Operations Finance Controller - Manufacturing

Key Responsibilities:

Commercial & Corporate Finance:

- Lead the annual budget and forecasting process for operations, including working with different departments on their key spending plans, financial planning calendar and implementing appropriate review processes.

- Tracking spends to budget variance on a constant basis - create dashboards for the key stakeholders to ensure adherence to the budgets agreed.

- Cash management | treasury and banking functions, etc.

- Finalization of accounts, books, and reporting as per the global practice of the organization.

- Ensuring periodic audits for the business with the statutory auditors and Internal auditors.

Supply Chain:

- Directing, managing, and coordinating purchases, inbound and outbound logistics, warehousing, and inventory control.

- Distribution of finished products.

- Responsible for forecasting demand, production scheduling & co-ordination, dispatch scheduling, analyzing inventory and troubleshooting issues with the potential of affecting supplies.

Driving Cost Savings:

- Setting cost saving targets.

- Work towards reducing overall cost of operations.

- Strategic approaches to achieving targets.

- Negotiations, alternate vendor development, alternate items/ specifications/ processes, cycle time improvements, better credit terms - funds and spend management.

Strategic Initiatives:

- Drive continuous improvement in operations in terms of cost, quality & risk; Pivotal in developing policies, procedures, systems, and controls relating to all commercial functions.

- Develop overall sourcing strategy with the Procurement stakeholders through analysis of spending, processes and practices that support cost saving goals.

Inventory & Store Management:

- Safety and assets / inventory management in a dynamic environment and establish controls to ensure lowest possible levels based on key performance metrics and minimized supply chain risk.

Import/ Export Administration & Logistics:

- Negotiate direct contracts with shipping lines, multi-modal transport.

- Knowledge of Customs, DGFT, Banking formalities for export/import.

- Compliance of all direct and Indirect Taxes as per the applicable law of the land.

Liasoning:

- Liaison with Government authorities, DGFT, Customs & Excise, Banks, Shipping Lines, Transporters & Forwarders, CHA's.

Key Skills, Competencies & Attributes:

- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

- SAP HANA & ERP Systems

- Manufacturing Finance & Cost Controlling

- Business Partnering

- Process Implementation & Internal Controls

- Commercial & Inventory Management

- Strategic Planning & Business Review

- Cross-functional - internal & external stakeholder management

- Stakeholder & Matrix Management

- Compliance, Governance & Regulatory Management

Qualification & Experience:

- Education: Preferably a Chartered Accountant (CA) or Cost Accountant (ICWA/CMA), or MBA in Finance.

- Experience: 15 - 18 years of relevant experience across manufacturing, industrials, engineering, and plant environment (finance).

- Proven experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and monthly closing within a manufacturing environment along with strong expertise in SAP HANA, cost controlling, profitability analysis, and plant finance operations.

- Demonstrated capability in establishing processes, internal controls, and governance frameworks in greenfield projects.

- Experience partnering with business and plant leadership teams to drive operational performance and strategic decision-making.

- Proven track record of building and developing finance teams, managing stakeholders, and ensuring compliance within multinational matrix organizations.

- Proficiency in the local language - Marathi