Job Description

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job ID: 91951

We Elevate... Quality of urban life

Our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than two billion of us up and down buildings and across transportation hubs every day.As part of the Schindler team, you’ll discover meaningful work that enhances quality of life for communities, and contribute to making places more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable for all. We combine innovation, safety, and high ethical standards, ensuring respect both among colleagues and for the world around us. By joining us, you don’t just become part of our success story; you help shape the future and continue our rich legacy that started back in 1874.

Schindler India is a 100% owned subsidiary of Schindler Group headquartered out of Mumbai and is backed by 5000+ employees who are spread across the length and breadth of the country. Besides business operations, Schindler India has its own Corporate R&D Centre, Elevator and Escalator Factory and Shared Service Centre to support India operations, which is in-fact one of the fastest growing market now globally.

Join us as a

Senior Executive / Asst Manager - Controlling

Your main responsibilities

Objectives of the function:

Plays a crucial role in preparing and coordinating plant budget and business planning activities in alignment with corporate policies and practices. The incumbent will coordinate and contribute to the total product cost associated with manufacturing or producing a product in Supply chain to generate cost opportunity.

Responsibilities:

Manage month-end closing and prepare monthly financial statements and financial reporting of operational reports for the KW - INP. Ensure also the year end closing process and its compliance with local standards.

Analyse variances and prepares the reasoning analysis for actions

Prepare rolling forecasts for 3 months of Jobs planned, operating revenue, and Management return for the Plant

Assess the Financial Impact and perform variance analysis at each category (Region, Rep, classification, PL, Codes) to prioritize those that contribute most to profitability and reduce losses. Document the root cause analysis and actions for continuous improvement

Contribute to defining and calculation of the activity rates and its OH cost allocations to the overhead cost based on the cost drivers. Analyse the trend y-o-y for its movement and improvement on the per unit cost.

Collaborates with Manager, Plant team and departments to explain results, make improvements, manage projects, identify inefficiencies, understand operations and lead the development of complex analysis

Must work across organization boundaries and all levels of the company to achieve plant, or corporate objectives

Monitor and implement plant internal controls (in conjunction with corporate policies) as necessary to ensure reporting integrity, safeguard company assets, and identify risks

Shares best practices across finance team, e.g. process improvements, financial modelling and procedures changes

Prepare and upload the financial reports and data at each month end on the Tagetik Financial management tool as per group reporting guidelines.

Ensures proper accounting in accordance with Group ON, IFRS Accounting Principles as well as local statutory requirements

Prepare and submit journal entries for entry in SAP and manage variance analysis based on defined standard costing, labour rates, and overhead allocations

Cost estimation & analysis of jobs for each projects/ product lines to identify the gaps if any and suggest management to help initiate actions/decisions for cost control and improvement and achieve the desired return.

Analyse Make or Buy, negotiation and decisions in line with the yearly budget.

Perform and analyse the pre-post gap analysis of the job profitability and support management through improvement actions for generating higher contribution.

Support and assist in the audits including internal audit, Statutory audits, ASI assessment, tax audits and other related audits in compliance with group ON, DCD and finance SOPs

Demonstrate data-based leadership by guiding operations through fact-driven discussions and eliminate finance governance gaps. Ensure automation of process and reporting with assistance & guidance to the Data analytics team

What you bring

Education

Qualified CA, CMA or MBA (Finance) or M.Com with 7-10 years of experience

Professional Skills:

• Knowledge of budgeting and forecasting techniques as well as proficiency with financial statement analysis and projection
• Strong in all aspects: Analytical, conceptual skill, Problem solving skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skill. Initiative and good team player
• Good understanding of product costing & project costing.
• Experience in handling multiple concurrent tasks and meeting strict deadlines
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret financial reports and legal documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries from the business.
• Ability to effectively communicate with management, public groups, peers and staff.
• Must demonstrate the highest standards of personal and professional integrity and character and promote ethical business behaviour throughout the organization
• Must be a team player and act cooperatively with the business
• Ability to lead and motivate teams to reach a common goal
• Demonstrate strong and pragmatic business acumen

Professional experience

7-10 years of experience in financial domain with experience in finance controlling, budgeting and forecasting.

Standard Awareness

• IFRS, IND-AS knowledge
• Occupational Health, Safety, environment & Quality policy awareness
• ISO 14001,45001, 9001 standard awareness

IT:

• Command over Advance MS Excel and other MS office tools
• SAP ECC 6.0
• Power BI and Power Query tools
• Complex excel analytics and formula and data handling to contribute the analysis

What’s in it for you?

• Join our purpose-driven organization. Help shape an industry in which two billion people rely on our products and services every day.
• Your development matters to us. We help you grow by offering the support you need to develop your skills and access a rewarding and fulfilling career.
• Thrive in a diverse and supportive culture. Through local and global initiatives, we promote a culture of inclusion which celebrates diversity and ensures that everyone feels valued.

We Elevate… Your Career

Become part of our team, help us enhance quality of life and drive innovation while raising the bar for safety and sustainability. We value your diverse skills and perspectives as together we shape the sustainable cities of today and tomorrow.

Are you ready to embark on a new journey? Join #TeamSchindler! Discover more on our career website.

At Schindler Group we value inclusion and diversity, and practice equity to create equal opportunities for all. We endeavor that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, ethnic background, color, religious affiliation, union affiliation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, nationality, genetics and health or disability.

Any unsolicited application from Recruitment Agencies is deemed to be rejected and does not constitute in any manner an offer from a Recruitment Agency.