Location
Mumbai
Reporting To
General Manager Category Finance
Job Description
What are the Key Deliverables in this role?
Financial Outcome
- Overall responsibility for Innovation P&Ls;
- Overall responsibility & controller for Marketing spends
- P&L; Management for consolidated capital foods performance (including ownership and review of TCPL and CFPL trial)
- Preparation of Monthly Overall Capital Foods system P&L; (Category X Channel)
- Assisting / review of the final BPC submissions for the consolidated Capital Foods P&L; including reviewing inter company transactions
- Assisting/ Working with the team for MTP and Annual Operating Plan exercises
- Annual planning for ATL spends. Work closely with Category & Media team for rolling up the plans.
- Responsible for tracking and reporting of ATL Spends at Category & activity Level -Actuals vs budget
- Monthly provisioning of spends and review of activities for actualization and to estimate (LE) spends for the rest of the yr.
- Responsible for setting up the processes for accounting & control of spends
- Responsible for all ATL vendor management, timely payments and reconciliations.
- Drive process improvements and harmonization across business
- Follow up with Category team for timely creation of IO; maintenance of portal and timely updates to accommodate category requirements.
Customer Service
- Managing Innovation project partners across functions (Innovation, Marketing, Packaging development etc.)
- Work closely with the Departmental Heads providing Finance perspectives enabling effective decision making
- Track innovation development and advertisement spends and ensure visibility at a project level.
- Reporting on responsibility on promotion and trade spends
- Reporting on monthly performance of Innovation for discussion with innovation team / category head
- Reporting on performance of launched innovation products to executive committee with 360 degree insights on finance performance distribution metrics and marketing support etc.
- Participate in contract execution and negotiation with vendors; Ensure adherence with the SOA on all ATL procurements – Goods & Services
- Ensure all KPIs, savings are tracked and reported w.r.t Media contracts and monthly reconciliation of plan vs execution of estimates.
- Deliver all reporting requirements in terms of ATL spends and develop a framework for ATL spend evaluation
Internal Processes
- Overall responsibility for managing Innovation projects for both domestic and exports
- Driving profitability and taking initiatives for margin accretive projects
- Managing and developing innovation framework guidelines for all innovation projects including renovation.
- Drive continuous improvements in process and procedures and partner in all automation/other projects to improve ways of working.
- Drive any cross functions projects.
What are the Critical success factors for the Role ?
- Chartered Accountant (first or second attempt) or MBA Finance from premier institute
- Minimum 2-3 years of post-qualification business partnering experience.
- Robust analytical ability and interpersonal skills
What are the Desirable success factors for the Role ?
- FMCG environment or related industry experience.
- Ability to interpret financial data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to optimize the category's financial performance.
📌 Manager - Category Finance (Mumbai)
🏢 Important Company of the Sector
📍 Mumbai
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