UPL – Analyst – MIS/Budgeting & Costing UPL

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute invites an experienced Analyst MIS, Budgeting & Costing to join our finance team in Mumbai. You will own budgeting, forecasting, costing, MIS reporting, and variance analysis to drive cost optimization and business discipline across manufacturing and plant operations.

You will partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Finance teams, build robust financial models, support cost audits, and provide management with actionable insights and performance reviews.

Qualifications

• CMA/ICWA preferred or CA with budgeting and costing experience.
• Strong knowledge of MIS, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Experience in manufacturing/plant finance environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• MIS & Management Reporting: monthly dashboards and reports.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: coordinate annual budgeting and forecasting.
• Costing & Cost Control: maintain costing accuracy and variance analysis.
• Business Performance Analysis: analyze profitability and productivity metrics.
• Stakeholder Management: partner with plant finance, operations, and supply chain.

Skills

Budgeting

Costing

MIS

Variance analysis

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Data integrity

Education

CMA/ICWA (preferred)

CA

MBA (Finance)

Tools

SAP/ERP systems

SAP CO Module

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Analyst MIS, Budgeting & Costing

Education

CMA / ICWA (preferred), CA, MBA (Finance)

Experience

CMA + 7 to 10 years or a CA with 3-4 years’ experience, with ownership of budgeting, costing, MIS, variance analysis, and business partnering responsibilities. This aligns well with manufacturing and plant finance environments.

Role Purpose

Support business performance through robust MIS, budgeting, forecasting, costing, variance analysis, and decision-support analytics. The role will partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Finance teams to drive financial discipline and cost optimization.

Key Responsibilities

MIS & Management Reporting

• Prepare monthly MIS, performance dashboards, and management reports.
• Analyze actual performance against Budget, Forecast, and Previous Year.
• Develop insights on cost drivers, profitability, and operational performance.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of reports to management.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Coordinate annual budgeting and periodic forecasting exercises.
• Consolidate inputs from business and functional teams.
• Monitor budget utilization and highlight deviations.
• Support long-range planning and financial projections.

Costing & Cost Control

• Maintain product costing and cost sheet accuracy.
• Conduct standard cost and variance analysis (RM, conversion, utilities, overheads, yield, etc.).
• Monitor manufacturing cost trends and identify optimization opportunities.
• Support cost audits and compliance requirements.

Business Performance Analysis

• Analyze profitability, margins, working capital, and productivity metrics.
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analysis for strategic decision-making.
• Support management with actionable recommendations for improving business performance.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with plant finance, operations, procurement, supply chain, and commercial teams.
• Drive data integrity and financial discipline across functions.
• Support leadership with presentations and business reviews.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, Power Query, XLOOKUP, Macros preferred).
• SAP/ERP systems.
• SAP CO Module is a must.
• Power BI / Tableau.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.