About this role
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