AM-Finance Beauty

IFFCO • Bangalore, India • 17h ago

Job Summary

The role is pivotal in driving financial excellence across the organization by closely monitoring performance, identifying operational and financial gaps, and recommending actionable improvements. Serving as a strategic advisor to Business Finance teams and CEOs, the role enables informed decision-making by proactively assessing risks and uncovering growth opportunities. It involves supporting the Director of Finance in overseeing both group-level and business-specific financial functions, shaping annual business plans, and strengthening financial planning, control, and governance. Core areas include optimizing working capital, monitoring capital investments, enforcing credit discipline, and mitigating financial and operational risks. Additionally, the role plays a key part in managing foreign exchange exposures, advancing group-wide strategic initiatives, and continuously refining financial systems, policies, and internal controls to support sustainable growth.

Roles & Responsibilities

Steward the performance of companies & highlight gaps and suggest corrective actions.
Act as a business partner to Business finance teams and CEOs to identify risks and opportunities to support value creation proactively
Support the Director of Finance in managing the group as well as Business finance matters
Actively participate in the development of Annual Business Plans of assigned Business Units
Help develop and monitor forward-looking business metrics
Help ensure financial discipline and working capital management, monitor capital expenditure and help enforce strict credit control
Monitor effective management of foreign currency, interest and counter-party risks
Help devise risk management strategies
Support with strategizing and implementation of group-wide special initiatives
Critically examine existing systems, workflows, procedures, policies, and controls and suggest improvements

KPIs

Effectiveness in identifying and addressing performance gaps across business units
Quality and timeliness of financial insights provided to business leaders
Contribution to the development and execution of Annual Business Plans
Accuracy and reliability of financial forecasts and forward-looking metrics
Effectiveness in supporting working capital optimization
Capex monitoring and adherence to budgetary controls
Implementation and enforcement of credit control policies
Identification and mitigation of financial and operational risks
Contribution to foreign exchange and treasury risk management strategies
Involvement in successful execution of group-level strategic initiatives
Improvements made to financial systems, workflows, and internal controls
Adherence to internal policies and regulatory compliance requirements
Level of collaboration with Business Finance teams and senior leadership
Support provided to the Director of Finance on cross-functional matters
Initiatives taken to enhance financial discipline and governance practices