You will need to be able to demonstrate:

- Business Acumen
- An Inquisitive and Growth Mindset
- An Owner Mindset – get to the root cause and bring solutions.
- Solid Influencer skills – Communication, catalyst for action

Your key stakeholders will be:

- Growth and Emerging Market President and CFO
- Commercial leaders and finance leads
- Commercial Excellence
- Finance teams (Accounting, FP&A;, Supply Chain Finance)

What you'll be doing:

- Oversee the Sales and Operating Expense Budget and Forecast for GEM Region (Latin Americas, Asia, China, Middle East Turkey and Africa, Central and Eastern Europe & Isreal)
- Experience in managing the Budgeting process and validation for the entire P&L;, including Sales, Operating Expenses, and Operating Income
- Lead full P&L; business reviews with marketing heads, covering sales, COGS, OCOS, R&D;, SG&A;, and operating income
- Collaborate with commercial and marketing teams to manage demand forecasting and address supply constraints
- Conduct monthly financial reviews, analyzing the drivers behind sales and cost variances versus Budget and Forecast
- With a focus on Decision Support activities, you will be responsible for preparing exploratory and predictive analytics, supporting tenders/deal decisions with profitability analysis and providing business analysis to support strategic decisions across the countries in GEM




- Collaborate with the GEM Commercial Excellence and Regional Marketing Teams to understand sales force metrics, sales incentives, dashboards, KPI definitions and distributor trends to build proposals to accelerate business growth.
- Evaluate the ROI of incremental and existing SG&A; costs, identifying areas for improvement
- Challenge the optimization of the asset base including sales associated with lease capex, inventory management and management of associated risks.
- Adhoc Business Project support and analysis
- Support the FP&A; and Business teams with input for the Baxter Forecast, Budget, and Long-Range Plan cycles.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting or related field (country equivalent)

- Minimum of 7-8 years' experience in broad financial roles with multi-national companies in the FP&A; domain
- Qualified Accountant is an advantage – Chartered or Management Accountant

Competencies

- FP&A; Experience of managing Full P&L;
- Solid business knowledge and commercial acumen
- Strategic thinking and 'owner' mindset
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills
- Strong communication, both verbal and written presentation skills
- Act with the highest level of compliance and integrity
- Accountability
- Exhibit Baxter's Culture Levers: Speed, Simplicity, Courage, Collaboration

📌 Associate Manager, Finance (Gurugram)
🏢 Baxter India
📍 Gurugram