CFO - Advanced Materials

Act as a key advisor to the leadership team on financial matters and business strategy.Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

• Lead annual budgeting, long-range planning, and rolling forecasts
• Build data-driven financial models for revenue, cost, and capital allocation
• Drive variance analysis, identify key business drivers, and recommend corrective actions
• Establish KPI dashboards across business units (composites, technical textiles, filtration, etc.)
• Strengthen decision support systems using analytics and digital tools

Strategic Finance & Growth

• Partner with CEO and leadership team on business strategy and capital allocation
• Evaluate new business opportunities, capex investments, and M&A initiatives
• Lead scenario planning and risk analysis for expansion into new markets/products
• Support pricing strategies and margin optimization
• Drive return on capital (ROCE) improvement initiatives

Business Finance (Commercial Finance)

• Act as a strategic business partner to BU heads and operations teams
• Enable profitability analysis by product line, geography, and customer segment
• Drive cost optimization programs across manufacturing and supply chain
• Monitor working capital (inventory, receivables, payables) and cash flow efficiency
• Support sales and operations planning (S&OP) with financial insights

Finance & Accounts Leadership

• Oversee accounting, financial reporting, and statutory compliance
• Ensure timely and accurate financial statements as per Ind AS / IFRS
• Manage audits, taxation, and regulatory compliance
• Establish strong internal controls and governance frameworks
• Lead finance transformation initiatives (ERP upgrades, automation, digitization)

Treasury & Capital Management

• Manage cash flow, banking relationships, and funding strategy
• Optimize capital structure and cost of capital
• Oversee forex risk management, especially for export-driven business
• Ensure liquidity for capex-heavy manufacturing operations

Manufacturing & Industrial Finance Focus

• Drive financial oversight of multi-plant manufacturing operations
• Monitor plant-level profitability, cost absorption, and efficiency metrics
• Evaluate capex projects, asset utilization, and payback periods
• Implement standard costing and variance tracking systems

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Build and lead a high-performance finance team
• Engage with Board of Directors, investors, auditors, and lenders
• Support potential IPO readiness / demerger transition requirements