Brand Finance Manager, louis Philippe

Job Purpose

Provide data, analysis, and reports on the performance of apparel brands and business units. Deliver monthly MIS dockets for top management and corporate, coordinate Planning & Budgeting (P&B) for T&A, support quarterly decks for the business, and generate other ad-hoc reports and analyses as required.

Job Context & Major Challenges

Madura Fashion & Lifestyle (MFL), part of Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd., is a major branded apparel company offering a wide spectrum from mass-market to high-end fashion. The business is defined by iconic brands like Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Peter England, and People, operating through 1200+ stores and 850+ multi-brand outlets.

Key challenges include:

• Driving cross-functional integration for data preparation and analysis.
• Maintaining high accuracy in numbers used by top-level stakeholders, including investors.
• Keeping up-to-date with evolving regulations in accounting, taxation, and finance.
• Managing tight deadlines and urgent ad hoc requirements with consistent quality.
• Adapting to the evolving business environment with faster product cycles and more complex supply chains.
• Ensuring manufacturing operations remain profitable amid high cost pressures, competitive sourcing models, and changing product demands.

Key Result Areas

Financial Reporting

• Prepare brand-wise financials with variance analysis on a monthly basis.
• Track and help manage spend within budget norms.
• Develop dashboards for key brand deliverables and provide timely, accurate insights.

Financial Planning

• Prepare the brand's annual operating plan and mid-month P&L reports.
• Coordinate with brand/channel/department heads for budget inputs.
• Support the BRC and Chairman's presentations.
• Submit updated forecasts based on business environment changes.

Retail Expansion & Operational Review

• Develop retail performance decks with detailed metrics.
• Analyze retail costs at a granular level and support cost-saving initiatives.

Sales, Marketing & Sellex Analysis

• Provide deep analysis of NSV and volume across sub-brands, channels, regions, and stores.
• Analyze discount schemes, promotions, and their financial impact.
• Develop market scheme trackers and monitor budget adherence.

Pricing, Inventory & Other Strategic Inputs

• Track PC to MRP ratios across sub-brands.
• Conduct discount analysis and approve secondary discounts.
• Evaluate new store proposals for Retail and Departmental Stores.

Job Worker Management

• Reconcile inventory and financial records at regular intervals.
• Maintain and update compliance with statutory requirements.