Plant Finance Manager - Alco Beverages Industry - CA

Urgent Hiring with the leading Alco Beverages Industry for the Position of Plant Finance Manager for the Kanpur(UttarPradesh) Location.

Job Title: Manager - Finance

Function: Operations - Finance

Reporting Manager: Zonal Finance Manager - North

Location: Kanpur(Uttar Pradesh)

Qualification: CA

Budget: Upto 45 LPA

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Core- Control, Compliance and books

- Responsible for overall accounting, tax compliances/litigation and financial management requirements. Ensure Zero non-compliance to applicable rules and SOP

- Ensure the control environment complies with all company policies and supports safeguarding of company assets. Ensure Zero non-compliance to applicable rules and SOP

- Performs or manages the stock and fixed assets verification, reconciliation, and control processes as per approved SOPs. Report deviations within 4 days to ZFF & OFC

- Monitors adherence to DOA and internal control policies for all plant functions. Report deviations within 4 days to ZFF & OFC

- Maintain audit ready status of internal controls through periodic review and self-audits. Ensure zero non-compliance

- Maintains and ensures data integrity in the ERP system (vendor, stock, and non-stock) and COGS tool through proper item and BOM (bill of material) set-up, manufacturing accounting review and issue resolution. All JDE controls accounts should be reconciled on regular (Monthly) basis.

- Prepares and submits management reports as per deadlines.

- Ensure monthly operational review meetings as per heatmaps.

- Ensure unit team performs cut off activities as per closing calendar circulated by HO

- Provide support to ZFF in adhoc/exception reports

- Drive ICFOR testing for units

- Tracking CSR budget and compliance of DOA/taxes

- Proposing and regular tracking DOH & IDOH budgets and compliance of DOA.

- Payment's processing

Statutory : Excise duty & Fees / VAT/GST/Barcodes /Label registrations

Inter-company : Funds Transfer/Cab procurement by TBU/TMA income

Others : Bottlers/Funds transfer/ contractors / Imprest

Financial performance :

- Develops plant capex and spending forecasts for annual operating plans as per zonal/HO deadlines.

- Review of CERs/ capex POs to ensure error free key qualitative and qualitative KPIs ( ROI, Payback)

- Support Zonal finance in development of annual plan of cost, capacity and productivity

- Track delivery of annual capacity, cost and capex targets. Develop plans to close any gaps in plant's targets within one month of identification

- Analyze and effectively communicate financial results to plant personnel and head office including results reviews at monthly direction setting team meetings.

- Track recovery of loans from bottlers as per agreed terms

Assist Zonal Head and Zonal Finance in driving projects and objectives

- Represents finance function at Plant to support development and execution of projects & strategies.

- Responsible to communicate performance status (operational and financial) with KPI owners

- Help lead/support various committees at plant including QSE and employee engagements (Good to have)

- Drive zonal level initiatives in alignment with ZMM

- Participates in processes improvement initiatives driven by finance

- Ensure that the cost of conversion/bottler's costing optimized

- Support ZFF in review of bottlers' proposals review and due diligence exercise

Maintain high level of engagements at units

- Support ZFF in providing education and training across the zone on tools and processes, cost drivers, internal controls, and financial performance measurements.

- Conduct sessions for new/transferred employees

- Participate in S&R and unit engagements