EXPECTED END RESULTS

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

1. Own the financial control of the Cost of Sales portfolio
• Maintain a complete view of outbound logistics, End-of-Life battery, connectivity services, intercompany pricing for imported vehicles and other cross-entity cost of sales items.
• Coordinate financial inputs across entities and functions to provide an integrated view of the Cost of Sales portfolio.
• Ensure costs are classified, consolidated and reported consistently across the region.

2. Lead the budgeting and forecasting process
• Coordinate budget, outlook and forecast submissions across contributing entities and functions.
• Develop forecast models using relevant operational and financial drivers, including volumes, rates, contractual assumptions and foreign exchange impacts where applicable.
• Review and constructively challenge key assumptions, ensuring alignment with regional and global planning guidance.
• Identify, quantify and communicate risks, opportunities and forecast sensitivities.

3. Deliver accurate monthly closing and management reporting




• Review actual results, accruals, provisions and reclassifications with accounting and functional teams.
• Reconcile source data to financial systems and work with contributors to resolve material differences and data gaps.
• Prepare monthly reporting with explicit variance analysis versus Budget, Forecast and Prior Year.
• Deliver accurate and timely reporting packages in line with regional closing deadlines.

4. Provide actionable cost performance insights

• Analyse cost evolution and identify the operational, volume, rate, mix, foreign exchange and timing drivers behind material variances.
• Develop cost-per-unit, trend and performance views appropriate to each cost stream.
• Translate complex cross-entity movements into concise management messages and recommended actions.
• Support scenario analysis, business cases and ad hoc management requests.

5. Improve data quality, reporting processes and automation
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📌 Manager, Finance (Chennai)
🏢 Nissan Motor
📍 Chennai