15 years of work experience in the pharmaceuticals, speciality chemicals industry handling finance function including business finance, costing, MIS reporting, budgeting, treasury, tax compliance, audit and all finance sub functions
Knowledge/ Technical Skills
- Good understanding of pharmaceuticals, speciality chemicals industries preferred.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead and motivate the finance team.
- Robust understanding of MIS reporting, P&L;, Balance Sheet, Costing, Expense and Budget management
- Strong compliance record on IT, GST and audit compliance
- Ability to budget and forecast cash flow requirements based on quarter-to-quarter budgeting and rolling sales forecasts.
- Ability to budget and forecast cash flow requirements for projected Capex requirements.
- Ability to maintain healthy cash reserves in the company by managing both incoming and outgoing cash flow.
- Experience of having worked with financial institutions and other partners to secure credit as required.
- Positive secretarial understanding to work with consultants to enable stock market listing/issue as and when required.
- Interpersonal and Communication Ability: The ability to build relationships with clients, suppliers, internal departments and other stakeholders, and to effectively communicate to all audiences.
Key Deliverables
1. Budget & Plan
- Prepare bottom up quarterly and yearly business plan and budget and present it for approval.
- Monitor Sales numbers in-line with approved quarterly and annual budgets.
- Monitor and intervene when required to ensure Margin numbers in-line or exceeding approved quarterl