Fin Manager, India

About the job

Desired Location : Bengaluru Job Title: Fin Manager, India Business Overview: Olam Food Ingredients India Pvt Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olam International limited, Singapore is involved in procurement, supply chain and midstream processing operations and is one of the major suppliers of Agro & Food Ingredients products like Cashew, Almonds, Coffee, Spices and Cocoa. We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Mgr/Controller, Spices (OFI India) to work in a truly global environment to direct the Spices business finance activities of OFI India business including the accounting, controllership, management reporting & analysis and business partnering for the business. The role provides long term potential for someone eager to further develop their career within the fast-paced food ingredients sector. The role will report to the OFI India Country CFO on functional axis and F&Bs India business head on product axis Key Responsibilities: Financial accounting & controllership: - Responsible for financial and management accounting of the company in compliance with Ind AS & group policies and control standards. - Timely closure of Statutory (Mar end) and Group Audit basis IFRS. - Responsible for ensuring strong internal control environment and adopt some of the best internal & external practices. - Manufacturing & plant related controls and compliances including factory & labour laws, inventory management skills and product costing will be critical. Management reporting, business performance review & budgeting: - Actively participate in the preparation of the annual budgets, comparison of actual performance against the budget, identifying and analyzing variance, devise and monitor the implementation of necessary actions. - Monthly MIS review along with CFO and Business team and bringing insights in terms of performance and independent point of view on performance and projections for rest of the year. - Scenario analysis of performance basis different business environment. Cost, capital and commercial focus in Business performance review: - Work on improving existing processes and systems, strengthening controls and improve efficiencies through automation & maximize usage of SAP. Participate and work on organization wide Functional initiatives in areas such as capital productivity, cost optimization and management accounting policies. Business Partnering and stakeholder management: - Manage interactions and engagement with global business stakeholders and also with local functional heads like operations, supply chain and commercial. - Be pro-active in understanding and addressing stakeholder requirements and be a critical support in driving business operations and growth. Requirements: - Chartered accountant with experience of around 10-15 years in MNCs or established Indian corporates with strong manufacturing experience. Additional qualification of Company Secretary (CS) will be preferable. - Worked in a multi-cultural and multi geography organization (exposure in a Matrix Structure is preferred). Key Strengths & Soft Skills: - Strong on Financial Concepts and Analysis, Results orientation, Ownership to deliver, Stakeholder Management, Strong analytical ability. - Team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to influence. - Multiple stakeholder management external as well as Internal. - Self-motivated with an ability to get things done, without reporting lines. - Having worked in an SAP Environment would be a good advantage. - Exposure to derivatives accounting and future trading in commodities would be an added advantage.

Qualifications

• Chartered accountant
• Experience of around 10-15 years in MNCs or established Indian corporates with strong manufacturing experience

About the company

Olam Food Ingredients India Pvt Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olam International limited, Singapore is involved in procurement, supply chain and midstream processing operations and is one of the major suppliers of Agro & Food Ingredients products like Cashew, Almonds, Coffee, Spices and Cocoa.