Chief Financial Officer

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

The CFO will be responsible for:

• Developing and supporting the Companys long-term growth strategy and annual operating plans.
• Establishing strong MIS, dashboards and business performance monitoring across sales,margins, inventory, production, working capital and profitability.
• Building robust budgeting, forecasting, target-setting and performance review mechanisms across functions.
• Driving detailed SKU-wise, customer-wise, channel-wise and region-wise profitability analysis.
• Independently reviewing Sales & Marketing performance, including schemes, discounts,incentives, marketing spends and return on investment.
• Strengthening working capital management, including receivables, inventory, cash flow planning and banking.
• Driving cost optimisation and margin improvement across procurement, production,logistics and commercial spends.
• Strengthening SOPs, internal controls, approval mechanisms and process discipline across the organisation.
• Ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, monthly closing, statutory compliance and governance.
• Partnering closely with Sales, Production, Procurement and Supply Chain teams to improve business performance and execution.
• Building and strengthening the Finance team and developing strong FP&A and business analytics capabilities.
• Providing the management with independent, data-backed insights for key strategic and operational decisions.

Candidate Profile

• Chartered Accountant (CA) preferred.
• Significant experience in senior finance leadership roles such as CFO, Finance Controller, Head – Finance or equivalent.
• Strong preference for candidates with experience in FMCG, Packaged Foods, Food Processing, Consumer Products or distribution-intensive manufacturing businesses.
• Strong hands-on exposure to:
• Business planning and FP&A
• MIS and business analytics
• Commercial finance
• Product / channel / customer profitability
• Cost and margin management
• Working capital and cash flow management
• Budgeting and performance reviews
• Internal controls and process improvement
• Banking and treasury
• Team development and business transformation

Ideal Candidate

GFPL is looking for a Business CFO / Transformation CFO who combines strong financial expertise with commercial understanding and execution capability.

The candidate should be:

• Business-oriented and commercially strong
• Analytical and data-driven
• Hands-on and execution-focused
• Strong in systems, processes and controls
• Comfortable working across multiple business functions
• Capable of constructively challenging business assumptions
• Strong in communication and stakeholder management
• Able to build teams and institutionalise performance discipline
• High on integrity, ownership and professional standards

Key Success Areas

The CFO will be expected to contribute towards:

High-Quality MIS & Business Visibility | Stronger Profitability & Margins | Improved Working Capital | Robust Systems & Controls | Better Decision-Making | Stronger Accountability | Scalable Processes | Sustainable Business Growth