This is a senior leadership role reporting to the CFO/Business Head with responsibility for plant finance, manufacturing costing, budgeting, financial controls, inventory management, compliance, and business partnering.

Financial Control & Governance

- Ensure robust financial controls, accounting accuracy, and compliance with company policies and statutory regulations.
- Oversee plant accounting, financial reporting, month-end and year-end closures.
- Ensure compliance with Companies Act, GST, Income Tax, and other statutory requirements. Costing & Manufacturing Finance
- Lead product costing, standard costing, variance analysis, and margin tracking for large caliber products.
- Monitor and control manufacturing costs including raw materials, conversion costs, overheads, and capex.
- Support pricing, bid costing, and commercial evaluations for defense contracts. Budgeting, Forecasting & MIS
- Prepare and monitor annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans for the plant.
- Track actuals vs budget and drive corrective actions with operations teams.
- Develop and present financial MIS, dashboards, and performance reports to leadership. Inventory, Capex & Working Capital
- Ensure strong control over inventory accounting, valuation, obsolescence, and provisioning.
- Monitor working capital parameters including receivables, payables,



and inventory days.
- Review, monitor, and control capex proposals, execution, and capitalization. Audit, Risk & Compliance
- Coordinate with internal auditors, statutory auditors, and government agencies.
- Ensure audit readiness and closure of audit observations.
- Support compliance with defense audits, DGAQA requirements, and contract-specific financial obligations. Business Partnering & Decision Support
- Act as a finance business partner to Operations, Supply Chain, and Program teams.
- Provide timely financial insights to support decision-making and operational efficiency.
- Support contract reviews, claims, and financial risk assessments. Team Leadership
- Lead and develop the plant finance team.
- Implement best practices in finance processes, controls, and systems.

Qualifications & Experience
- Chartered Accountant (CA) only.
- 1215 years of experience in manufacturing finance.
- At least 5–7 years in a senior finance/controller role in Defense & aerospace manufacturing , Heavy engineering / explosives / metals / automotive preferred
- Robust understanding of manufacturing costing, inventory management, and project finance.
- Experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred).

📌 Senior Manager- Plant Finance (Bhind)
🏢 Woven Talent
📍 Bhind