Job Title: Manager- Finance (Business Controller)
Job Location: Mumbai
In this role, you will have the opportunity to participate, analyse, & shape Business / Product Controlling and Steering Logic concept.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for Business Controlling and support Steering Logic implementation
Operations Reporting Controller:
- Operational Accounting / Product Controlling:
- Critically Review and Analyse Financials and Job profitability and co-ordinate with the Product / Operations to initiate necessary adjustments
- Conduct Customer Profitability reviews and provide transparency to key stakeholders
- Month End Analysis: Customer, Trade Lane, Product analysis and support Product and CFO to close the books on time
- Conducts business review meetings with key stakeholders on Month end Reporting, Forecasting and Budgeting.
- Oversees and reports on the financial findings and performance resulting from the Business Operations during the reporting period
- Monitors and Measures Product performance, Target achievements, drives root-cause analysis on KPI's such as Product / Station / File profitability, Cost of Sales, variance analysis, GP/EBIT conversion, productivity, etc.
- Actively coordinates and reviews loss making customers and loss-making countries and ensure proper follow-ups with respective parties for improvement actions.
- Provides accurate and timely financial analysis, performance related reporting and relevant financial information to management.
- Coordinates and supports in preparing and reviewing Budget activities
- Analyses issues and suggests enhancements in existing financial and operational processes
- Performs diverse duties depending on the dynamic needs of the organization and its members
- Prepares and submits monthly reporting and financial presentations to management and coordinate with countries for the same
- Ensures all group timelines to be met without exception.
- Contributes to and leads Global/ GSC Projects.
- Supports Steering Logic Concept implementation
- Flow to Forwin Reconciliation
- Sick File / Product monitor Dashboard
- Implement GP Optimization or Revenue Leakage Metrics
System & Tools Knowledge:
- Good to have knowledge of Forwin, Crest and Qlik dashboards
Functional Experience:
- Excellent understanding of Finance processes - for accounting and controlling in particular
- Possess knowhow and experience to assess changes in the process design to enable best-in-class controlling processes across the globe
- Previous experience being a part of or leading a complex Global Project with cross functional stakeholders
- Ability to work under pressure and in a changing environment
- Ability to work independently, manage own time and tasks
- Possess knowhow and experience on Freight Forwarding / Logistics Industry
Technical Skills:
- Accounting knowledge (Masters / Professional degree)
- Variance analysis, ability to identify, analyse and provide comments and highlight call for action
- P&L and BS financial analysis
- Reports & Data Analysis
- Regular use of analytical skills, using a hypothesis driven approach. Manages multiple reports independently and uses analysis data to accurately predict the future course of action and identify alternative solutions
- Advanced MS office
- Frequently works with spreadsheets and skilled at advanced functions (e.g.MS Access, Excel, PPT, Thinkcell,Qlik)
- Creates Power BI Dashboard or any other visual dashboard representation will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge of VBA Macro and process automation (optional)
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills
- MS Excel skills
- Presentation and communication skills
- Proactive and able to work under pressure
- Strong customer orientation (able to build and manage a successful business partnership)
- Constructive challenge (able to stand up for their ideas/beliefs and challenge for the better)
- Able to propose solutions, resolve problems and facilitate decision making
- Strong proficiency with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Efficiently managing multiple financial tasks, especially during peak periods such as Month/Quarter close.
- Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
