Overview Job Overview: This role would be primarily involved in the following activities: - Leading and directing Commercial Finance activities for India Foods businesses - Delivering Net Revenue & Cost to Serve for delivering India Foods NOPBT - Drives submissions of MIS, tracking of Commercial KPIs and business performance reviews with business leaders - Support the Business in its AOP delivery through analytical reviews and performance diagnosis - Set up and drive robust forecasting process - Work Closely with UM’s & Category leads to drive the top line agenda Responsibilities Responsibilities: Support and facilitate Unit commercial teams in developing country level Annual Operating Plan (AOP) across all Sales finance lines. Cascade and communicate AOP to locations in a seamless manner ensuring ownership & sign offs Ensure preparation of financial forecasts including monthly / quarterly P&L and volume analytics (forecasts / outlooks) and provide heads up on risks & opportunities Partner with Unit Manager in managing distribution economics and driving efficiency for foods cost to serve. Drive closing process of P&L and Balance Sheet as per defined frequency and ensure timeliness and accuracy Drive Balance Sheet hygiene, review and remediation centrally and with Locations as per rigorous calendar Drive the “Working Capital Productivity” ask on the Day Sales Outstanding (DSO) front Facilitate analysis and review of actual performance on key metrics (Trade margins, D&A, Modern Trade, Distributor margin & expenses, Sales Supervision costs, GTM types & expenses, Sales A&M / Central spends, Bottle & Crates analytics and turns Work with Sales Head on business performance reviews and determine interventions Provide Executive Committee Performance Review support Standardize financial review templates GCS: Facilitate Risk assessment with functions, support with control design, ensure S2C GCS cycle - monitoring, testing, remediation, risk assessment, effectiveness. Update GCS and SOX documentation Develop commercial proposals for deal creations with customers across channels Partner Business stakeholders in resolving business issues (commercial/legal) , Commercial KPI's tracking, giving on-going business support Ensure frequent engagement with Field Sales team and training to explain the processes, issue resolutions, consequence management Collaborate with HBS for process reviews Qualifications Qualifications: CA/MBA with 15+ years of prior experience in Finance Experience in Commercial and FP&A Experience in presenting business case or project case to business stakeholder Require excellent communication skills Require excellent analytical and presentation skills