Executive Assistant To CMD

CIEL HR; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

CIEL HR in Coimbatore is seeking a Senior Manager to lead strategic planning, financial modelling and business governance. You will analyze metrics, monitor strategic initiatives, and serve as the bridge between CMD and both internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate holds BE + MBA (Finance & Marketing) with 12–15 years of experience, excels in financial presentations, budgeting and CAPEX approvals, and has strong English communication and international travel coordination

Qualifications

• BE + MBA (Finance & Marketing) with around 12 to 15 years of relevant experience acting as EA to CXO or assisting top management in strategic assignments.
• Experience deriving and driving marketing initiatives and profitability analysis.
• Excellent communication skills in English and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Analyse key business metrics and drive the business goals per CMD guidance.
• Establish methods for monitoring and evaluating strategic initiatives and investments.
• Act as the point of contact between executives, internal and external customers.
• Prepare presentations, reports, budgets, and documentation for key decisions.
• Assist Top Management with real time data for expansions/new businesses and strategic inputs.
• Coordinate cross functional teams to achieve project deliverables and CAPEX approvals.
• Review cost structures, margins, and four business segments monthly.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Dashboarding

Education

BE + MBA (Finance & Marketing)

Tools

Financial modelling

Business dashboards

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Strategic Orientation

• Analyse key business metrics and drive the business goals in line with the instructions / guidelines of CMD
• Establish and sustain methods for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and impact of strategic initiatives of the organisation and the impact of the investments
• To act as the point of contact between the executives, internal and external customers

Financial Orientation

• Support CMD in preparation of presentations, reports, proposals, budgets, and related activities
• Support CMD in preparation of all documentation required for key decision making as required
• To analyse the problems, opportunities and solutions for business budgeting and forecasting
• To analyse and outline the problems to build Financial Modelling in alignment with business goals Ensure timely

Customer Focus & Value Addition

• Ensure timely communication of guidelines / instructions from CMD to the concerned and update the status to CMD

Operational Effectiveness

• To exhibit detailed business analysing both product lines and the profitability of the business
• Work within the framework of PD goals of the organisation as directed by the CMD
• Document minutes of meeting as per the directions of CMD
• Prepare financial statements, reports, letters as per the requirements.
• Assist the Top Management daily by analysing business data and providing inputs to top management for strategic decisions.
• Co-ordinate and drive performance of Cross Functional Team activities to ensure achievement of project deliverables
• Fixing & scheduling strategic level external/internal meetings & appointments
• Review of cost structures, control points and sales targets of all four business segments and ascertain monthly margins
• Involve in Project Management, Budgeting & Planning. Coordinate with process owners in preparation of Business Annual Plan in line with Top Managements point of views
• Facilitate Board approvals for CAPEX and Growth Projects
• Assist Top Management with real time data in Expansions / New Businesses and come up with alternative suggestions / inputs
• Timely escalations to ensure adequate actions and formulate alternate strategies as countermeasures
• Involve in Project Management, Budgeting & Planning
• Coordinate with process owners in preparation of Business Annual Plan in line with Top Managements point of views
• Assist Top Management in formulating breakthrough directions and control points and review the same
• Assist Top Management in preparation of presentations in external forums to enhance image of the organization
• Handling International travel arrangements & coordination
• Innovation and continuous improvement - To perform variance analysis of all key business metrics and appraise CMD on the same. To develop and monitor key business intelligence dashboards for significant decision making

Preferred candidate profile

Ideal Candidate

• BE + MBA (Finance & Marketing) with around 12 to 15 years of relevant experience either acting as EA to CXO or assisting top management in strategic assignments. (B,Tech from premier institutes + MBA from IIM, XLRI
• Experienced in deriving and driving marketing initiatives of the organization
• Should have good financial orientation in terms of financial presentations, proposals, Budgets, Profitability analysis, CAPEX Approvals,
• Should have good exposure in engineering project evaluation, directing marketing initiatives
• Should have good experience handling analytical tools, dashboards, sales and profitability analysis.
• Should have excellent communication skills in English.
• Should have very good experience in stake holder management.
• Should be willing to work out of Coimbatore location.
• Should have prior experience in handling international travel arrangements and coordination
• The position is a Senior Manager Position which could be upgraded to DGM level depending upon the experience and merit of the candidate,