Plant Financial Controller - Chemicals Firm

Plant Financial Controller - Female - Charted Accountant - Indore (MP)

- Responsible for all accounting, budgeting, financial controls, and costs for an entity or organization.

- Works with the Business Unit/Line of Business/Functional Controller to apply consistent accounting practices at the operations level.

- Participates in the leadership team for the operation.

Key Responsibilities :

- Manages all accounting practices for the entity; conducts the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and forecast processes.

- Works with the business unit/line of business/functional controller to apply consistent accounting practices.

- Participates in the business as a member of the leadership team.

- Ensures processes are efficient and that the product/operation maintains cost-effectiveness.

- Partners with business leaders to provide input into the development of business strategies.

- Leads finance communications across the operation.

- Manages the monthly and quarterly financial reporting process, including general ledger and subsidiary financial ledgers.

- Maintains a strong control environment across the key business cycles, including account reconciliations and systems implementations.

- Provides appropriate resources for internal and external financial and process audits.

- Implements recommended changes to accounting practices.

- Coordinates financial modeling of quotation packages.

- Develops and presents reports and analyses to the business leader.

- Leads efforts to comply with any governmental or regulatory organization financial requirements.

- Provides business support, in terms of accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory control,shipping/receiving and payroll.

- Forecasts logistics costs and inventory; provides leadership to business to meet logistics and working capital targets.

- Leads financial analysis on capital projects and overall capital management process at the entity level.

- Coaches and mentors all entity finance staff; assigns work according to availability, skills, and developmental needs; assesses performance and provides feedback to direct reports.

Qualifications and Competencies :

Competencies :

Financial Regulations Acumen :

- Evaluates applicable regulations for the financial area of focus, such as tax, banking, pension, local accounting to ensure underlying transactions are recorded in compliance with applicable regulations; explains key requirements and purpose of regulations and implications to the business to inform and educate relevant stakeholders.

Business Partnering :

- Collaborates with stakeholders and develops partnerships to drive performance that aligns to organizational goals and strategies; influences the organization by demonstrating knowledge of the business to provide guidance to support the decision making process and guiding the business towards positive results and organizational alignment; evaluates business environment using measures to mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunities.

Financial Planning and Forecasting :

- Utilizes financial forecast data to provide forward looking projections to facilitate decision making; partners with stakeholders to analyze trends and validate assumptions to provide a forecast that aligns to the organization's goals and strategies.

Financial Analysis :

- Interprets financial data by analyzing trends, variances, opportunities and risks to provide insight to stakeholders regarding financial impact to drive business improvement; evaluates financial results against targets to communicate conclusions to all stakeholders; ensures integrity of financial data by investigating variances and determining corrective actions to resolve identified issues.

Ensures accountability :

- Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.

Business insight :

- Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals.

Communicates effectively :

- Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Manages conflict :

- Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.

Develops talent :

- Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals.

Directs work :

- Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.

Plans and aligns :

- Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Situational adaptability :

- Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

Experience:

- Significant experience required, including managerial and budgetary experience in a small operations manufacturing or distribution center environment.