KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Finance Business Partner for India seeding business. Responsibilities includes:
- Performance Management lead & full P&L ownership on actuals, forecasts for both short and long term planning. Prepare all rolling forecasts and business plans.
- Reviewing actuals vs forecast and flagging key issues to promote accountability and picking early warning signals to drive opportunities.
- Be actively participating on driving growth and profitability, pricing decision, managing risk, challenging business teams, managing costs across all geographies and P&L drivers
- Drive Internal Operational Planning, Marketing Activity Planning and Pricing Decisions.
- Ensure efficient Working Capital via Debtors Management procedures: Claims, Invoicing review.
- Monitoring trade term spends and its effective utilisation
- Ensuring customer claims are settled on time in full
- Implementing DMS at distributors to manage stock levels and secondary sales
- Manage month end activities: Monthly forecasting, Month end review, Analysis, Drive Insights and Actions with focus on: Growth, Returns on investments, Portfolio Mix, Pricing and Costs.
- Controls: Ensure financial records are in compliance with accepted policies, procedures and external/SOX controls requirements. Ensure robustness of internal controls including clear segregation of duties, disciplined implementation of schedule of authority, robust payment approval/verification process, credit assessment, budgetary system.
- This person will work very closely with UI business stakeholders and partner cross-functionally across marketing, supply chain and business development teams.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
- Chartered Accountant or MBA from tier1/ 2 schools with 1-2 years of experience in various Finance or Business-related roles.
- In depth knowledge of Operational / Financial Processes: Master data management, Credit Management Policies; Debtors management; Brand & Marketing investments, Claims and reconciliations.
- Ability to work closely with stakeholders from different functions and willingness to connect with global stakeholders who may be based in different time zones.
- Keen curiosity to learn and staying resilient.