– Financial Planning & Analysis

Department: Finance & Accounts

Function: Costing & Commercial Finance

Location: Ahmedabad / HO

Company: Energy Beverages Pvt Ltd

Job Purpose To manage and monitor product costing, cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, MIS and variance analysis, while identifying cost optimization opportunities and providing actionable financial insights to support business decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Partnering & Financial Analysis

- Provide financial and cost inputs for business decisions and strategic initiatives.
- Support evaluation of Capex proposals, new projects and business cases.
- Prepare financial projections, profitability analysis and return evaluations.
- Work closely with Operations, Procurement, Sales, Logistics and other functions on all matters.

2. Budgeting & Forecasting

- Support preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
- Coordinate with departments to collect assumptions and business inputs.
- Track budget vs. actual performance and highlight significant deviations.
- Support monthly variance analysis and closure of identified gaps.

3. MIS & Reporting

- Prepare timely and accurate monthly P&L; MIS.
- Develop dashboards and reports highlighting key cost, revenue and profitability movements, variances and business trends.
- Ensure timely collection and validation of data from relevant stakeholders.
- Provide actionable insights to management for decision-making.

4. Costing & Cost Control

- Prepare and maintain accurate product-wise and SKU-wise costing.
- Monitor COGS, standard costing and actual costing and identify significant variances.
- Identify cost leakages and opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure costing assumptions and master data remain accurate.

5. Process Improvement & Automation





- Identify opportunities to automate recurring costing, reporting and data-preparation activities.
- Develop and improve Excel-based tools, dashboards and reporting formats.
- Reduce manual effort and improve data accuracy and turnaround time.

6. Cost Optimization

- Monitor cost trends and benchmark costs against defined standards.
- Identify areas of higher-than-planned expenditure and recommend corrective actions.
- Support initiatives focused on improving margins and overall cost efficiency.
- Track implementation and impact of approved cost-reduction initiatives.

Key KRAs & KPIs

KRA

Key KPI

MIS & Reporting Excellence

Timely and accurate MIS, dashboards and decision-support reports

Business Partnering & Strategic Support

Cross-functional support, financial analysis, CapEx/project evaluation

Systems & Process Automation

Automation of costing/reporting activities and reduction in manual effort

Cost Management & Optimization

Costing accuracy, variance control, cost leakage identification and optimization

Budgeting & Forecasting

Timely budget preparation, forecast accuracy and budget-vs-actual analysis

Desired Competencies

- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- Excellent knowledge of MS Excel and financial modelling
- Robust understanding of costing, budgeting and variance analysis
- Ability to work with large datasets and management MIS
- Business partnering and stakeholder management skills
- Problem-solving and attention to detail
- Process improvement and automation mindset

Educational Qualification & Experience

- Qualification: CA / CMA / MBA Finance / M.Com / B.Com or equivalent
- Experience: 3–7 years in Costing, Management Accounting, FP&A;, Commercial Finance or Cost Control
- Experience in FMCG / Manufacturing / Beverage / Consumer Goods would be preferred.

Pay: ₹1,500,000.00 - ₹2,000,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Financial Planning And Analysis (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Energy Beverages
📍 Ahmedabad