Responsibilities
1. Governance, Compliance & Financial Controls

- Ensure end‑to‑end compliance with approved Delegation of Authority (DOA) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across all transactions and deals.
- Monitor and validate that the business operates strictly within approved financial and operational frameworks.
- Ensure all deals and transactions adhere to lead‑down SOPs and internal control policies.
- Drive real‑time deal‑level profitability tracking and reporting.
- Conduct weekly and monthly performance reviews with internal and external stakeholders.
- Publish monthly profitability reports with detailed variance analysis and actionable insights.
- Ensure adherence to all statutory, regulatory, and compliance requirements on a real‑time basis.

2. Operational Finance & Process Excellence
- Support daily operational finance activities, including PR/PO management, invoicing, and payment cycles.
- Ensure accurate and timely financial inputs are provided to the customer invoicing team.
- Validate commercial terms such as pricing, payment terms, contract validity, and agreement compliance.
- Conduct comprehensive financial due diligence during onboarding of new customers and vendors.
- Actively participate in bidding processes, commercial evaluations, and contract finalization.




- Monitor and analyze key KPIs including cost optimization, service reliability, and vendor/customer performance.

3. Market Intelligence & Risk Management
- Stay proactively informed on market trends, freight rate movements, and regulatory changes impacting international freight forwarding.
- Assess financial risks related to capacity constraints, rate volatility, and supply chain disruptions.
- Develop and implement risk mitigation and contingency strategies to protect margins and business continuity.

4. Cross‑Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with logistics operations, supply chain management, legal, and compliance teams.
- Align finance strategies with business objectives across e‑commerce, retail, and manufacturing verticals.
- Serve as a trusted finance advisor to the business, supporting data‑driven decision‑making.

Qualifications

- - Chartered Accountant (CA) .
- 12–18 years of progressive experience in logistics or international freight forwarding finance, with solid exposure to shipping and forwarding contracts.
- Demonstrated experience in commercial negotiation, stakeholder management, and relationship building.
- Strong working knowledge of SAP and other business ERP/financial platforms.

📌 Finance Controller - International freight forwarding (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Adani
📍 Ahmedabad