EXPECTED END RESULTS
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
1.Lead and coordinate the annual budget/forecast planning process
- Develop and manage the annual budgeting and forecast calendar and governance process.
- Coordinate functional submissions with Functional controllers and ensure timely delivery.
- Consolidate regional budgets and forecast in accordance with Global and Regional guidelines.
- Challenge, review, and validate assumptions to ensure robust planning outcomes.
2.Deliver accurate and timely management reporting
- Prepare monthly management reports highlighting financial performance, KPIs, risks, and opportunities.
- Analyse variances against Budget, Forecast, and Prior Year results.
- Ensure accurate and timely submission of regional reporting packages.
- Develop dashboards and performance scorecards for management review.
3. Provide actionable financial performance insights
- Prepare and communicate actual profit reporting to AMIEO regional management, including clear explanations of variances versus budget, forecast and previous year.
- Monitor key performance indicators, identify trends versus budget and forecast, and analyse the root causes of material variances.
- Develop and maintain dashboards that provide regional management with clear visibility of financial performance and key business drivers.
4. Support executive decision-making through clear financial analysis
- Prepare executive presentations for regional leadership.
- Deliver financial insights and key messages to support management actions.
- Provide ad hoc reporting and analytical support to address emerging business questions and management requests.
5. Strengthen financial governance, standardisation, and process efficiency
- Ensure compliance with corporate reporting guidelines and financial planning standards.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reporting efficiency and data quality.
- Support automation and standardization of FP&A processes across the region.
6. Build effective stakeholder alignment across regional and global finance teams
- Act as the key interface between Functional controllers, Regional Finance Management, and NML Headquarters.
- Facilitate alignment on financial assumptions, reporting requirements, and business priorities.
- Coordinate stakeholder inputs and follow up on open items to ensure high-quality reporting is delivered within strict deadlines.
7. Own Product profitability overview and Tagetik reporting module
- Prepare and maintain a regular overview of Product profitability, analysing performance by model/vehicle line against budget, forecast, and prior year.
- Identify and communicate key drivers of product-level profitability variances to regional management.
- Act as the functional owner of the Tagetik reporting module, ensuring data integrity, timely maintenance, and alignment with reporting requirements.
- Coordinate with IT/systems teams on Tagetik enhancements, user access, and issue resolution.
- Train and support functional controllers on the use of the Tagetik reporting module.
Chennai India
