Tata Consumer Products | Manager - Category Finance

Responsibilities

• Preparation of Monthly Overall Capital Foods system P&L (Category X Channel).
• Assisting / review of the final BPC submissions for the consolidated Capital Foods P&L including reviewing inter company transactions.
• Assisting/ Working with the team for MTP and Annual Operating Plan exercises.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting of ATL Spends at Category & activity Level -Actuals vs budget.
• Responsible for setting up the processes for accounting & control of spends.
• Responsible for all ATL vendor management, timely payments and reconciliations.
• Drive process improvements and harmonization across business.
• Managing Innovation project partners across functions (Innovation, Marketing, Packaging development etc.).
• Work closely with the Departmental Heads providing Finance perspectives enabling effective decision making.
• Track innovation development and advertisement spends and ensure visibility at a project level.
• Reporting on responsibility on promotion and trade spends.
• Reporting on monthly performance of Innovation for discussion with innovation team / category head.
• Reporting on performance of launched innovation products to executive committee with 360 degree insights on finance performance distribution metrics and marketing support etc.
• Participate in contract execution and negotiation with vendors; Ensure adherence with the SOA on all ATL procurements.
• Ensure all KPIs, savings are tracked and reported w.r.t Media contracts and monthly reconciliation of plan vs execution of estimates.
• Deliver all reporting requirements in terms of ATL spends and develop a framework for ATL spend evaluation.
• Driving profitability and taking initiatives for margin accretive projects.
• Managing and developing innovation framework guidelines for all innovation projects including renovation.
• Drive continuous improvements in process and procedures and partner in all automation/other projects to improve ways of working.
• Drive any cross functions projects.
• Work closely with Category & Media team for rolling up the plans.
• Follow up with Category team for timely creation of IO; maintenance of portal and timely updates to accommodate category requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum 2-3 years of post-qualification business partnering experience.
• Strong analytical ability and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interpret financial data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to optimize the category's financial performance.
• Chartered Accountant (first or second attempt) or MBA Finance from premier institute

Tata Consumer Products

Tata Consumer Products is an employer hiring in India (sector: Corporate / GCC / Consumer / Industrial). In its own words: "We are a focused consumer products company, home to iconic brands like Tata Tea, Tetley and Tata Salt."

CA Samaaj lists Tata Consumer Products's current India openings for finance, accounts, audit and tax professionals, taken from its official careers site (careers.tataconsumer.com) and checked regularly to remove closed jobs. Recent roles are based in In.

• Industry: Corporate / GCC / Consumer / Industrial