DGM-FP&A Cell Lead (Digital Transformation & Governance COE)

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Position Title: FP&A Cell Lead (Digital Transformation & Governance COE)

Focus:

Transformation, Governance, Standardization, Systems, Digital Analytics and Challenge Function

Position Purpose

To lead the FP&A Centre of Excellence (COE) responsible for enterprise-wide FP&A transformation, standardization, data governance, reporting architecture, digital analytics, dashboard development and process excellence. The role will establish common frameworks, improve reporting efficiency, enable automation, and ensure consistency of financial and performance information across all Business Units.

Key Responsibilities

Planning Governance & Assumption Review

• Independently review Business Unit budgets, revised estimates and strategic plans.
• Challenge assumptions relating to volume, pricing, margins, costs, working capital, capital expenditure and cash flows.
• Facilitate alignment of planning assumptions across Business Units.
• Provide recommendations and independent perspectives to senior management on key planning assumptions.

Strategic Planning & Forecasting

• Develop and implement the FP&A transformation roadmap aligned with the organization's growth and digitalization objectives.
• Establish and govern standardized planning, reporting and performance management frameworks across all Business Units.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reporting quality, efficiency and decision support capabilities.
• Partner with business and functional leaders to institutionalize best-in-class FP&A practices.

Reporting Governance & Standardization

• Design and govern standard reporting templates, definitions and KPI frameworks across all SBUs.
• Establish a single source of truth for management reporting.
• Standardise chart of accounts mapping, reporting hierarchies and management reporting structures.
• Define and govern reporting calendars, submission protocols and review processes.
• Ensure consistency of financial and operational metrics across businesses.

Data Governance & Controls

• Establish data ownership, validation and reconciliation protocols across source systems.
• Govern master data structures, reporting mappings and dashboard logic.
• Ensure integrity, consistency and auditability of management information.
• Monitor reporting controls and drive corrective actions where required

Digital Transformation & Analytics

• Lead enterprise-wide FP&A transformation initiatives and drive continuous improvement in planning and reporting processes.
• Own the FP&A technology roadmap, including Power BI, SAP reporting enhancements, automation tools and analytics platforms.
• Partner with IT, SAP, DDC and business teams to deliver reporting automation and digital finance projects.
• Establish self-service analytics capabilities and improve user adoption across businesses.
• Drive development and enhancement of CFO, CEO and management dashboards.
• Implement advanced analytics, predictive reporting and driver-based performance monitoring.

Capability Building

• Develop FP&A processes, policies and knowledge repositories.
• Conduct training programs on reporting standards, dashboards and planning tools.
• Build analytical capabilities across finance teams.
• Promote adoption of standardized FP&A methodologies across the organization.

Key Success Measures

• Reduction in reporting cycle time.
• Increase in dashboard adoption and utilization.
• Percentage of reports automated.
• Data accuracy and reconciliation compliance.
• Standardization of KPIs across all business units.
• Successful delivery of digital transformation projects.

Profile Requirements

Educational Qualification

Chartered Accountant (CA). MBA Finance / CMA may be considered with strong relevant experience.

Significant experience in finance transformation, analytics, reporting systems and process standardization.

Experience

12-15 years of post-qualification experience, including 8-12 years in FP&A, business planning, management reporting or corporate finance, with demonstrated team leadership.

Industry Experience

Manufacturing/ process industry experience in a multi-business, multi-location organization with a large or complex distribution network is preferred.

Functional Skills

Enterprise planning and consolidation; financial modelling and scenario analysis; P&L, balance sheet and cash-flow analytics; fixed-cost and working-capital analysis; KPI / BSC governance; competition benchmarking; board-level presentations., FP&A process design and governance, Reporting automation and data management,

Systems & Digital Skills

Strong working knowledge of SAP and advanced Excel; experience with Power BI or equivalent dashboards, reporting automation and master-data governance

Behavioural & Leadership Competencies

Business acumen, strategic thinking, analytical rigour, attention to detail, ownership, influencing without authority, stakeholder management, executive communication, team development and ability to work under tight timelines.