Position: AVP Finance
Department: Finance & Accounts
Qualification and Experience
Experience: 15+ years
Qualification: CA
Summary / Key Responsibilities
he AVP – Finance will play a dual role, overseeing corporate finance initiatives such as fund raising, financial planning, and strategic decision support, while also managing plant-level finance operations including costing, budgeting, and CapEx monitoring. This role requires a strong finance background with hands-on experience in manufacturing/operational finance.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Finance:
- Lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting for the organization.
- Prepare financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives, including fund raising, investor reporting, and board presentations.
- Assist in mergers, acquisitions, IPO preparations, and other corporate transactions as required.
- Maintain relationships with banks, financial institutions, and external auditors.
- Provide actionable insights to the senior leadership team for decision-making.
PE Coordination (Core Focus)
- Primary finance SPOC for
Private Equity investors
. - Coordinate
monthly/quarterly MIS, performance reports, and variance analysis
for PE firms. - Prepare
board decks, investor presentations, and financial models
. - Support
fund raising, structured debt, and transaction-related activities
. - Lead finance support during
PE due diligence, valuation exercises, and audits
. - Manage
banking relationships
, working capital limits, covenants, and compliance.
Plant Finance & Manufacturing Operations
- End-to-end responsibility for
plant finance
including: - Product costing, standard costing, and variance analysis
- Plant P&L, margins, and efficiency tracking
- Monitor and control
manufacturing costs
and operational KPIs. - Lead
CapEx planning, evaluation, approval, and post-implementation ROI tracking
. - Ensure strong
internal controls and statutory compliance
at plant level. - Partner with plant leadership for cost optimization and productivity improvement.
Financial Planning and Analysis
- Lead Annual budgeting process, forecasting, and scenario modelling for India operations
- Conduct profitability analysis and cost optimization
- Provide monthly/quarterly business scorecards, along with actionable insights by departments including Provis, HO, Plant
- Establish rolling P&L and Global cash flow projections with 95%+ forecast accuracy and drive optimization of cash flows
- Forward forecasting and Predictive analytics on risk and opportunities
- Review overheads with all HODs on regular basis ensuring no overruns
- Identify and proactively manage risk and opportunities across business segments
- Evaluate large capex projects and provide ROI analysis basis NPV, IRR, DCF, Payback period, Sensivity Analysis etc
- To support the cross functional team on LRP and finance team
Strategic Business Partnering
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, HO to provide finance business support
- Evaluate large capex projects and provide ROI analysis basis NPV, IRR, DCF, Payback period, Sensivity Analysis etc
- Provide financial insights for make-vs-buy decisions, outsourcing, and footprint optimization
- Periodic detailed review of product portfolio for pricing, gross margin and COGS optimisation
- Drive productivity agenda and mindset across functions
MIS and Reporting
- Monitor monthly, quarterly, yearly actual performance vs budget. Provide P&L with variance analysis vs plan, LE and previous year
- Track achievement vs Corporate Goals on monthly basis, identify risks and action plans in consultation with department heads
- Ensure high level of accuracy in MIS through reconciliation of MIS with Financial/reported numbers with Finance controller
- Develop dashboards to monitor KPIs
- Adhoc analysis as per business requirements
India (Provis) finance business partner
- Partner in path to break even, LRP, budgeting and Reporting
- Strengthen financial controls related to provisions, sales returns, FSO etc
- Improve closing process in terms of timelines and hygiene
- Validate sales incentives and ensure it is followed in the letter and spirit
- Optimise working capital: receivables, inventory and highlight over dues and risks.
- Ensure and track statutory / regulatory compliance in all respects e.g. GST, TDS, Pharma specific requirements
Automation, use of AI and emerging technologies
- Automate finance function by leveraging technologies, data analytics and dashboards
- Use/build AI models for forecasting, compliance and risk management
- Build scalable finance processes and systems
- Partner with finance controller to ensure seamless ERP implementation/ improvements
Team Leadership
- Guide and mentor the team. Develop and retain top talent
- Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
- Ensure regular feedback and coaching is given on performance and behaviour of the team
- Ensuring bi-annual performance review is carried out on time and constructive feedback is given to every team member
Other domain experiences
- Accounting, Consolidation and Audit management with Big 4/Big 6 auditors
- Handling direct and indirect tax matters through accurate and timely payments and filings, response to notices/demands from authorities etc
- Treasury management i.e. Investment of surplus funds, Liaison with banks for short term or long term borrowings, Forex management etc
Competencies
- Process and system oriented
- •Very high skill set of MS excel and Poer point Presentation including info graphics
- •Meeting deadlines & time management
- •Excellent communication, stakeholder management and analytical skills
- •Collaborative working in multi geography or countries kind of setup
- •Result Oriented
- •Analytical skills and problem solving
- •Very high on talent management
- •Experience in multi country finance operations is preferred
