Cipla | Sr.Team Member - Investor Relations and FP&A

Responsibilities

• Strengthen investor confidence and support long-term sustainable growth by serving as a strategic bridge between the organization and investors through transparent communication and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Drive the annual planning process and sustainable value creation through process automation, strong business collaboration and actionable insights, enabling management to enhance competitive performance.
• Developing and maintaining the company investor relations plan.
• Perform a comprehensive competitive analysis, including financial metrics and differentiation.
• Monitor performance metrics for the investor relations function.
• Establish the optimum type and mix of shareholders and create that mix through targeted initiatives.
• Monitor operational changes via ongoing contacts with company management and develop investor relations messages based on these changes.
• Create presentations, press releases, and other communication materials for earnings releases, industry events, and presentations to analysts, brokers, and investors.
• Analyzing market and competitor information to prepare benchmarks and derive insights.
• Implement benchmarking frameworks and identify/update sources for data collation and analysis.
• Conduct best-in-class benchmarking for identified business units and functions.
• Conducting cross-functional due diligence on identified opportunities.
• Evaluate identified opportunities by analyzing potential synergies, complementary strengths, and overall fit with the company’s needs.
• Build detailed financial models to gauge valuation scenarios and risks of the investment.
• Present findings to various levels of management to gain interest and deal approval.
• Ensuring compliance and secretarial approvals as per SEBI guidelines during deal execution.
• Collaborate with the company secretarial team and external compliance advisors to ensure adherence to SEBI guidelines.
• Deliver simplified & comprehensive Board Presentations on results along with detailedscorecards for the month & complete bridge vs plan to enable management identify hits and misses.
• Prepare standalone & consolidated management accounts.
• Collaborate with Corporate Accounts with the monthly P&L closing activities.
• Provide visibility to the leadership on the key business risks - sales, mix, costs, competition.
• Partner with BUs and Functions to achieve cost management and delivery of annual plan.
• Performing monthly variance analysis for corporate functions (HR, Legal, IT etc.) andintervention planning to help deliver the plans.
• Identify risks & opportunities in P&L delivery - one offs, recurring costs assessment.
• Work with corporate functions & BU CFOs for ring fencing & cost control.
• Design the annual operating plan / budget and forecast future performance for thecompany to monitor and control performance (growth & margins).
• Work with the BUs/Functions on the next year budget planning for bottoms up.
• Provide trend based and BU LBE guidance to business leadership team.
• Communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Ensure transparency through concise and accurate updates, fostering open dialogue.
• Improving forecast agility and accuracy (Streamlining the forecasting process to address thechanging market conditions and establishing a driver based rolling forecast process).
• Delivering real-time and up-to-the-minute results to leadership team through consolidating &analysing inputs from multiple sources (Automation & Standardisation).
• Ensuring compliance with SEBI regulations.
• Collaborate with secretarial and compliance teams to adhere to guidelines and remain updated on regulatory changes.
• Coordinate on operational updates, compliance requirements, and investor relations strategy.
• Compliance Advisors (e.g., Secretarial Team and ESG Team).
• Ensure adherence to SEBI guidelines and other compliance-related approvals.
• Performance Metrics: Tracking stock price movements, shareholder value, and investment community feedback.
• Drafting press releases, investor presentations, and communication materials.
• Planning and executing investor meetings, roadshows, and earnings calls.
• Tracking analyst reports and summarizing market trends for internal use.
• Managing relationships with analysts and investors.
• Advising on the timing and content of financial reports and disclosures.

Requirements

• Understanding and preparing business analysis - DTM / B2B, book integration implications etc.

Cipla Limited

Dr K.A. Hamied set up Cipla in 1935 with the goal of making medicines affordable and available to everyone who needed them. Based in Mumbai, with its registered office at Cipla House in Lower Parel, the company makes a broad range of generic medicines in many dosage forms, from tablets to inhalers, and has a long record in HIV/AIDS treatment. India, South Africa and the US are its key markets. Cipla's equity shares are listed on the BSE and the National Stock Exchange, and its global depository receipts on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Its plants in India include the Patalganga factory in Maharashtra, opened in 1984.

Cipla looks mainly for qualified Chartered Accountants for its finance teams in Mumbai (the Lower Parel head office and Vikhroli) and Bengaluru, though some roles accept an MBA (Finance) instead. The work covers plant-level factory finance and accounting, cluster finance management, FP&A (including planning for the manufacturing and quality functions) and group consolidation. CIMA, ACCA, CPA or a master's degree in finance or accounting are also accepted for some roles, and semi-qualified CAs are considered for others.

• Industry: Pharmaceuticals: generic medicines, including respiratory and HIV/AIDS treatments
• Headquarters: Mumbai, India (registered office: Cipla House, Lower Parel)
• In India: Cipla Limited, listed on the NSE and BSE, with its head office in Lower Parel, Mumbai, manufacturing in India, and finance teams in Mumbai (including Vikhroli) and Bengaluru