Cipla Healthcare/BioTech

Senior Factory Finance Accountant

Bengaluru, India In person Full-time

Division

Department

Sub Department 1

Job Purpose

This position is for Lead - Financial planning and Analysis (FPnA) for Indore site, responsible for managing overall financial activities of Unit (like budgeting, MIS reporting etc.) and ensuring adequate controls at site . Additionally, person will be responsible as a business partner for Unit I and III (assisting units for PR, CER and other Financial matters).

Key Accountabilities (1/6)

  • FP&A activities for Indore Operations
  • Budget controller at site level (Mfg., quality and Admin)
  • Monthly Reporting of expenses (head wise)
  • Budget preparation activity
  • Trend analysis, data analytics and review of expense G.Ls.
  • Monthly meeting with SLT team for updates
  • Reporting reason/justification for Budget Overrun

Key Accountabilities (2/6)

  • Business Partnering with Unit I and III for all relevant support required
  • Evaluation and Approval of Purchase Requisitions (PRs) and Capex Expenditure Requisitions (CERs)
  • Evaluation of Product Transfer Proposal
  • Support and coordination with FSS for Payment
  • Resolution of Vendor’s queries of Invoice booking/payment
  • Coordination for other requirements like Inventory, WIP, Audit etc

Key Accountabilities (3/6)

  • Manage Opex Activities and closing activities
  • Provision tracking and controlling every month for accurate reporting.
  • Cost correction and allocation entries.
  • Expense dump tagging and MPR preparation.
  • Support and coordination with CER Support Team for User specific requirements

Opex Budget Activities

Response to Auditor’s Queries for Capex

Key Accountabilities (4/6)

  • Controllership and Compliances for Indore Operations
  • Controllership and Governance on Financial and accounting aspect.
  • Handing Internal audits at site and final closure
  • IFC controls implementation and adherence
  • Adherence to DOA
  • Verification of Measurement sheet on monthly basis to keep control and rigour

Key Accountabilities (5/6)

Key Accountabilities (6/6)

Major Challenges

Prioritization of tasks and smooth operations - Overcome by putting in extra work hours & planning

Managing complexity, multiple stakeholders - Overcome by solving thing in a structured manner

Key Interactions (1/2)

Site functional teams e.g. Stores, production, HR, engineering, etc

Site Head

Central Mfg team

Corporate Finance team

Legal Team

Internal Audit Team

IT team

Taxation

Costing

BU finance

Capacity Planning

Key Interactions (2/2)

Statutory Auditors

Internal Auditors

External vendorsConsultants – Statutory & project related

Dimensions (1/2)

Dimensions (2/2)

Key Decisions (1/2)

  • Month end Opex provisioning
  • Approve Unit level PR and CER as a Business Partner
  • Unit related Payment issues

Key Decisions (2/2)

Recommendations for > Rs 25 lacs capex proposals

Recommendations for budget escalations & key critical spends > Rs 5 lacs opex

Education Qualification

CA

Relevant Work Experience

2-5 years of manufacturing finance experience across different Finance verticals handling similar size operations & complexities

Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process,

Well verse with SAP (Hana)

  • Sound knowledge on regulatory compliance, statutory reporting, Accounting standards, Indirect taxation
  • Managed Opex and Capex related work
  • Worked on MIS reporting.

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