- Lead plant finance operations including budgeting, forecasting, MIS, accounting, and financial controls.
- Drive plant profitability through cost monitoring, variance analysis, and productivity improvement initiatives.
- Ensure accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing activities.
- Monitor inventory valuation, WIP accounting, product costing, and capitalization of assets.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Projects, and Commercial teams to support business decisions.
- Ensure statutory, taxation, internal audit, and regulatory compliance.
- Drive working capital optimization including inventory, receivables, and payables management.
- Implement and strengthen internal financial controls, risk management, and governance frameworks.
- Support external audits, statutory audits, internal audits, and corporate reviews.
- Prepare and present financial reports, dashboards, and management reviews for plant leadership and corporate finance teams.
- Drive digitalization and finance process improvement initiatives.

Essential Attributes:

- Strong understanding of manufacturing finance, cost accounting, inventory accounting,



and plant controllership.
- Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and management reporting.
- Sound knowledge of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS), GST, Income Tax, Companies Act, and audit requirements.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and influence business decisions.
- Solid controls mindset with focus on compliance and governance.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Experience in ERP systems such as SAP.

Desirable Attributes:

- Exposure to Defence, Aerospace, Automotive, Engineering, or Heavy Manufacturing sectors.
- Experience in project accounting and contract-based manufacturing environments.
- Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, Power BI, and advanced analytics tools.
- Experience managing finance teams in a multi-location manufacturing setup.

Desired Experience Level (in years)

10–12 years of post-qualification experience, with at least 5 years in a manufacturing plant finance leadership role.

📌 Finance Controller (Maharashtra)
🏢 TATA Advanced Systems
📍 Maharashtra