What are the Key Deliverables in this role?

Financial Outcomes

• Financial Planning/Accounting: Responsible for planning CFA related costs for multiple depots handling domestic sales.
• Responsible for the Budgeting & LE process. Supporting monthly accounts closing & reporting of the units.
• Actionable Reporting Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators, key business drivers and analyze key
• financial metrics in the areas of Salt Packaging, Rake Handling, Warehousing, Secondary Logistics and associated
• Overheads along with efficient reporting of CFA related costs with variances, Ad-Hoc reporting, analytics for bringing
• efficiencies in depot operations.
• Cost Savings/Efficiencies: Work closely with the departmental Heads in analyzing & identifying avenues for Cost
• Optimization thereby enabling effective decision making.

Customer Service

• Business Partnering & Cost Optimization: Partnering PSO team for all CFA arrangements including rate negotiations, cost ratification, proposal evaluation etc.
• Travel of 5-7 days in a month to CFA locations

Internal Processes

• Financial Control & Compliance: To exercise financial controls across multiple locations and be able to appreciate the risks
• associated and implement mitigation plan.
• Ad hoc reporting: Responsible for MIS, covering budgets, monitoring progress and reporting to leadership teams including
• Ad hoc reporting.
• Budgeting: Support development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools.
• Capex: Provide input for Capex Proposals & Implementing, monitoring Variable cost savings.
• Vendor Payments: Partnering in all transactional approvals for different spends in CFAs.
• Process Improvement: Process reviews and improvements across the CFA value chain.

Innovation and Learning

• Continuous Improvement: Driving the digital initiatives for the PSO & PSO Finance function. Supports continuous improvement in organizational effectiveness and business performance by challenging the status quo and leading change.

What are the Critical success factors for the Role?

• ICWAI/MBA/MCom/Inter CA with 5+ yrs exp
• Experience of CFA operations is preferred
• Strong analytical ability, Accounting and interpersonal skills

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?

• Ability to interpret financial data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to optimize the category's financial
• performance.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Results-oriented mindset