Key Responsibility Areas

A. Management Reporting & MIS

- Prepare and publish the monthly, quarterly and annual MIS pack within the agreed calendar - P&L;, channel and brand performance, store-level profitability, cost analysis and KPI dashboards.
- Own the daily and weekly sales flash and its reconciliation to the closed month; ensure there is no reporting surprise between flash and actuals.
- Prepare business review decks for management, brand partners and the board; own the storyline, not just the schedules.
- Ensure a single version of truth - one definition, one number, one source, across every report issued by the function.

B. Budgeting & Forecasting

- Drive the Annual Operating Plan - coordinate with functions, retail, marketing, supply chain and HR to build a bottom-up plan for revenue, gross margin, opex and headcount.
- Prepare rolling forecasts and re-forecasts; quantify the impact of trading trends, recent store additions, closures and cost movements on the full-year landing.
- Build and maintain the financial model for the business, including scenario and sensitivity analysis on discounting, footfall, conversion and cost inflation.

C. Performance & Variance Analysis

- Analyse actual vs. budget vs. prior year at every relevant cut - channel, category, store - and explain why the variance arose, not merely its quantum.




- Track and interpret retail KPIs: LTL / SSSG, ASP, ABV, UPT, conversion, footfall, sell-through, GMROF, GMROI, discount percentage and marketing ROI.
- Analyse the fixed and variable cost structure; monitor cost lines against plan and support cost reduction initiatives with baselines, tracking and validated savings.
- Support store-level profitability reviews and provide the analytics behind open, continue or exit decisions.

D. Working Capital & Cash

- Prepare cash flow forecasts and monitor actuals against them.
- Track inventory ageing, cover, provisioning and liquidation performance; flag risk early.
- Monitor debtor and creditor ageing and the resulting impact on the working capital cycle.

E. Process & Automation

- Automate recurring reports; move the function from manual compilation toward dashboarded, self-serve reporting.
- Improve data integrity at source in coordination with IT and the various ERP teams.
- Benchmark performance against competitors and published industry data.

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📌 Lead - Financial Planning & Analysis - International Brands (Mumbai)
🏢 Aditya Birla Insulators
📍 Mumbai