Aditya Birla Group | Finance Business Partner - Asia

Responsibilities

• 5) Job Purpose of Direct Reports Describe the job purpose of the direct report/s to the job (in 2-3 lines for each report) (delete if no direct reports)
• The position reports directly to the Regional President Asia and dotted to CFO- Birla Carbon
• What is the main reason the job exists - what is the primary output or result?.
• To be the "business partner" to the Regional President & the regional leadership team to provide with the information and analysis needed to make the best possible business decisions.
• Ground ideas and strategies to measurable KPIs and promote a financial mindset around how decisions are made and performance is assessed.
• Provide all necessary support in the management and optimization of receivables including the credit assessment process, pricing and payment terms, discounts, collections and management of overdue accounts receivable, and so forth.
• Operational, commercial or investment projects are diverse by nature.
• The jobholder has to demonstrate a deep understanding of the business value drivers and their interactions, creating a big picture of the outcomes of a decision.
• Although complex and granular, this understanding and the resulting opinions must be clear and simple, based on common sense and focusing on the key priorities for the company.
• It requires a good understanding of the business and an ability to ask the right questions to the right people, i.e. to create an effective and cross-functional network.
• The analyses performed can be related to many different aspects of the organization, in any geography, function or production process.
• The role holder will lead the regional budgeting, financial forecasts, to align region objective with global business plan.
• For this responsibility, the role holder will need to leverage the Global & plant controllership organization as well as the global FPA team.
• Support to President in decision making processes.
• Form opinions on wide range of business initiatives to support efficient decision making process taking into account multiple dimensions of the company’s measure of success (including financial impact).
• Act as a brainstorming partner to form the most objective opinion possible on business cases.
• Support the functional/ Site leaders.
• Commercial /Site GM’s and related functional teams as needed.
• Work with the business partners to assess the financial viability of key projects, at various stages of development, to help prioritize the projects for resource allocation.
• Be the "business partner" to the General Managers, Sales Head and provide them with the information and analysis needed to make the best possible business decisions.
• Work closely with Sales & Marketing organizations to implement and maintain finance processes and define KPIs.
• Provide all necessary financial support in the preparation and completion of customer contracts.
• Support the Sales Directors, their commercial team and central supply chain planning in optimizing plant loading and in make-or-buy decisions.
• Plan and execute value added multi-year financial forecasting for the region.
• Drive improved Product Portfolio Management with AMM.

Requirements

• 12-15+ years experience in senior finance roles, preferably at a Regional level.
• Prior experience in leading FP&A teams and/or commercial finance partner roles.
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills, result oriented.

Aditya Birla Group

The Aditya Birla Group is one of India's largest business groups. Its companies work in metals (Hindalco and Novelis), cement (UltraTech), cellulosic fibres, chemicals and paints (Grasim), financial services (Aditya Birla Capital), fashion and retail, renewables and telecom. The group is chaired by Kumar Mangalam Birla.

Each group company runs its own finance and accounts function. That creates openings in plant and business-unit accounting, costing and MIS, taxation, treasury, internal audit and company secretarial work, across corporate offices and manufacturing locations.

• Industry: Diversified conglomerate
• Headquarters: Mumbai, India
• In India: Group companies and plants across India
• Hiring unit: Birla Carbon Corp India
• Group business: Carbon Black