Chartered Accountant-Business Analyst

Role : Chartered Accountant-Business Analyst

Location : Mumbai

Qualification : CA

Experience : 5 to6 years

Job Description :

1.Performance Management & Value Enhancement of Pulp Units

Lead end-to-end performance analysis of Pulp Units to drive sustainable improvement in operational and financial outcomes.

Monitor and challenge actual performance vs. plan/budget, identifying deviations, root causes, and corrective actions.

Institutionalize benchmarking across pulp operations, costs, and efficiencies to identify gaps and drive continuous improvement.

Compare KPIs against global and domestic pulp peers to assess competitiveness and improvement levers.

Proactively highlight structural and cyclical challenges impacting performance and support leadership with fact-based recommendations.

2. Management Reporting, Insights & Executive Decision Support

Act as the single point of consolidation and insight generation for monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc management reporting.

Analyze and consolidate key MIS reports including:

Flash Performance

Monthly Business Report

Forex, Borrowing & Surplus Statements

Oil Hedging Reports

Quarterly BRC packs

Prepare and present quarterly performance decks for the Business Review Council (BRC).

Conduct deep-dive performance reviews of Pulp Units for Ex-Com discussions, focusing on risks, opportunities, and forward actions.

Enable leadership decisions through high-impact presentations, dashboards, and analytical narratives.

Further ensure statutory compliance from corporate governance standpoint.

3.Capital Allocation, Capex Governance & Strategic Investments

Review, challenge, and validate Capex proposals, ensuring alignment with business strategy, returns, and risk appetite.

Support preparation and presentation of Capex proposals for Capex BRC, including financial justification and sensitivity analysis.

Partner with senior management in prioritization of capital allocation across growth, efficiency, and sustainability initiatives.

4. Planning, Budgeting & Forward-Looking Business Steering

Play key role in Annual Pre-P&B and Planning & Budgeting cycles across Pulp Units.

Drive consolidation and review of:

Production & volume plans

Revenue & cost structures

Ratios, opex, and capex assumptions

Coordinate with senior leadership to ensure coherent, consistent, and decision-ready data for review forums.

Challenge assumptions to ensure robust, realistic, and strategy-aligned budgets.

5. Controls, Governance & Digital Enablement

Review and monitor financial and operational control frameworks across units.

Identify control gaps, non-compliances, and process risks, and actively support units in strengthening governance.

Automation and digitization of MIS and control reports through:

SAP

Hyperion

Power BI dashboards

Enable a single source of truth and reduce manual intervention in reporting.

6. Market Intelligence, Pricing & Transfer Pricing Support

Track global pulp prices, demand-supply dynamics, and industry trends.

Support transfer pricing assessments and audits through analysis of internal and external pricing agreements.

Provide insights on market movements and competitor performance to support strategic positioning.

7. Treasury, Fund Planning & Banking Support

Support Pulp Units in fund-raising, fund planning, and liquidity management.

Engage with banks for:

Fresh credit limits

Renewal of existing facilities

Clarifications and financial justifications

Conduct cash flow analysis and forward cash planning to anticipate funding requirements and optimize deployment of surplus funds.

8. Strategic Initiatives, Growth & Portfolio Review

Actively support strategic initiatives across the Pulp Business, including:

Organic expansion

Inorganic opportunities

Portfolio and asset performance review

Provide analytical support, scenario evaluation, and performance tracking for