Finance Planner

Job Summary

Role Summary:

We are seeking a Chartered Accountant (CA) Fresher to focus on Inventory Analytics and Opex Analytics. The role involves data-driven analysis, reporting, cost control, and partnering with Supply Chain and Operations to drive efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

1) Inventory Analytics:

. Create dashboards for inventory turns, DOH, aged inventory, slow/non-moving stock.

. Track SLOB provisions and reconcile provision movements.

. Perform inventory variance analysis (volume, price, mix, scrap, write-offs).

. Ensure compliance with inventory valuation policies.

2) Opex Analytics:

. Build monthly Opex dashboards by cost center.

. Support budgeting, forecasting, and run-rate analysis.

. Prepare variance analysis and identify cost-saving opportunities.

. Track cost initiatives and quantify benefits.

. Recommend appropriate accruals and improve expense governance.

3) Management Reporting & Business Partnering:

. Prepare management packs and dashboards.

. Partner with Operations and Functions to drive action plans.

. Standardize reports and definitions.

Educational qualification: Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, economics, or a related field is mandatory. Postgraduate in Finance, Business Administration or a related field is preferred.
Professional certifications such as Cost and Management Accountants (CMA), Certified Public Accountants (CPA), or Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or equivalent is preferred.
Minimum work experience:
3+ years of experience

Skills & attributes &Critical exposures
Functional Skills
. Regulatory Compliance
. Regulatory Filings
. Technical Documentation
. Change Control
. Laboratory Information
. Risk Management
. Chromatography
Resident Skills
. Enterprise Resource Planning
. Regulatory Compliance
. Database Management
. Digital Literacy
Behavioural Skills
. Analytical Precision - Translates complex sales data into clear, actionable insights that enable accurate forecasting and agile business decisions.
. Cross-Functional Agility - Collaborates seamlessly with CFTs to integrate real-time trends, streamline reporting, and support strategic reviews.
. Improvement Orientation - Drives performance visibility, peer benchmarking, and automation to unlock efficiency and support profitable growth.
Critical exposures
. Exposure to 1 complete cycle of financial forecasting, and budgeting exercise for the organization is preferred
. Experience in financial analysis, including variance analysis, trend analysis and scenario analysis is desired
. Experience in preparing MIS, Sales reporting, financial performance and key financial metrics is desired
. Minimum 2 years experience in Financial Planning and Analysis or Controlling or Accounting functions is preferred