Job description:
Purpose of the Job
The financial Controller is responsible for leading all financial governance activities for the geographic unit. This includes planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance controlling, margin analysis, and strategic financial support. The role partners closely with the General Manager (GM) and Station Managers to achieve goals and objectives including commercial and strategic ones. While ensuring compliance with financial corporate standards and policies.
The GU Controller acts as the financial co-pilot for operational leadership, ensuring transparency, cost efficiency, and sustainable profitability.
Job Description
Financial Planning & Budgeting
Lead annual Budget preparation process, ensuring solid coordination with business key stakeholders.
Consolidate inputs from operations, sales, logistics, treasury, and support functions and guide other functions on best practices and assumptions to be used for budgeting purposes.
Challenge assumptions to ensure accuracy, realism, and alignment with organizational goals.
Present planning outputs to regional and global finance stakeholders.
Weekly update of forecasting and ensure proper action plans taken where appropriate.
Lead the process of Flash, Next Month Forecast, Mid-Month Forecast.
Lead the process of Rolling forecast on quarterly basis.
Performance Controlling & Business Partnering
Track country/cluster level performance vs. budget and forecasts.
Conduct variance analysis (volume, revenue, cost, productivity, yield, and margin).
Support GM and station managers with decision-making insights.
Identify risks and prospects, recommending corrective actions.
Cost Optimization & Profitability Management
Analyze cost drivers across pickup, delivery, Middlemile, Linehaul and overhead functions.
Lead initiatives to improve margin performance and operational efficiency.
Ensure profitability by product, station, and customer segment.
Ensure timely billing and control revenue l
📌 Gu Financial Controller Mumbai
🏢 Aramex
📍 Mumbai