Division Department Sub Department 1 Job Purpose This position is for Lead
- Financial planning and Analysis (FPnA) for Indore site, responsible for managing overall financial activities of Unit (like budgeting, MIS reporting etc.) and ensuring adequate controls at site . Additionally, person will be responsible as a business partner for Unit I and III (assisting units for PR, CER and other Financial matters). Key Accountabilities (1/6) FP&A; activities for Indore Operations
• Budget controller at site level (Mfg., quality and Admin)
• Monthly Reporting of expenses (head wise)
• Budget preparation activity
• Trend analysis, data analytics and review of expense G.
Ls.
• Monthly meeting with SLT team for updates
• Reporting reason/justification for Budget Overrun Key Accountabilities (2/6) Business Partnering with Unit I and III for all relevant support required
• Evaluation and Approval of Purchase Requisitions (PRs) and Capex Expenditure Requisitions (CERs)
• Evaluation of Product Transfer Proposal
• Support and coordination with FSS for Payment
• Resolution of Vendor’s queries of Invoice booking/payment
• Coordination for other requirements like Inventory, WIP, Audit etc Key Accountabilities (3/6) Manage Opex Activities and closing activities
• Provision tracking and controlling every month for accurate reporting.
• Cost correction and allocation entries.
• Expense dump tagging and MPR preparation.
• Support and coordination with CER Support Team for User specific requirements
• Opex Budget Activities
• Response to Auditor’s Queries for Capex Key Accountabilities (4/6) Controllership and Compliances for Indore Operations




• Controllership and Governance on Financial and accounting aspect.
• Handing Internal audits at site and final closure
• IFC controls implementation and adherence
• Adherence to DOA
• Verification of Measurement sheet on monthly basis to keep control and rigour Key Accountabilities (5/6) Key Accountabilities (6/6) Major Challenges
• Prioritization of tasks and smooth operations
- Overcome by putting in extra work hours & planning
• Managing complexity, multiple stakeholders
- Overcome by solving thing in a structured manner Key Interactions (1/2)
• Site functional teams e.g. Stores, production, HR, engineering, etc
• Site Head
• Central Mfg team
• Corporate Finance team
• Legal Team
• Internal Audit Team
• IT team
• Taxation
• Costing
• BU finance
• Capacity Planning Key Interactions (2/2)
• Statutory Auditors
• Internal Auditors
• External vendorsConsultants – Statutory & project related Dimensions (1/2) Dimensions (2/2) Key Decisions (1/2) Month end Opex provisioning Approve Unit level PR and CER as a Business Partner Unit related Payment issues Key Decisions (2/2) Recommendations for > Rs 25 lacs capex proposals Recommendations for budget escalations & key critical spends > Rs 5 lacs opex Education Qualification CA Relevant Work Experience
• 2-5 years of manufacturing finance experience across different Finance verticals handling similar size operations & complexities
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process,
• Well verse with SAP (Hana)
• Sound knowledge on regulatory compliance, statutory reporting, Accounting standards, Indirect taxation
• Managed Opex and Capex related work
• Worked on MIS reporting.

📌 Senior Factory Finance Accountant (Bengaluru)
🏢 Cipla
📍 Bengaluru