Cipla—Senior Factory Finance Accountant

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Description: 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.