About this role
EXPECTED END RESULTS
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
1. Own the financial control of the Cost of Sales portfolio
• Maintain a complete view of outbound logistics, End-of-Life battery, connectivity services, intercompany pricing for imported vehicles and other cross-entity cost of sales items. • Coordinate financial inputs across entities and functions to provide an integrated view of the Cost of Sales portfolio. • Ensure costs are classified, consolidated and reported consistently across the region. 2. Lead the budgeting and forecasting process
• Coordinate budget, outlook and forecast submissions across contributing entities and functions. • Develop forecast models using relevant operational and financial drivers, including volumes, rates, contractual assumptions and foreign exchange impacts where applicable. • Review and constructively challenge key assumptions, ensuring alignment with regional and global planning guidance. • Identify, quantify and communicate risks, opportunities and forecast sensitivities. 3. Deliver accurate monthly closing and management reporting
• Review actual results, accruals, provisions and reclassifications with accounting and functional teams. • Reconcile source data to financial systems and work with contributors to resolve material differences and data gaps. • Prepare monthly reporting with clear variance analysis versus Budget, Forecast and Prior Year. • Deliver accurate and timely reporting packages in line with regional closing deadlines. 4. Provide actionable cost performance insights
• Analyse cost evolution and identify the operational, volume, rate, mix, foreign exchange and timing drivers behind material variances. • Develop cost-per-unit, trend and performance views appropriate to each cost stream. • Translate complex cross-entity movements into concise management messages and recommended actions. • Support scenario analysis, business cases and ad hoc management requests. 5. Improve data quality, reporting processes and automation
• Establish robust review controls and audit trails for data received from multiple entities and systems. • Work with contributors to improve the quality, completeness and timeliness of financial inputs and resolve identified issues. • Standardise templates, definitions and reporting methodologies across the portfolio. • Drive simplification and automation using Excel, Power BI, Tagetik and other available finance tools. 6. Build effective cross-functional stakeholder alignment
• Act as the key finance interface for the assigned cost streams across regional functions, entities and headquarters. • Facilitate alignment on responsibilities, assumptions and follow-up actions across contributing teams. • Facilitate performance reviews, communicate financial insights and coordinate agreed actions with relevant stakeholders. Chennai India