Senior Finance Manager, India and Middle East- Cement

Senior Finance manager, India and Middle East-Cement

Create a better future with sustainable solutions and join a diverse and inclusive work culture​ with an international scope.

We have an exciting opportunity for a seasoned finance professional to join our team in Chennai, India and be responsible for controlling our entities across India and the middle east.

As Senior Finance manager, you will be responsible for controlling of FLSmidth Cement entities and activities under your scope. This includes ensuring that financial reporting is completed accurately and on time, performing financial analysis, coordinating the local budget and forecasting processes, overseeing the internal and external activities of record keeping and reporting to management and Group Finance.

Your main stakeholders will be in India, middle east and Denmark. You will have a small team located in many countries and supported by an outsourced service provider handling all finance operations for your entities. You will report to the Head of Cement Finance, located in Denmark.

Your responsibilities:

• In support of the business partners locally and globally, assist in the coordination, preparation, and analysis of annual budget and quarterly estimates.
• Oversee the month-end close process by reviewing business results, and provide analysis of Net Working Capital elements including WIP, Inventory, AR, and AP.
• Ensures the quality and timely completion of monthly, quarterly and year-end financial reporting using OneStream/Hyperion and validation of the quality of the underlying data prepared by Financial Shared Service Center.
• Ensure clear data structures in our ERP system (Oracle) to enable maximum transparency to cost and P/L ownership in a Global matrix setup.
• Leading annual external audits.
• Provide ad hoc analytical support as required, to include preparation of financial models to support business cases.
• Administer and ensures compliance of corporate policies, IFRS and local statutory requirements.
• Partner with FSS to address periodic issues and work to improve operational procedures.

What you bring

• Master degree in finance, MBA or equivalent education, CPA is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in controlling and/or audit.
• Self-starter comfortable working in a dynamic environment with evolving roles and responsibilities.
• Experience working in a matrix organization and with global colleagues, especially remote support teams, is a must.
• Attention to detail, problem-solving and strong organization and communication skills.
• Manufacturing accounting experience is highly desirable, specially POC and WIP concepts.
• Comfortable performing hands-on tasks.
• Oracle and/or Hyperion experience are a huge plus.

Our Benefits include:

• Flexibility policy and possibility work remotely for 2/3 days a week.
• Competitive package based on your experience and qualifications.
• Financial support for continuing education
• An equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• A global network of supportive colleagues and growth opportunities

As an equal opportunity employer, FLSmidth embraces diversity and equality by promoting an environment of inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply - the more diverse our employees are, the stronger our team is.  In our commitment to equal opportunity and eliminating bias, we kindly request that you exclude personal information such as age, ethnicity, number of children, and photograph from your application materials.

Kindly note that we will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews on an ongoing basis so please apply as soon as possible. Candidates will be contacted by email. No recruiters and unsolicited agency referrals please.

About FLS Cement

FLSmidth Cement is a technology and service supplier with a passion to help our customers produce cement efficiently. After 140+ years of pioneering new innovations, we are uniquely positioned to be at the forefront of our industry’s green transition.