Lead Business Controller

Sandvik; Gujarat; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Dormer Pramet in India seeks a Lead Business Controller to drive financial analysis, budgeting and strategic cost management. The role oversees monthly actuals, forecasts and year targets, ensures governance, and partners with country finance and operations for data-driven decisions.

The incumbent will validate business cases, support investment proposals, and contribute to audit compliance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of experience.
• Education: CMA / CA / CIMA / CPA / MBA (Finance).
• Experience with statutory and group audits and tax compliances.

Responsibilities

• Analyze monthly actuals, forecasts and yearly targets with explanations.
• Evaluate KPIs and drive performance improvements.
• Prepare and validate business cases and investment proposals.
• Support decision making with fact-based analysis and simulations.
• Manage cost centers and cost efficiency analyses.
• Consolidate and report results in OneStream/BPC.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost control

Agile working

Stakeholder comms

Education

CMA / CA / CIMA / CPA / MBA (Finance)

Tools

BPC

Job description

At Dormer Pramet, our purpose is to build on the company’s heritage and success to innovate our way into the future. By keeping a long-term focus in everything we do, we can support our ambitions to grow manufacturing and prosperity for all. This brings jobs, with opportunities for both growth and security. It is what we care for, and what makes us go that extra mile!

We share our deep knowledge and experience to build great relationships, not just with industry partners, but with employees and the community. We focus on improving the environment we work in and believe that everyone should feel empowered to deliver success. In return, we promise a rewarding career with flexible working options, excellent training and opportunities for progression.

Does this seem like something you want to be part of? We are now looking for Lead Business Controller.

Main Responsibilities:

• Follow up, analysis and clear explanations and comments regarding monthly actual results, Quarterly forecasts and yearly targets
• Key performance driver evaluation and monitoring
• Preparation and validation of business cases and investment proposals
• Support key business decision with fact based analysis and simulation, Puts the financial perspective on operational issues
• New products evaluation, Standard costing, Life cycle management
• Driving improvements in monthly reporting, Periodic forecast preparations, performing financial analysis of outcome and is part of action plan.
• Consolidation and timely reporting of actual, forecast and target results in Onestream
• Driving Performance improvement, Productwise profitablity & GBR reporting
• Driving Net Working Capital efficiency (improving DIP, Obsc. Slow moving etc.)
• Ensuring internal finance control and processes are maintained and followed in accordance with the statutory practices
• Validation of various Savings
• Conduct and communicate financial analysis and reporting with relevant stakeholders to increase awareness leading to relevant actions and comments (monthly, quarterly, ad-hoc)
• Understand and demonstrate the attributes as defined in the Sandvik Leadership model
• Contingency measures to mitigate risks/inflation
• Agile way of working
• Assign and maintain cost centers, cost efficiency analysis

Country Finance Statutory, Internal & Group Audits

• Ensuring timely submission of data and Analysis for Group Audit, Hard close
• Support in completion of Statutory Audit by data submission and analysis
• Responsible for Cost Audit Compliances
• Support to Direct Tax in adhering Transfer Pricing Compliances
• Support to Indirect Tax in adhering GST Compliances
• Driving improvements related to internal Audit observations

Plant Engineering, Admin & Infra, Site IR

• Support in Expense Budgeting, quarterly forecast
• Monitoring of Actual expense Vs. Budget
• Set Process for Cost allocation across all functions and plants
• Monthly closing and reporting in BPC
• Preparation and validation of business cases and investment proposals

Govt. Audits

• Data submission and reconciliation for various Audits performed by Govt. Authorities (VAT, GST, EOU etc.)
• NSSO Data submission

Activities related to Operational Finance to be done in coordination with Country Finance

• Coordination between Business and Country finance for issues related to Supplier payments and open advances, bill booking, any other operational issues related to AR etc.
• Validating and monitoring various cost allocations
• Conducting Physical verification of Fixed Assets (once in a year) and stock take (twice in a year)
• Support in operational Finance (reconciliation of GIT, ICM, clearing accounts, GRIR etc.)

Experience and required competencies:

• 7 to 10 years of experience
• Education: CMA / CA / CIMA / CPA / MBA (Finance)

About Us

Dormer Pramet is a global manufacturer and supplier of tools for the metal cutting industry, and we have a truly international presence with four production units and sales offices in 20 countries. Our skills and products solve engineering challenges across many industry sectors - including maintenance, repair and overhaul, as well as general machining through to heavy machining, railway and airframe assembly.