Factory Finance Head

As Head of Finance for the factory, you will lead the finance team as an active member of the business unit leadership team responsible for ensuring a high level of financial integrity and performance of the factory.

Client Details

A German multinational conglomerate corporation and one of the largest industrial manufacturing companies.

Description

• Act as a reliable partner to the Factory head in steering the business with reliable management information regarding cost transparency, financial results including P&L, cashflow management and overall smooth operations
• Lead the financial planning and reporting activities for the factory including the annual budgeting ( factory target agreements), forecasting and monitoring of financial performance versus the budget
• Maintain the Integrity of books and records in terms of the company's financial reporting guidelines (IFRS) as well as Risk and internal controlling requirements
• Compliance and clean business are a vital part of the operations, you would be acting as a role model and always ensure complete adherence to the company's compliance policy and business conduct guidelines
• Lead the adaptation and improvement in the digitalization and automation initiatives within the finance team and in financial processes
• Ensure reliability of the costing and configuration tools to provide accurate product costs as well as enable timely actions to improve the cost competitiveness of various products.
• Hands-on guide in directing the team in various SAP activities including maintenance of the activity types, hourly rates and product cost sheet in SAP, Sales and Production order controlling. You need to have a sound understanding of the FI/CO/PA/SD&MM modules of SAP
• As a part of the cashflow management, monitoring and controlling of working capital particularly inventory, capex and payables

Profile

• Post-graduate in accounting, CA/ ICWA / Masters from reputed institute will be preferred.
• Knowledge of IFRS and local reporting systems/environment
• 7-10 years of relevant experience of which at least 3 years in leading teams
• Experience in a factory Controller role with a medium to large size manufacturing organization (preferred in handling engineered product), significant experience working in a multi-national environment and in a matrix organization.
• Extensive knowledge of product costing
• ERP (SAP) and Finance systems knowledge
• Demonstrated leadership capability
• Capable to successfully manage multiple priorities and reporting requirements
• Autonomous, self-driven
• Collaborative, team player with strong interpersonal skills

Job Offer

Leading a considerable team size of a fast-growing organization.

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Kanchan Choudhury on +91 (0) 22 4236 3213