Aditya Birla Group | Finance Business Partner Speacialist

Responsibilities

• The position reports directly to the President Specialties and dotted to CFO- Birla Carbon.
• 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.
• 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)
• 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.
• Be a Strategic Finance partner for President Specialties & Business leadership team.
• Plan and execute value added short, medium and long term financial forecasting for specialties working with global/regional finance and controllership team.
• Driving regional budget, financial forecasts, to align region objective with global business plan.
• Assess the financial viability of key commercial, operational and capital projects, at various stages of development, to help prioritize the projects for resource allocation.
• Support the Sales Directors, their commercial team and central supply chain planning in optimizing plant loading and in make-or-buy decisions.
• Advise regional management on financial performance, cost improvement opportunities, cash-flow and Dashboard/KPI reviews.
• Analyzing financial results to identify trends, variances, and operational efficiencies working with Site Controllers and Central FP&A as needed.
• Own the effective management of the Contract to cash cycle compliance for the P&L.
• Support the President in decision making processes related to a wide range of initiatives proposed by the business stakeholders, from commercial agreements, to operational or capital expenses, strategic investments, capacity optimization and Sales/ supply agreements.
• Support to President in decision making processes
• 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.
• Plan and execute value added multi-year financial forecasting for the region.

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.
• 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.

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