Job Description

Purpose of the Role
The role exists to provide financial inputs to Strategy, Ecosystem Management, Sustainability, CVP, Business Transformation & IB departments (for both TMPV & TPEM entities) - Collaborating with business stakeholders to help deliver business targets and achieving performance excellence while ensuring effective cost controls & maintaining good financial hygiene with full statutory compliances.
Job Responsibility

• Business Partnering for formulating schemes/policies/business cases, providing support to resolve financial issues & queries, driving Strategic Alliances & Business Transformation initiatives as Finance SPOC and acting as a bridge between business & other departments like FP&A, controlling, taxation, TMLBSL, GL teams
• Controlling, Monitoring & Budgeting of expenses for all strategic areas {{including Ecosystem Partnerships, Sustainability, Business Transformation & CVP workstreams}} at PAN India level and IB areas including VME, FME and other fixed costs
• Preparation of Monthly/Fortnightly MIS & Variance Analysis with regular governance & reporting to respective stakeholders and Schedules required for management/audit compliance along with regrouping entries/other JVs as per accounting compliance requirement of Direct tax, IDT (GST), SOX, IND AS and statutory audits, etc.
• Evaluation of key business processes & transactions for potential weakness/risks and putting in additional controls either through automation or by strengthening the review mechanism
• Tracking & maintaining Cash Conserved/Generated/Other Benefit Realised/Spend Effectiveness for all strategic areas while also identifying improvement opportunities for cost saving/margin improvement
• FP&A role to drive financial performance and business growth for PV & EV International Business
• Liaison with Internal and external auditors to provide all necessary support for smooth and timely completion of statutory audit with nil audit observations

Stakeholder Profiles & Nature of Interactions
Internal:
Business Stakeholders - Partnering with Business team to help maintain dominant position in the market
FP&A and Controlling team - Budgeting, Monitoring & Controlling Expenses with scrutiny of related GLs, CCs, SIO & UIC tracking, provision accuracy, monitoring of entries and timely action for necessary correction
Taxation - Co-ordination with direct & indirect taxation teams for query resolution
TMBSL - Governance of work transitioned to team, day to day operations and review with teams wherever applicable
IT - Co-ordination with teams for system configuration for ease of business
P&SQ - Purchase requisitions & deal negotiations before vendor finalisation
Plant Finance, RFMS & Operations - Plant & Region related coordination for provisions & payout reconciliations along with other Ad Hoc requirements
Legal & Internal Auditors - Consultation on control improvements & issue resolutions
External:
Vendor Partners - Strategic Subscriptions, Sustainability and Business Transformation Collaborations & Partnerships
Tata Power, Other CPOs & Dealerships - EV ecosystem partnerships including expansion of EV exclusive network & charging solutions
Tata Communications - CVP Data consumption tracking & pay-outs
Tata Digital - EV Unified Payment Wallet Coordination
External Auditors - Liaison with external statutory auditors while ensuring nil audit observations.
Desired Candidate Profile

• Preferred industry experience: Automobile/Manufacturing
• Educational qualifications: CA or MBA (Finance)
• Relevant Experience: 2 to 6years

Skills & Competencies

• Financial & Stakeholder Management
• Business Acumen
• Customer Centricity
• Driving Execution
• Interpersonal Skills

Skills Required