Project Finance Controller

The Project Finance Lead will lead financial planning, evaluation, and monitoring of large-scale greenfield/brownfield projects across manufacturing, supply chain, and infrastructure. The role involves end-to-end CAPEX governance, capital budgeting, financial modeling, project cash-flow oversight, and ensuring ROI-driven investment decisions aligned with business strategy.

Preferred candidate profile

1. Capital Budgeting & Financial Planning

• Lead annual and long-term capital budgeting cycles for manufacturing and supply chain projects.
  
• Develop business cases, feasibility studies, and investment proposals for new plants, capacity expansions, automation, and technology upgrades.
  
• Conduct NPV, IRR, payback period, scenario/sensitivity analyses to support investment decisions.
  
• Ensure alignment of CAPEX proposals with strategic priorities and financial thresholds.
  

2. Project Financial Evaluation

• Prepare detailed project financial models covering capex, opex, plant operating economics, and cash-flow projections.
  
• Evaluate cost-benefit analysis for large engineering and capex-intensive initiatives.
  
• Benchmark project costs with industry standards (FMCG/manufacturing).
  

3. Project Monitoring & Cost Control

• Track project-wise budget vs. actuals, variances, and financial risks.
  
• Partner with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to monitor project progress and cost adherence.
  
• Validate contractor/consultant payments, milestone invoicing, and approve capitalisation.
  
• Drive post-implementation reviews (PIR) to assess benefits delivered vs. projected.
  

4. Governance, Controls & Compliance

• Ensure robust internal controls for capex processes including authorisations, documentation, and project approvals.
  
• Support internal/external audits related to project finance and capital work-in-progress (CWIP).
  
• Maintain compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and statutory reporting.
  

5. Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with project management, manufacturing, supply chain, EHS, procurement, and commercial teams.
  
• Present project evaluations and financial insights to senior leadership for decision-making.