Chief Financial Officer - Mfg

Role: CFO India

Location: Mumbai

Background and experience: CA with 8-12 years of experience from across sectors, preferably from a manufacturing setup

An opportunity to head the Finance function for a fast growing manufacturing setup in India

Key responsibilties:

Business Partnering:

- Work as a close business partner for India and the Country's leadership team to ensure optimisation of financial performance and develop a country strategy for the future

- Drive best practices (towards working capital and capital expenditures) and set stretch targets for the business to deliver continuous improvement in this area

- Work with the operations team on cost improvement and ensure strong cost control within the business

- Manage the Finance activities within the organizational programs, working closely with the functional leadership

Planning:

- Establish, review and/or refine the country’s Strategic planning, Forecasting and Budgeting process

- Review and challenge financial plans and projections with the right level of rigor for discussion and approval by the management

Reporting:

- Provide accurate and reliable financial statements and reports on the financial position of the country to the executive team

- Lead and monitor the variance analysis from budget, forecast and prior year, and use this info to drive improvement and take corrective action if needed

- Lead preparation and timely submission of accurate statutory reports

Governance & Internal Controls:

- Set the Internal Controls tone within the country and ensure adherence to the organization's policies

- Advise / support the management to formulate appropriate financial policy issues in line with international standards and best practice to protect the country from financial abuse, negligence and/or fraud

- Review and authorize all financial transactions within the delegated authority level

- Work together with the entire Finance function to set the audit agenda

- Ensure controlling and accounting for the country in accordance with the internationally and nationally relevant regulatory laws

Performance management:

- Provide leadership for the Finance function, communicate to direct and indirect reports clear performance expectations and drive continuous improvement in the function

- Coach, mentor and develop all finance personnel, particularly the top talent/high potentials; develop succession plan for key roles

Other accountabilities:

- Provide leadership future acquisitions, partnerships or divestures

- Provide country leadership for the development of synergies within the business units and executions, particularly towards M&A and restructuring

If this role interests you, do write in to me at apandey@antal.com with your updated CV and I will get in touch with you for a detailed discussion on the opportunity