Cost Controller

Lactalis India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy company in Chennai is looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to drive employer branding and diversity hiring. The candidate should have 5-10 years of experience, preferably in the dairy or food sector, and be proficient in financial data analysis tools such as SAP and Excel. This full-time role involves financial reporting, budgeting, and supporting business decision-making efforts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-10 years of relevant experience in finance.
• Preferably from the dairy/food manufacturing sector.
• Knowledge of profitability analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Finalize and align vertical commercial schemes with budgets.
• Conduct monthly book closes and prepare financial reports.
• Finalizing and presenting monthly forecasts and annual budgets.

Skills

Management Analysis

Financial Data Mining and Reporting

Controlling/Financial Business Modeling

Analytical Thinking

Change Management

Intellectual Curiosity

Education

ICWA / CMA

Tools

SAP

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Lactalis India

COE, Talent Acquisition Specialist | Driving Employer branding & Diversity Hiring | Campus Connect | Lactalis India

Department: Finance / Operational Controller Management Control

Location: The vacant position is in Chennai

Qualification: ICWA / CMA

Years of Experience: Minimum 5-10 Years of relevant experience

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Commercial Schemes and Budgeting:
• Finalize all vertical commercial schemes, ensuring alignment with Monthly Budget/ Market Scenario.
• Finalize Marginal Contribution and Monthly Cash flow by Channel/Regions including Export.
• Review and finalize Monthly Sales Register, cross-checking Reconciliation with Financial GLs for Sales/COGS.
• Monthly Book Close, Financial Reporting and Database:
• Trial Balance Scrutiny, Prepare and update the Financial Database and finalisation of Cash flow.
• Update Prepare and analyze Variance Actual vs. Forecast/ Budget/LY with Commentaries and recommendations.
• Preparation of monthly management P&L for entity and by Channel/Sub Channel and reconciliation with financial P&L
• Forecast/ Budget Preparation and Commercial Variance Calculation:
• Finalize and present Monthly Forecast/ Annual Budget Volume, MC, Structure costs, and Cash Flow.
• Calculate Commercial Variances and finalize ad hoc Product P&L. as per requirements.
• Cost Analysis and Profit Reconciliation:
• Conduct Profit Reconciliation between Management Accounting and Financial Accounting.

Technical Skills

• Management Analysis:
• Ability to perform a full financial analysis with accuracy, consistency, integrity, and connection to financial and accounting data available by profit centre.
• Controlling /Financial Business Modeling:
• Ability to provide support to the business function in the area of cost management, performance of the plan, and decision-making.
• Financial Data Mining and Reporting:
• Ability to process and interpret data to produce effective reports; understanding the impact of erroneous data on various company systems/statistics.
• Ability to work on SAP, BI Tools like Tableau, Power BI & other customised tools for group reporting.
• Analytical Thinking (TRANSV1):
• Analyse rigorously data and situations to identify and analyse causes/effects, selecting only appropriate information to make effective decisions.
• Change Management (TRANSV3):
• Maintain effectiveness and adaptability during major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjust effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Intellectual Curiosity (TRANSV8):
• Be receptive to new and different ideas or the opinions of others, open to learning, and adaptable to the business environment.

Desired Profile

• Good knowledge of Profitability Analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance Analysis, and Finalisation of Commercial Schemes.
• Preferably from the Dairy / Food Manufacturing sector.
• Knowledge of SAP is preferable, and proficiency in Excel is mandatory.

Reporting Structure: Will be reporting to Head – Management Controller (B2C) for the Entity.

Seniority Level

• Associate

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Function

• Accounting/Auditing

Industries

• Dairy Product Manufacturing
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Food and Beverage Services

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