Finance Lead - Record To Report & Financial Planning & Analysis - FMCG

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Finance Leader to lead and manage finance delivery across Record-to-Report (R2R), FP&A, and broader CFO functions. The role will be responsible for ensuring operational excellence, process governance, service delivery, continuous improvement, and effective stakeholder management across finance operations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead end-to-end finance delivery across R2R, FP&A, financial close, reporting, analytics and decision support processes.

- Own service delivery, process performance, governance, controls and adherence to agreed SLAs/KPIs.

- Partner with CFOs, Controllers, and Finance Leadership Teams to understand business requirements and ensure effective delivery of finance services.

- Drive process standardization, simplification, automation, and continuous improvement across finance operations.

- Identify opportunities to improve process efficiency, quality, productivity, and customer experience through technology and analytics.

- Collaborate with business, delivery, and technology teams to implement scalable and sustainable finance solutions.

- Leverage AI, automation, analytics, and platform capabilities to enhance R2R and FP&A delivery and decision support.

- Monitor operational performance, identify risks and issue and drive timely resolution and corrective actions.

- Support transition, migration, and stabilization of finance processes, where required.

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with senior finance stakeholders and provide regular updates on service performance, risks, and improvement initiatives.

- Lead, mentor, and develop finance delivery teams while contributing to capability building and practice growth.

Preferred Experience:

- Strong experience in R2R and FP&A finance operations, with a proven track record of managing large-scale finance delivery.

- Experience working with CFOs, Controllers, and senior Finance Leadership Teams.

- Strong understanding of financial close, reporting, accounting operations, planning, forecasting, and management reporting.

- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP and exposure to finance technology solutions.

- Knowledge of AI, automation, analytics and digital tools relevant to finance operations.

- Demonstrated experience in service delivery, process governance, operational excellence and continuous improvement.

- Strong communication, executive presentation, stakeholder management and team leadership skills.

Key Attributes:

- Strategic thinker with execution capability.

- Consultative and client-facing.

- Ability to connect finance, technology, and business outcomes.

Must-Have Skills:

- Record to Report (R2R) experience and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) / Management Reporting expertise.

- Client-facing consulting capability or must have exposure to Practice / Solution Team.

- Experience engaging CFOs and Controllers.

- Finance process transformation background with strong technology acumen.

- Strong communication and presentation skills.