Job Description

Business: Piramal Critical Care


Department: Finance


Location: Kurla, Mumbai


Travel: Low





JOB OVERVIEW: The Commercial Finance Manager partners with business units to drive performance, manage budgets, and provide financial insights. Responsibilities include product business case approval, credit checks, forecasting, and reporting on risks and opportunities. As Country Finance Manager for South Africa and Australia, they oversee accounting operations, ensure compliance, support audits, and collaborate on SAP and IT projects.


REPORTING STRUCTURE:

Chief Manager - Finance


RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

• Strong knowledge of and experience with SAP.
• Strong accounting knowledge
• Proficient excel skills

KEY ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Commercial Finance:


• A business partner who can partner with all levels and functions across the company. Someone who takes a consultative approach, working with business unit leaders, Sales and Marketing, and others to impact the business.
• Be a business partner and help commercial team to achieve topline and margin
• New products business case approval followed up by actual performance monitoring
• Performing credit checks for the customers before releasing orders
• Work with Supply Chain and Sales team to ensure availability of product
• Participate in Annual budgeting process in collaboration with different departments
• Provide accurate and timely financial forecasts, highlight potential risks and opportunities
• Continuously monitor budget performance and provide insights to drive decision making
• Proactively identify gaps and variances in financial performance against targets
• Prepare comprehensive reports detailing trends, opportunities and potential risks
• Active contribution and participation to S&OP meetings (sales and operations planning)
• Present findings to leadership, providing recommendations for corrective actions

Country Finance Manager - South Africa and Australia:

• Collaborate with different stakeholders to manage accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, G/L, Cost Accounting, Inventory accounting and Revenue Recognition.
• Develop, implement and ensure compliance with Internal policies, procedures and guidelines
• Provide all required information to internal and statutory auditor and ensure smooth and timely completion of the audit
• Ensure compliance with accounting, tax and other relevant statutory requirements


Develop and maintain financial accounting systems for accounts payable, accounts receivable and credit control
• Assist Finance controller in ensuring trade compliance by liaising with bankers
• Contribute in preparing working file for ascertaining and transfer pricing for the group transactions.
• Assist SCM & IT team in executing Accounting setup related changes in SAP environment
• Prepare working and supporting for bringing budgetary control for operation cost
• Prepare for legal entity board meetings
• Collaborate with external advisors to ensure compliance to local regulations
• Partner with business teams on pricing, credit allowance and profitability evaluation
• Supports efforts to seek local financing and working capital management
Miscellaneous Tasks:

• Support in quarter end and year end audits from a business perspective
• Support in Internal Audit
• Work with various stakeholders to formulate 5 year Long Range Plan (LRP)
• IT Projects:
• Development of Qliksense Dashboards in close coordination with the IT Team
• Support in SAP HANA implementation

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Critical Thinking -- using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Superior Microsoft Excel skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possess a sense of urgency, accountability, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to effectively express ideas/concepts across multiple layers of the organization
• Analytical, conceptual, problem solving & decision making
• Excellent collaborative skills


In the three decades of its existence, Piramal Group has pursued a twin strategy of both organic and inorganic growth.
Driven by its core values, Piramal Group steadfastly pursues inclusive growth, while adhering to ethical and values-driven practices.



Equal employment opportunity Piramal Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetics, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.



We base our employment decisions on merit considering qualifications, skills, performance, and achievements. We endeavor to ensure that all applicants and employees receive equal opportunity in personnel matters, including recruitment, selection, training, placement, promotion, demotion, compensation and benefits, transfers, terminations, and working conditions, including reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities as well as individuals with needs related to their religious observance or practice.

Piramal Critical Care (PCC), under Piramal Pharma Limited (PPL), a subsidiary of Piramal Enterprises Limited, is the third largest producer of Inhaled Anaesthetics and a global player in hospital generics. Motivated by its vision to deliver critical care solutions for patients and healthcare providers across the globe, PCC is committed to enabling sustainable and profitable growth for all its stakeholders.


PCC maintains a wide presence across the USA, Europe and more than 100 countries across the globe. Its rich product portfolio includes Inhalation Anaesthetics such as Sevoflurane, Isoflurane and Halothane as well as Intrathecal Baclofen therapy, for spasticity management. PCC has wholly-owned, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the US and India that have successfully cleared periodical inspections by the US FDA, UK MHRA and other regulators.


Its core strength lies in a highly qualified global workforce of more than 400 employees across 16 countries. PCC is focused on further expanding its global footprint through new product additions in the critical care space.


Committed to corporate social responsibility alongside Piramal Group, PCC collaborates with various partner organizations and proudly takes an active role in providing hope and resources to those in need, as well as caring for the environment.