Commercial Finance Manager East

Job Description

Commercial Finance Manager East

Location:Kolkata | East Regional Branch

We are looking for an experiencedCommercial Finance professional to leadFinance partnering for ourEast business

This is abusiness-facing role that combinescommercial business partnering, planning and performance management, team leadership andstrong financial governance. The role will partner closely withSales and Commercial leadership to influence business decisions,drive profitable growth and strengthen the overallCommercial Finance capability across the markets

Key Responsibilities

• Business Partnering:Act as atrusted Finance partner to Sales and Commercial leadership, providing insights andconstructive challenge to support key business and commercial decisions.

• Commercial Finance:Partner the business onrevenue growth, pricing, trade investments, customer/channel profitability, margins andgo-to-market decisions.

• Planning & Performance:Leadbudgeting, forecasting andshort- and long-range financial planning; identify key performance drivers,risks and opportunities and translate them intoactionable recommendations.

• Multi-Market Leadership:ProvideFinance leadership across East India, Nepal and Bangladesh, navigating different market dynamics, commercial priorities and stakeholder environments.

• Operational & Financial Governance:Ensure strong oversight ofmonth-end activities, financial reporting, commercial controls, compliance and governance, while maintaining accuracy and financial discipline.

• Team Leadership:Lead and develop theCommercial Finance team, strengthening both functional and business partnering capabilities.

• Transformation & Simplification:Driveprocess improvement, standardization and automation of recurring Finance activities, creating greater capacity forinsight-led business partnering.

What We're Looking For

• CA or MBA (Finance) with approximately8–14 years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience inCommercial Finance, Sales Finance or Business Finance, preferably withinFMCG or a complex consumer-facing organisation.
• Demonstrated experiencepartnering Sales/Commercial teams andinfluencing business decisions.
• Strong understanding ofcommercial levers including revenue, pricing, trade spends, margins and customer/channel profitability.
• Experience inplanning, forecasting, performance management andfinancial governance.
• Strongpeople leadership, analytical andstakeholder-management capabilities.
• Acommercial mindset with the ability to balance business partnership with strong financial controls and operational discipline.

The Opportunity

This role provides an opportunity to combinecommercial influence withend-to-end Finance ownership across adiverse multi-market landscape. The successful candidate will play an important role instrengthening business partnering,developing the team andtransforming Finance processes while ensuringstrong financial governance across India East Region.

Business Unit Summary

Mondelez India Foods Private Limited (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) has been in India for over 70 years, making sure our mouth-watering and well-loved local and global brands such asCadbury chocolates,Bournvita andTang powdered beverages,Oreo andCadbury Bournvita biscuits, andHalls andCadbury Choclairs Gold candies get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has more than 3,300 employees proudly working across sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and in manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, at our global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra and in a vast distribution network across the country. We are also proud to be recognised by Avatar as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 – the fourth time we’ve received this award.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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