EA To CFO - FP&A

1. Business Performance and P&L Monitoring:

• Monitor the financial performance of business units, including revenue, profitability, operating costs, and margins.
• Review P&L statements, budgets, forecasts, and actual performance against targets.
• Identify financial deviations, cost inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve profitability.
• Track key financial and operational KPIs across business divisions.

2. Strategic Support to the CFO:

• Support the CFO in evaluating business performance, strategic priorities, and financial decisions.
• Analyse business proposals, investments, cost optimisation initiatives, and growth opportunities.
• Develop data-backed insights and recommendations for management decision-making.
• Translate financial information into actionable business insights.

3. Financial Planning and Management Reviews:

• Coordinate annual operating plans, budgeting, forecasting, and periodic financial reviews.
• Prepare management presentations, business review reports, and performance dashboards.
• Consolidate inputs from finance, sales, manufacturing, supply chain, and other functions.
• Track action items arising from monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews.

4. Cross-functional Coordination:

• Act as a coordination link between the CFO and senior business leaders, including BU heads, finance controllers, and functional heads.
• Follow up on critical business initiatives, financial deliverables, and management decisions.
• Ensure timely availability of financial information and updates for the CFO.
• Drive alignment between finance and business teams on key priorities.

5. Business Finance and Commercial Analysis:

• Review product-wise, business-unit-wise, and market-wise revenue and profitability.
• Analyse cost structures, pricing, product margins, working capital, and operating efficiency.
• Support assessments of capital expenditure, business expansion, and resource allocation.
• Evaluate financial implications of commercial and operational decisions.

6. CFO Office and Executive Support:

• Manage the CFO's priority calendar, critical meetings, and key deliverables.
• Prepare agendas, presentations, briefing notes, and minutes of meetings.
• Track the progress of strategic initiatives and ensure closure of agreed action points.
• Handle sensitive financial information and confidential business discussions.

7. Governance and Financial Reporting:

• Coordinate with controllership, taxation, treasury, internal audit, and compliance teams as required.
• Track important reporting deadlines, audit observations, and governance-related action items.
• Ensure that management reports are accurate, consistent, and available on time.