analyses.
• Engage directly with cross-functional stakeholders, operating with significant autonomy.

2. End-to-End Financial Management

• Lead monthly books closure for assigned EM plants.
• Own data collection, validation, and integrity across plant-level financial metrics.
• Prepare monthly MIS, financial reports, and leadership dashboards.
• Drive budgetary control, including annual budget preparation and SAP uploads.

3. Cost, Variance & Productivity Analytics

• Analyse cost variances, scrap/yield metrics, operational KPIs, and productivity opportunities.
• Partner with plant operations to identify root causes and recommend improvements.
• Consolidate scrap losses and lead reconciliation reviews across manufacturing partners.

4. Controls, Compliance & Governance

• Ensure a robust internal controls environment across EM operations.
• Support SOX compliance, plant audits, stock audits, and fixed-asset verifications.
• Maintain governance standards and adherence to Mondelez financial policies.

5. Continuous Improvement & Automation

• Identify process gaps and champion automation or simplification opportunities.
• Implement standardised ways of working across EM sites.
• Contribute actively to a high-performing Finance community.

More Specifics About the Role

• Management of plant-level compliance and internal controls.
• Preparation and reconciliation of GL balances.
• Annual budget preparation, forecasting, and SAP uploads.
• Review of plant KPIs and driving performance improvement actions.
• Centralized tax and compliance support for EM plants.

Qualifications

• CA / CMA / MBA Finance / Commerce Graduate / CA Inter / CMA Inter
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in plant finance, cost control, external manufacturing, or supply chain finance (FMCG preferred).

Technical / Functional Skills

• SAP knowledge (FICO preferred).
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel and financial modeling.
• Understanding of manufacturing cost structures and plant KPIs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Behavioural Competencies

• High ownership and accountability to drive outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal and partnering skills with diverse teams.
• Comfortable working under pressure and managing multiple priorities.
• Continuous improvement and an automation mindset.