Chief Financial Officer - Infrastructure/Mining/Construction

Chief Financial Officer

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will be primarily responsible for the planning, implementation, managing, and running of all the finance activities of a company, including financial controls, business planning, budgeting, forecasting, negotiations, maintaining investor relations, and partnership compliance.

Qualifications :

Ideally a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA). MBAs with exceptional experience and pedigree can also be considered.

Experience Portfolio :

- With 25 to 30 years of experience of which the last 5 or more should be in leadership positions preferably in a construction company or companies with project-based business though this will not be a limiting factor for the right candidate.

- Excellent people management skills and ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, Board members, and peers.

- Strong functional knowledge.

Responsibilities :

- Experience in working with senior leadership at a global level with in-depth exposure to one or more geographies.

- Formulate and implement business plans, budgets, and forecasts for the company.

- Experience in managing and turning around a financially stressed business is essential. - This will include experience in preparing, presenting, and getting approvals on debt restructuring proposals from the banks and financial institutions. As a corollary, the person should have excellent relations and network with the leading banks and financial institutions.

- Give pro-active advice to senior management on finance-related business issues like funds generation & management, cost restructuring, cost control, accounts payable and receivables, DSOs etc.

- Oversee budgetary control, close monitoring of expenditure, and conduct variance analysis.

- Financial reporting to the Management and if required fine-tuning and implementing internal reporting systems to facilitate timely action and decision making.

- Assess and evaluate the financial performance of the Company with regard to operational goals and budgets on an ongoing basis.

- Utilise forward-looking models and activity-based analysis to provide financial insight into the organisation's plans and operating budgets

- Review and ensure application of appropriate internal controls, compliance, and financial procedures

- Ensure tax compliance and undertake pro-active tax planning and provide advice on tax matters to the senior management team.

- Chart out Internal Audit program for operations in India and/or global subsidiaries encompassing all areas of operations.

- Build relationships with governments, regulatory bodies, customers, and suppliers.

- Ensure efficient working capital management for projects and routine operations and monitor daily cash flows and judicious investment of excess funds.

- Ensure timely preparation of the Profit and Loss account and annual report and completion of Statutory Audit, Transfer pricing report, and other statutory reporting.

- Coordination with Statutory Auditors to ensure finalisation and closure of books of accounts for India and for the consolidated entity.

- Identify internal and external risks for the business and ensure measures for mitigation.

- Ensure compliance with the corporate laws and related regulations.

- Ascertain compliance with all group policies and procedures.

- Ensure that all relevant insurance policies including fire, project, and employee benefits are taken within the defined period.

- Building a high-performance and highly motivated Finance and Accounts team.

- Any other responsibilities as entrusted from time to time.

Other Requirements :

- In depth knowledge of corporate financial law and risk management practices.

- Excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods.

- Proficient in the use of MS Office and financial management softwares (e.g. Oracle, SAP).

- Ability to strategise and solve problems.

- Strong leadership and organizational skills.

- Excellent communication and people skills.

- An analytical mind, comfortable with numbers.