Head Finance-Plant

The applicant should either be a Qualified CA or Qualified Cost Accountant willing to work 6 days in a week at Pant Nagar plant.

Key responsibilities:

Financial Planning and Budgeting

1. Participate in the plant planning process and provide accurate financial information to plant management team to enable decision making and achievement of plants financial objectives

2. Based on customer indents for next month demand, prepare forecast/ monthly rolling plan, prepare forecast of income statement and balance sheet items along with Plant Head for the assigned plant

3. Undertake detailed item by item analysis and assess impact of variance on overall budget and expenses, and for difference in volume projections evaluate impact on cost / budgets

4. Monitor budget utilization and check expense PO to ensure adherence to with laid down budget, else explore justifications for expense

5. For annual budgeting at given volume, prepare and consolidate budgets across variable and fixed heads, and as per inputs from various stakeholders.

Cash flow management

6. At month end, prepare cash flow statements for the plant based on actual current month cash flows; Also, prepare a forecasted cash flow statement for the next month

7. Prepare plan for funding of capex requirements; Evaluate cash flow positions and plan capex funding accordingly

Capex management

8. Prepare capex forecast at the beginning of the year incorporating the requirements of planned projects

9. On a monthly basis review actual capex requirements/ spends, and adjust the PnL accordingly

10. Review individual capex projects and evaluate period of return, IRR, etc. for the planned capex

Internal audits

11. Collaborate with Internal Audit team to identify risks and create risk management frameworks specific to the plant & ensure implementation across the plant

12. Identify and implement process improvement initiatives to establish strong internal controls and enhance efficiency/ effectiveness of financial processes

13. Coordinate with Internal Audit team to provide all necessary data, respond to queries to ensure audits are conducted timely and drive corrective action plan within plant

Cost Control

14. Apply cost accounting / management principles for product costing, quotations and new products in compliance with the BU plant costing cell

15. Generate and share ideas on cost control measures and initiatives at the plant such as reduction of a shift

16. Analyze product and segment wise profitability, especially for products posing a challenge; Deep dive into elements and cost drivers such as BOM, cost impact of SOPs, etc.; Build scenarios on cost control based on possibilities and opportunities

17. Discuss and recommend transfer pricing systems and evaluate effect of transfer prices

18. Analyze profitability, productivity and costs within the plant and provide feedback and reports to the Plant Head and the BU Financial Controller.

Team development

19. Participate in recruitment process to identify the right talent across positions within the team

20. Establish individual performance expectations and regularly review individual performance of the team

21. Identify and create development opportunities for team members to enhance functional knowledge; Update the team on regulatory and statutory changes.