leadership teams in driving the Key Strategic Business Priorities. GBC FP&A team enables
Avantor leadership team in effective decision making by providing timely, accurate and actionable
insights globally for all the markets, regions, businesses, and functions. Business Partnering
 Act as Finance Business Partner for Operations team, understanding the key
priorities of business/function and Providing insights with forward-looking analysis and
initiate discussions/reviews with business partners to enable them in taking key
business decisions.
 Analyzing trends & providing proactive recommendations to the finance leadership
team by highlighting potential business risks & opportunities.
 Partner with Finance/Operations leadership on ad hoc projects/reporting as per the
ongoing business requirements.
 Assessing the existing KPI's/reports of assigned businesses/functions, identifying
the gaps in current process, proposing necessary changes to business partners and
playing an active role in implementing the proactive mechanisms in measuring &
driving business results.
Driving Key Processes
 Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) of function/business and support leadership team in
driving planning, forecasting & month end closures processes. Assisting Pune FP&A manager
to set up FP&A framework.
 Working Closely with Finance/Operations leads and provide insights in all the key areas of
finance including Revenue, Cost Of Sales, Margins, Opex/Capex & Working Capital.
 Prepare weekly/monthly Management Review decks for leadership team by highlighting the
outliers, collobarating with operations/finance teams in understanding the drivers behind the
variances, providing necessary commentaries on the business performance.
 Actively involve in performance review discussions with Finance/Operations leadership
teams and providing necessary suggestions to the leadership team on the way forward
approach.
 Assisting finance leadership in driving the key business-specific /global initiatives.
Operational/Functional Excellence
 Take a lead in establishing Global Standardized Reporting for various businesses/functions.
 Closely Working with leadership teams in adopting the ABS practices for finance.
 Collaborate with other team members, identify & implement process simplifications/
improvements. Adopt the best/standard practices across teams.
 Prepare necessary process documentation of all the deliverables and periodical review of
the existing documentation and making necessary changes to ensure the latest business
changes are incorporated.
 Prepare financial analysis for various "what if" scenarios and sensitivity analysis in
analyzing the business impact.
Mentoring
 Coach and mentor new team members to make them successful in their respective role by
assisting them in new transitions, having knowledge sharing sessions etc.QUALIFICATIONS (Education/Training, Experience and Certifications)
 Master's degree in accounting or finance. CA/ICWAI/CPA/MBA Finance from reputed
universities.
 Minimum 8-10 years of experience in finance and/or accounting related fields, preferably in
MNC's Captive Finance Shared Services Organizations/Global Centers.
 Prior experience in Working with Pharma companies preferred.
 Six Sigma or Lean training preferred, but not mandatory.
 A working knowledge of the wide-ranging aspects of the finance such as FP&A,
Accounting, Integrated Supply Chain & Costing.
 Experience in leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and
aid in decision making.KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES (Those necessary to perform the job
competently)
 Transformation mindset - Open to accept, adopt, absorb the change in way of working,
structure and Content.
 Comfortable working in a matrix environment with multiple stakeholders. Ability to work with
executives, managers, and stakeholders from various regions/functions.
 Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical skills; demonstrated leadership abilities, and
the ability to manage multiple priorities of the leadership in a highly dynamic & fast paced
environment.
 Ability to explain the business performance with the data.
 Computer Proficiency with strong ERP knowledge preferably SAP, MS Office, Tableau,
Alteryx, QlikView & HFM.
 Strong affinity with LEAN processes and tools.
 Strong interpersonal, communication skills.

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