Assistant Manager MIS

Role & respons

Key Responsibilities

MIS, analysis and reporting

• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly MIS packs covering sales, production, purchases, inventory, order-wise / style-wise profitability, overheads and working capital.
• Build and maintain Excel / ERP dashboards for P&L, cash position, debtor ageing, creditor ageing, inventory ageing and bank utilisation.
• Carry out variance analysis (budget vs actual, period vs period, estimate vs actual costing) and highlight root causes with recommended actions.
• Support the CFO in monthly performance reviews with promoters and functional heads.
• Prepare ad-hoc analysis requested by the CFO contribution by customer / buyer, factory / unit comparison, job-work cost, export incentive impact, etc.

Review of accounts and close

• Review books of accounts for accuracy, completeness and cut-off before monthly close.
• Check journal entries, provisions, prepaid / outstanding, stock valuation and inter-unit / job-work accounting.
• Reconcile key control accounts: banks, debtors, creditors, GST ledgers, packing credit, packing material and yarn / fabric / FG stock.
• Coordinate with the client accounts team to close books on an agreed timetable and support statutory / internal / bank audits with schedules and explanations.

Cash flow, working capital, AP and AR

• Prepare short-term cash flow forecasts (weekly / monthly) and track actual collections and payments against plan.
• Monitor Accounts Receivable: buyer-wise outstanding, overdue, LC / DA / DP status, claims and deductions.
• Monitor Accounts Payable: vendor ageing, payment calendar, advances to job workers / yarn suppliers, and GRN vs invoice mismatches.
• Track bank limits packing credit, bill discounting, OD / CC and utilisation versus sanctioned limits.
• Flag working-capital stress early (slow-moving stock, stretched debtors, unbilled production, excess job-work advances).

Profitability and costing support

• Support order-wise / style-wise profitability reviews: fabric, trims, CMT / job-work, overhead absorption, claims and discounts.
• Compare estimated costing with actual consumption and highlight leakage in cutting, wastage, rework and unaccounted job work.
• Assist the CFO in pricing discussions, contribution analysis and cost-reduction trackers.

Coordination and process

• Work daily with client accounts, commercial, merchandising, stores and production teams to obtain timely and reliable data.
• Standardise MIS formats, close calendar and data-collection templates so reporting is consistent every month.
• Support the CFO on bank reporting, CMA data, stock statements and any lender information requests.
• Maintain confidentiality of client financial information at all times.ibilities

Preferred candidate profile

• 5–10 years of experience in accounts, finance MIS, costing or financial analysis.
• Hands-on experience preparing management MIS, cash-flow statements and AP / AR ageing — not only bookkeeping.
• Strong accounting fundamentals: P&L, balance sheet, working capital and GST ledgers.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel: Pivot Tables, Power Query / lookups, charts, dashboards. Comfortable building a full MIS pack from raw ERP / Tally extracts.
• Working knowledge of Tally Prime / Tally ERP or a comparable manufacturing ERP.
• Ability to review another team’s books, spot errors and follow through until they are corrected.

Preferred

• Experience in garment, knitwear, textile, yarn or export manufacturing — Tiruppur / Coimbatore belt is a plus.
• Familiarity with export commercial documents, packing credit, LC / DA, drawback / ROSCTL and buyer claims.
• CA Inter, CMA Inter, or articleship / industry exposure under a CA firm.
• Power BI / Google Sheets / basic automation of recurring reports.

Perks and benefits