Senior Finance Manager

Desired Location : Kochi /Bengaluru

Job Title: Fin Manager, Spices India

Business Overview:

Olam Food Ingredients India Pvt Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olam International limited, Singapore is involved in procurement, supply chain and midstream processing operations and is one of the major suppliers of Agro & Food Ingredients products like Cashew, Almonds, Coffee, Spices and Cocoa.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Mgr/Controller, Spices (OFI India) to work in a truly global environment to direct the Spices business finance activities of OFI India business including the accounting, controllership, management reporting & analysis and business partnering for the business. The role provides long term potential for someone eager to further develop their career within the fast‐paced food ingredients sector.

The role will report to the OFI India Country CFO on functional axis and Spices India business head on product axis

Key Responsibilities:

Financial accounting & controllership

• Responsible for financial and management accounting of the company in compliance with Ind AS & group policies and control standards.
• Timely closure of Statutory (Mar end) and Group Audit basis IFRS
• Responsible for ensuring strong internal control environment and adopt some of the best internal & external practices.
• Manufacturing & plant related controls and compliances including factory & labour laws, inventory management skills and product costing will be critical.

Management reporting, business performance review & budgeting

• Actively participate in the preparation of the annual budgets, comparison of actual performance against the budget, identifying and analyzing variance, devise and monitor the implementation of necessary actions
• Monthly MIS review along with CFO and Business team and bringing insights in terms of performance and independent point of view on performance and projections for rest of the year
• Scenario analysis of performance basis different business environment
• Cost, capital and commercial focus in Business performance review

System and processes

• Work on improving existing processes and systems, strengthening controls and improve efficiencies through automation & maximize usage of SAP
• Participate and work on organization wide Functional initiatives in areas such as capital productivity, cost optimization and management accounting policies.

Business Partnering and stakeholder management

• Manage interactions and engagement with global business stakeholders and also with local functional heads like operations, supply chain and commercial
• Be pro-active in understanding and addressing stakeholder requirements and be a critical support in driving business operations and growth.

Requirements:

· Chartered accountant with experience of around 10-15 years in MNCs or established Indian corporates with strong manufacturing experience. Additional qualification of Company Secretary (CS) will be preferable.

· Worked in a multi-cultural and multi geography organization (exposure in a Matrix Structure is preferred).

Key Strengths & Soft Skills

• Strong on Financial Concepts and Analysis, Results orientation, Ownership to deliver, Stakeholder Management, Strong analytical ability
• Team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to influence
• Multiple stakeholder management – external as well as Internal,
• Self-motivated with an ability to get things done, without reporting lines.
• · Having worked in an SAP Environment would be a good advantage.
• · Exposure to derivatives accounting and future trading in commodities would be an added advantage.