Senior Financial Associate

EXECUTIVE

Function

Finance

Pay Band

M2

Role

Strategic Business Partnering (Corporate Functions)

• Strategic Advisor: Act as the primary financial lead for Corporate Functions (Operations, Quality, HR, etc.), ensuring alignment between departmental goals and the company’s financial framework.

• Investment Governance: Analyze and evaluate high-impact strategic investment decisions, conducting complex sensitivity analysis to optimize the best-case scenarios for the enterprise.

• Performance Standards: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive improvement projects and establish competitive benchmarking tools against peer groups.

• Control Leadership: Educate and influence user departments regarding finance document requirements and internal control protocols to maintain total financial integrity.

Enterprise Budgeting & Business Planning

• Annual Planning Leadership: Lead the consolidation and evaluation of the annual business plan across all functions and locations using zero-based budgeting.

• Forecast Architecture: Accountable for the preparation, presentation, and strategic defense of annual forecasted financials.

• Adherence Monitoring: Stringently monitor organizational adherence to business plans, providing corrective insights to senior leadership.

Financial Analytics & Management Reporting

• Advanced Variance Analysis: Evaluate justifications for variances in financial performance and curate dynamic controls to address highlighted observations.

• Decision-Centric MIS: Oversee the preparation of MIS regarding manpower, productivity, and production-dispatch volumes to facilitate effective executive decision-making.

• Analytical Excellence: Ensure 100% adherence to monthly reporting deadlines with comprehensive, high-level analytics on organizational performance.

EBITDA Augmentation & Compliance Governance

• Profitability Projects: Lead projects focused on EBITDA improvement, including contractual negotiations, expense curtailment, and identifying new revenue streams.

• Regulatory Framework: Establish and maintain a framework ensuring zero tolerance for deviations from legal and regulatory compliances (Income Tax, GST, MSME, etc.).

• Audit Management: Manage internal and external audit relationships, ensuring the closure of reports within agreed timeframes.

 

A purpose driven role for you

Responsible for leading the overall financial process architecture, governance, and strategic metrics for the organization. This role serves as a senior strategic partner to corporate functions, driving EBITDA augmentation, sophisticated financial modeling, and the deployment of "Zero Touch" accounting through digitization and innovation.

A Day in the life

A day in life will be spent around, responsible for leading the overall financial process, architecture, governance, and strategic metrics for the organization. This role serves as a senior strategic partner to corporate functions, driving EBITDA augmentation, sophisticated financial modeling, and the deployment of "Zero Touch" accounting through digitization and innovation. 

Academic Qualification & Experience

• CA Qualified

• 9 to 12 years

 

Technical Skills/Knowledge

• Financial Modeling: Expert proficiency in advanced financial modeling and multi-scenario sensitivity analysis.

•  Regulatory Expertise: In-depth knowledge of accounting policies, Companies Act, Direct & Indirect Taxation, and relevant global process trends.

• Systems: Advanced knowledge of SAP and MS Office Suite

Behavioural Skills

Proactive Leadership: Self-motivated leader capable of formulating strategic direction and driving continuous improvement. 

Problem Solving & Crisis Management: Demonstrated aptitude for solving complex financial problems and managing crises under tight timelines.

Collaborative Influencer: Strong focus on two-way learning, collaboration, and stakeholder management.

What will it be like to work for Hero

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Experience Level

Executive Level