Plant Finance Controller

Search Advisers Services Guj; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Search Advisers Services Guj in Hyderabad seeks an experienced FP&A professional to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling for a manufacturing plant. You will partner with plant operations to drive revenue, margins, and cost control.

The role emphasizes management reporting, variance analysis, and building robust dashboards to support strategic decisions and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and manufacturing costing.
• Experience supporting or managing a manufacturing plant with revenue responsibility exceeding 2,000 crore.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, variance analysis, and business review presentations.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and financial modelling.
• Partner with plant operations and business teams on revenue, margins, product costing, and financial performance.
• Monitor manufacturing costs, productivity KPIs, budgets, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Validate project savings, benchmark costs, and identify opportunities for operational efficiency.
• Ensure financial reporting accuracy, compliance, internal controls, and audit readiness.
• Improve reporting processes, data quality, automation, and financial dashboards.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

Costing

Variance analysis

Financial modelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, variance analysis, and business review presentations.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and financial modelling.
• Partner with plant operations and business teams on revenue, margins, product costing, and financial performance.
• Monitor manufacturing costs, productivity KPIs, budgets, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Validate project savings, benchmark costs, and identify opportunities for operational efficiency.
• Ensure financial reporting accuracy, compliance, internal controls, and audit readiness.
• Improve reporting processes, data quality, automation, and financial dashboards.

Preferred candidate profile

• Experience in manufacturing organizations, with strong exposure to plant finance and controlling.
• Expertise in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and manufacturing costing.
• Experience supporting or managing a manufacturing plant with revenue responsibility exceeding 2,000 crore.
• Strong understanding of cost control, product costing, variance analysis, and productivity metrics.
• Ability to partner with plant operations and cross‑functional business leaders.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and financial reporting skills.
• Automotive manufacturing, industrial engineering, electrical equipment, and other large‑scale manufacturing organizations.