General Manager Finance and Accounts at Olam Agri

About role

Finance is a contemporary and forward-looking function that is driving value by being a world-class partner to our business.

As a Finance Controller you will partner with the business unit in the country (Business Head, Sales & Functional leads) to ensure P&L transparency & accuracy and to drive the business towards targets & operational KPIs achievement. As successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate ability to link business decisions to financial impacts.

The key attributes would Include

• Controllership: You are a controller that ensures accurate, efficient and timely delivery of relevant reports, while ensuring hygiene of accounting, book-keeping, various systems and processes.
• Performance Officer: You help us to be on track with robust and timely performance tracking. You will ensure budgetary process improvements and achieve better predictability on outcomes
• Value Manager: You also ensure & support value maximization initiatives (interest, Trade Finance, currency management, etc.)
• Co-Strategist: You are our strategist; you help in value-added decision support through superior data analytics and help us drive special projects to growth. Ensure and support value maximization initiatives (Interest, Trade Finance etc.)

Impact Areas for a Finance Controller

• Business Financial Insights: Your in-depth knowledge on financial/management accounting principles will help us to accurately reflect the business performance.
• Controls, Compliance & Assurance: Our ability to evaluate risks and determining their impact on the management audit, developing and/or modifying audit procedures as required. You ensure compliances to legal and secretarial requirements as well as functioning within the norms of statutory audit regulations respective to country/ business.
• Reporting & process efficiencies: The finance controller demonstrates conceptual ability to ideate and implement robust systems & processes suited to business/ country. You also display accuracy and efficiency in MIS reporting, budgeting.
• Capability Building: Build capability in finance function, growing finance leadership pipeline and ensuring effective knowledge & expertise transfer for effective execution of finance strategies: Personal Credibility & Thought Leadership Building Functional Capability

Requirements

• A qualified chartered accountant with 6-10 years of experience in finance in Mfg. setup, preferably from FMCG.
• Experience in handling Plant Finance/ Business Finance
• Should have led team in delivering month end activities and Finance KPI.
• Should have worked on implementing Industry best practices about Compliance and Governance.
• Hands on experience with Balance sheet analysis, P&L analysis, Cost savings initiatives, and Capex project evaluations.
• Working SAP knowledge and excellent Microsoft office skills is mandatory.
• Experienced in handling audit assignments including statutory audit, Internal Audit and Tax audits and Budget exercises.