General Finance Specialist

1. Project Commercials & Margin Tracking

• Track and analyze project margins end-to-end - from order booking through execution and project closure.

• Monitor Costs Incurred vs. Cost to Come at a project level proactively flag deviations, overruns, and margin risks.

• Prepare and maintain project-level P&L statements with focus on Gross Contribution (GC%), Net Manufacturing Cost (NMC), and overall project profitability.

• Conduct periodic margin reviews (SO-level / L2-level) and highlight anomalies, margin erosion trends, or unfavorable cost variances.

• Support project teams with commercial insights to drive better decision-making on pricing, cost control, and resource allocation.

• Liaise with project managers and operations to validate cost assumptions, forecast completion costs, and maintain up-to-date project financial models.

2. Business Intelligence & Dashboard Development

• Design, develop, and maintain BI dashboards (Power BI, AWS QuickSight, or equivalent) providing real-time visibility into project financials, cost performance, and margin trends.

• Create interactive margin waterfall charts, cost variance dashboards, and project health scorecards for leadership reviews.

• Develop MBR / QBR financial decks with clear visualizations of project performance, profitability, and cost exposure.

• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and timely refresh of all dashboard reports across finance and operations.

• Collaborate with IT / data teams for data pipeline reliability and model governance.

3. Automation & Process Improvement

• Identify and automate repetitive financial reporting, data consolidation, and reconciliation tasks to reduce manual effort.

• Build automated workflows for margin tracking, cost roll-ups, provision monitoring, and variance analysis using tools such as Excel VBA, Power Automate, or Python.

• Drive continuous improvement in reporting turnaround time, data quality, and analytical accuracy.

• Standardize and document finance processes, templates, and reporting frameworks to ensure scalability.

• Evaluate and implement RPA or low-code tools to further streamline Finance operations workflows.

4. Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Present financial insights, project health updates, and margin commentary clearly to cross-functional teams and senior management.

• Translate complex financial data into simple, compelling narratives for non-finance stakeholders.

• Collaborate with Project Managers, Procurement, and Operations to align on commercial terms, cost assumptions, and project forecasts.

• Prepare concise and actionable financial summaries for monthly and quarterly business reviews.

• Act as the Finance business partner for operational project teams, providing proactive financial guidance.

5. Service Operations - Margins & Profitability Analysis

• Perform Entry vs. Exit margin analysis to assess margin leakage, identify root causes (scope changes, cost overruns, pricing gaps), and report trends to the Management.

• Conduct zone-wise and LOB-wise profitability analysis to identify high-performing and underperforming regions present comparative P&L summaries to the Management.

• Track labor efficiency metrics - technician utilization, billable vs. non-billable hours, cost per service call, and manpower deployment patterns.

• Prepare and maintain project-level P&L statements with focus on GC%, NMC, VCM, and overall profitability.

Education

• Inter CA (ICAI) or Inter CMA (ICMAI) - Mandatory qualification

• Graduation in Commerce / Finance - B.Com / BBA or equivalent

Experience

• 3 - 6 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing industry environment

• Hands-on experience in project costing, margin analysis, and commercial finance

• Prior exposure to tracking project-level costs against estimates/budgets - incurred vs. cost to come analysis

• Experience supporting monthly/quarterly business review cycles in a manufacturing or industrial setting

Technical Skills