Job Details

• Ensure delivery of CD Infrastructure for delivering growth vision for the region including Customer ROI within acceptable 20-30 band.
• Deliver UVG through effective Business Partnering in region - Leadership role on delivery KPIs of nominated Big Leap CD Finance Projects across the country & Supporting CD Initiatives (ongoing).
• Manage costs efficiently in all spheres of Branch operations with a very strong emphasis on budgetary compliance and controls across all branch spends including driving reduction of wasteful indirects.
• Robust analytics to steer action within the branch and sharing best practices across regions.
• Mitigate losses arising due to business waste by designing appropriate intervention mechanisms and highlighting at appropriate forums
• Co-partner the supply chain colleagues on determining the cost to serve various customers/channels and establishing the cost-service tradeoffs.
• Support the Customer Centricity program efficient claims settlement, appropriate customer accounting and effective query handling.
• Evaluate and identify (jointly with HO Treasury) funding options / channel finance to enable access to cost effective funds for growth for channel partners.
• Participate in customer engagement meetings and address issues on finance related backend processes.
• Responsible for effective administration of segmented Terms of Trade for the distributors.
• Earning the Customer License every year and ensure customer gate for all key initiatives.
• As a member of the Regional Leadership Team, drive excellence in financial processes / hygiene in the front end.
• Understanding CD and its dynamics to check for improvement areas and driving this in the RLTs irrespective of functional area
• Controls & Compliances
• Ensure adequacy of controls as well as system/SOP compliance in the front end particularly depot operations
• Administer VAT/Sales Tax matters of the region assessments, audits, Documentation Management Policy, appeals etc., liaising with Sales Tax Department, Units, Branch and HO Legal
• Drive and sustain high quality hygiene in financial accounting
• Provide effective MIS to CD, Profit Centers and the Controllers
• Put in place enabling systems that seek to de-risk the business in the event of a new/radical system change.
• Provide training & development inputs to the Branch finance team
• Actively lead capability building in the realm of Finance
• Develop appreciation of finance and commercial processes for CD colleagues within the branch thro development and training initiatives.

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