About the Company
One of IFFCO Group's Core Values is People. IFFCO Group* provides immense career and development opportunities, with benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity. With all roles in IFFCO Group*, whether an internship, graduate opportunities, or job opening to progress your professional career within IFFCO Group*, you can shape your own career path as you work with the brands and people that drive our vision and business growth. IFFCO Group* encourages our people to be entrepreneurs and we believe that our people make the big difference.
About the Role
This role is a high-level finance professional who oversees multi-companies budgeting, forecasting, and long-term strategic planning, and is forward-looking and focuses on maximizing future profitability and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Steward performance of companies under the Culinary, Oils & Fats and Beauty verticals, highlight gaps and suggest corrective actions.
- Act as a business partner to Business finance teams and CEOs to identify risk and opportunities to proactively support value creation.
- Support the Director Finance in managing the group as well as Business finance matters.
- Actively participate in development of Annual Business Plans of assigned Business Units.
- Help develop and monitor forward-looking business metrics.
- Help ensure financial discipline and working capital management, monitor capital expenditure and help enforce strict credit control.
- Monitor effective management of foreign currency, interest and counter party risks.
- Help devise risk management strategies.
- Support with strategizing and implementation of group-wide special initiatives.
- Critically examine existing systems, workflows, procedures, policies, controls and suggest improvements.
Qualifications
- 7 -10 years of progressive finance experience in FMCG / manufacturing environment, with at least 5 years in a dedicated FP&A management role.
Required Skills
- Highly preferred professional qualification: CPA, CMA, ACCA, CA, or CIMA.
Preferred Skills
- Leading and Managing Change.
- Ownership & Result Orientation.
- Planning & Decision Making.
- Self and Team Management.
- Strategic Thinking.
- Business Acumen – Financial and Commercial.
- Financial planning and Analysis.
- Financial Risk Management.
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