Senior Accountant - Manufacturing (FP&A)

Job Title: Financial Planning Lead

Key Skills: Finance, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, MIS implementation, manufacturing industry experience, Excel, FP&A

Roles & Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

• Lead end-to-end FP&A processes for client engagements.
• Develop annual operating plans, budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Build and maintain detailed financial models for profitability, cash flow, working capital, pricing, and business expansion.
• Conduct monthly and periodic variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Analyze revenue, margins, overheads, operational efficiency, and business performance drivers.
• Support leadership teams with financial insights for strategic and operational decisions.
• Prepare board-level and management-level financial presentations and analysis

Manufacturing Finance & Factory Costing

• Handle factory costing and manufacturing finance analysis across different industries.
• Develop and monitor product costing, BOM-based costing, standard costing, process costing, job costing, and cost-sheet preparation.
• Analyze material consumption variances, labor variances, production efficiency, capacity utilization, machine-hour costing, and inventory movement and valuation.
• Work closely with plant, procurement, production, and operations teams to improve cost visibility and control.
• Support pricing decisions through accurate cost analysis.
• Identify cost leakages and recommend corrective actions.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Cash Flow Management

• Drive budgeting cycles across departments and business units.
• Prepare monthly cash-flow forecasts, fund-flow planning, working capital projections, and scenario-based financial forecasts.
• Monitor actual performance against plans and recommend corrective actions.
• Support management in liquidity planning and financial decision-making.
• Improve forecasting accuracy and reporting timelines.

MIS, Reporting & Dashboards

• Design and implement MIS structures for management reporting.
• Create dashboards and reporting systems for sales analysis, profitability tracking, department-wise performance, production metrics, cash-flow tracking, receivables/payables monitoring, and KPI monitoring.
• Automate reporting processes wherever possible.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of reports.
• Develop management reporting frameworks for growing businesses.

Financial Control & Process Improvement

• Strengthen financial controls and reporting discipline across organizations.
• Improve finance processes, SOPs, and internal reporting mechanisms.
• Coordinate with accounting teams to improve data reliability and reporting quality.
• Identify process gaps, operational inefficiencies, and financial risks.
• Assist in implementation of financial systems and reporting structures.
• Support audit readiness and financial governance initiatives.

Business Partnering & Leadership

• Work directly with promoters, founders, CXOs, and leadership teams.
• Coordinate with cross-functional departments including operations, production, procurement, sales, and accounts.
• Translate business problems into financial insights and actionable recommendations.
• Lead finance discussions during review meetings.
• Manage and guide junior finance team members where required.
• Handle multiple client assignments simultaneously.