Project Finance Manager - FMCG

Opportunity to work with a Global FMCG with an excellent career progression

Role: Manager Project Finance

Location: Mumbai

Reporting to: Senior Manager Finance

Direct reporting: 2

Years of experience: 8-10 years of post qualification experience of handling big projects of plant startups/ setting up of Green Field Projects/ Plant setups and sub ventures for FMCG/ Consumer Goods and Consumer Durables

Education- Qualified CA/ ICWA/ MBA with 7+ years of relevant experience

Key responsibilities:

Reporting to the Senior Manager - Finance, your primary responsibilities will be defining project description & scope and conducting feasibility studies to determine the financial viability of new ventures projecting cash flow & growth opportunities

- Evaluate capital investment proposals and calculation of project/dividend IRR’s, DSCR’s, Sensitivity analysis etc

- Develop project plan and recommended deliverables and milestones

- Prepare, Monitor and ensure cash flows, fund flows, Profitability Statements, IRRs, Payback periods, DSCRs, projected profitability and other financial parameters / reports to analyze inflow / outflow of funds and profits/surplus resulting thereof

- Compiling and preparing cost and performance reports as per cost accounting records rule (CARR), cost benefit analysis and critical analysis of cost reports; recommending necessary corrective actions

- Liaise closely with regional/corporate finance function to ensure timely communication, compliance and consistency

- Liaison with regulatory authorities for sanctions & approvals

- Ensure data is provided to the advisors is understood and correctly reflected in the financial analysis of new venture/ plant setup

- Ensure the financial model is optimized to ensure the competitiveness of company bid

- Work within an Integrated Project Team (working with other functions, Operations and specialist Advisers, vendors) to provide specialist project and structured finance advice and to deliver, negotiate and close deals

- Work with project directors to provide financing support to manage the development of new sectors and markets

Must haves for this role:

- Commercial awareness

- Good knowledge of accounting and taxation

- Competency in financial modeling-the ability to convert the structure of mechanisms that can be defined in terms of quantifiable parameters into a set of spreadsheet calculations

- Knowledge of funding structures and documentation

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills as the role involves interacting both in writing, by phone, and in person, with the group of External advisors & vendors

- Good organizational skills

If this opportunity interests you then I would appreciate if you could revert with your updated profile. I will then get in touch with you to have a detailed conversation about the opportunity

apandey@antal.com
Archana Pandey
Consultant- Finance and Accounts