Plant Finance Manager

Overview

The role will lead planning, performance management, cost governance, and productivity tracking for COSO Plants. The incumbent will partner closely with Plant Leadership and cross-functional teams to drive forecast accuracy, support financial decision-making, enable AOP delivery, and ensure financial discipline across capex, operating cost lines, and productivity programs.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Performance Management

• Lead weekly and monthly performance reviews for key cost lines including Material Usage Variance (MUV), Variable Manufacturing Overheads (VMOH), and Fixed Manufacturing Overheads (FMOH).
• Identify and highlight key variances vs. plan, driving timely corrective actions with Plant Leadership.
• Support delivery of Annual Operating Plan (AOP) Cost to Convert (C2C) targets through insights-driven analytics, performance rigor, and action tracking.
• Planning & Forecasting
• Prepare accurate, timely financial forecasts for COSO Plants, clearly articulating risks, opportunities, and sensitivities.
• Lead AOP development for COSO sites, ensuring cost efficiency and alignment with broader business goals.
• Productivity & Projects Governance
• Track, report, and support execution of productivity initiatives, ensuring timely submission of trackers and alignment with annual savings commitments.
• Identify obstacles, facilitate issue resolution, and ensure timely implementation.
• Capital Investment Management
• Partner with plant teams to validate capex proposals-including financials, cost/benefit analysis, IRR modelling, asset classification, budget alignment, and approvals.
• Drive capex delivery through monthly performance tracking, forecasting, and Investment Order (IO) control.
• Scrap Governance
• Facilitate scrap committee meetings, coordinate scrap quotation sourcing, and support final decision-making in customer allocation based on revenue optimization.
• Analytics & Business Partnering
• Provide ad-hoc analysis, financial modelling, and scenario planning to support operational and strategic decisions.
• Collaborate closely with production, procurement, engineering, logistics, and other stakeholders to align financial outcomes with operational realities.
• Digital & Process Excellence
• Lead adoption of digital analytics for plant KPI tracking and promote usage of self-service BI dashboards and automation solutions.
• Continuously evaluate cost structures and drive process improvements to enhance operational efficiency and financial performance.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA) or MBA (Finance) with minimum 3 years of relevant experience (Plant Finance experience preferred).
• Strong analytical mindset with demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes.
• Proven experience in financial modelling, forecasting, and performance analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint experience in digital tools/Data Analytics platforms preferred.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to challenge, collaborate, and lead cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deliver under deadlines, and lead initiatives end-to-end.
• Innovative thinker with a strong orientation toward continuous improvement and value creation.