In this role, you will partner closely with our External Manufacturing (EM) ecosystem to drive strong financial stewardship, shape cost performance, and enable strategic decision-making. You will operate with end-to-end ownership, high autonomy, and cross-functional exposure across EM plants, supply chain, procurement, and category finance. The role also provides a unique opportunity to support procurement negotiations through financial modeling and commercial insights.
You may choose to be based out of Surendra Nagar (Gujarat) OR Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).
If you are based in Surendra Nagar, you will travel to the Bhopal plant on a monthly or quarterly cadence, and if you choose Bhopal as your base location, you will follow the same monthly/quarterly travel frequency to the Surendra Nagar plant.
How You Will Contribute
1. Business Partnering & Exposure Across EM Sites
Coordinate with EM Plant Finance teams, Plant Managers, Procurement, and Supply Chain to drive performance tracking and cost visibility.
Provide timely insights, variance analyses, and business recommendations.
Support procurement teams during supplier and contract negotiations with financial models and scenario analyses.
Engage directly with cross-functional stakeholders, operating with significant autonomy.
2. End-to-End Financial Management
Lead monthly books closure for assigned EM plants.
Own data collection, validation, and integrity across plant-level financial metrics.
Prepare monthly MIS, financial reports, and leadership dashboards.
Drive budgetary control, including annual budget preparation and SAP uploads.
3. Cost, Variance & Productivity Analytics
Analyse cost variances, scrap/yield metrics, operational KPIs, and productivity opportunities.
Partner with plant operations to identify root causes and recommend improvements.
Consolidate scrap losses and lead reconciliation reviews across manufacturing partners.
4. Controls, Compliance & Governance
Ensure a robust internal controls environment across EM operations.
Support SOX compliance, plant audits, stock audits, and fixed-asset verifications.
Maintain governance standards and adherence to Mondelez financial policies.
5. Continuous Improvement & Automation
Identify process gaps and champion automation or simplification opportunities.
Implement standardised ways of working across EM sites.
Contribute actively to a high-performing Finance community.
More Specifics About the Role
Management of plant-level compliance and internal controls.
Preparation and reconciliation of GL balances.
Annual budget preparation, forecasting, and SAP uploads.
Review of plant KPIs and driving performance improvement actions.
Centralized tax and compliance support for EM plants.
Financial Reporting & Analysis
Own data collection, verification, and structuring for financial reporting.
Prepare and review monthly financial reports for EM Plants and HO Finance Team.
Analyze cost variances, yield losses, and other financial KPIs, and discuss findings with plant operations and leadership teams.
Ensureaccuratereconciliation of General Ledger (GL) balances and scrap losses.
Support the preparation and submission of statutory and internal audit requirements, including SOX compliance and inventory counts.
Budgeting & Cost Control
Drive the preparation of theAnnual Budgetfor the plant, ensuring alignment with business goals.
Uploadfinalizedbudgets into SAP and track performance against projections.
Monitor budgetary controls and support plant operations in achieving cost efficiencies.
Compliance & Controls
Ensurestrong internal controlsand adherence to company policies and external regulations.
Oversee plant finance operations, ensuring full compliance with financial and operational standards.
Review andvalidateinvoices from external manufacturers, ensuring performance monitoring.
Provide indirect tax support and ensure compliance with local tax regulations.
Continuous Improvement & Digital Transformation
Identifyand implement process automation andefficiency enhancements.
Leveragedata analyticsand digital tools to improve financial planning and reporting.
Drive aculture of continuous improvement, focusing on operational excellence.
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