Job Purpose
Analyse and develop financial budgets and forecasts for business operations and investments, support the development of financial plans as well as tracking of the annual operating budget to ensure robust reporting on operating results and to facilitate optimal decision making. Business partner to the commercial team.
Analysis and tracking of the SAGA performance on all key KPIs
Major Activities / Tasks
Develop divisional financial plans and budgets and prepares the annual operating budgets and strat plans.
Prepare bottom-up based budget with budget holders which includes P&L statements, balance sheets and cash flows.
Support development and monitor monthly, yearly forecasts for all departments & portfolios to ensure alignment to set targets and to Cipla global.
Revenue forecasting for SSA clearly highlighting and tracking the risks and opportunities
Monitor and determine forecast accuracy in-terms of P&L, H1&H2 forecast, and bottom line profit.
Determine project and department forecast for the year and ensure accurate budget indicators are available.
Develops and provides inputs into functional & divisional CAPEX & OPEX business plan & budget.
Communicate with functional heads to understand and explain budget variances and financial trends and monitor spending on major capital projects.Analyse functional operations to understand profitability aspects of their activities and adherence to SLA’s to ensure efficiency and profitability.Monitor monthly OPEX and cost control processes and report in case of budget variances à develop mitigation plans where required to ensure budgets are achieved
Lead analysis on opportunities for business expansion and new business development opportunities.Analyse and support alignment to the current market trends and industry best practices.
Review and report on performance against budget, identifying overspends and variances to propose corrective actions.Analyse and present monthly/quarterly and annual operational and financial budget reports and present them to the regional leadership teamSupport the SAGA FP&A team with presentations for MOR, Governance, OPCO etc. including CEO presentationsOwnership of the SSA P&L with detailed analysis of the P&L and BS
Business case on new products with clear recommendations from an ROI perspectiveReview and challenge business cases supporting selling price adjustmentsAct as a strong link between BI, Finance and commercial to provide holistic view and insights on the overall health of the business
