Assistant Finance Manager

Job Description

Job Title: AM-Finance Beauty Job Summary The role is pivotal in driving financial excellence across the organization by closely monitoring performance, identifying operational and financial gaps, and recommending actionable improvements. Serving as a strategic advisor to Business Finance teams and CEOs, the role enables informed decision-making by proactively assessing risks and uncovering growth opportunities. It involves supporting the Director of Finance in overseeing both grouplevel and business-specific financial functions, shaping annual business plans, and strengthening financial planning, control, and governance. Core areas include optimizing working capital, monitoring capital investments, enforcing credit discipline, and mitigating financial and operational risks. Additionally, the role plays a key part in managing foreign exchange exposures, advancing group-wide strategic initiatives, and continuously refining financial systems, policies, and internal controls to support sustainable growth. Roles and Responsibilities Steward the performance of companies & highlight gaps and suggest corrective actions. Act as a business partner to Business finance teams and CEOs to identify risks and opportunities to support value creation proactively Support the Director of Finance in managing the group as well as Business finance matters Actively participate in the development of Annual Business Plans of assigned Business Units Help develop and monitor forward-looking business metrics Help ensure financial discipline and working capital management, monitor capital expenditure and help enforce strict credit control Monitor effective management of foreign currency, interest and counter-party risks Help devise risk management strategies Support with strategizing and implementation of group-wide special initiatives Critically examine existing systems, workflows, procedures, policies, and controls and suggest improvements KPIs Effectiveness in identifying and addressing performance gaps across business units Quality and timeliness of financial insights provided to business leaders Contribution to the development and execution of Annual Business Plans Accuracy and reliability of financial forecasts and forward-looking metrics Effectiveness in supporting working capital optimization Capex monitoring and adherence to budgetary controls Implementation and enforcement of credit control policies Identification and mitigation of financial and operational risks Contribution to foreign exchange and treasury risk management strategies Involvement in successful execution of group-level strategic initiatives Improvements made to financial systems, workflows, and internal controls Adherence to internal policies and regulatory compliance requirements Level of collaboration with Business Finance teams and senior leadership Support provided to the Director of Finance on cross-functional matters Initiatives taken to enhance financial discipline and governance practices Work experience requirement 5 to 7 yrs. of relevant experience in FMCG / manufacturing environment. Work experience in personal care products an added advantage. Qualification Must be Chartered Accountant and any other graduation