Deputy General Manager_MPS/COR

This role is primarily responsible for global operations spanning 3 regions IN EU and NA; and legal entity India. This position thereby must have multi-cultural interactions and communication capabilities. This role has to interact with multiple stakeholders outside Bosch (especially business partners) for evaluating and defining various business model engagements and investment decisions. It includes designing and implementing the system setup that is focusing on end to end e-commerce operation and other SaaS services. Another key aspect is to partner with business leadership to provide real time strategic and decision support for evaluating and prioritizing new business ideas deliver strategic plans while ensuring appropriate financial direction/management operational controls compliance & risk management and systems are in place for sustainable and profitable growth.

The core responsibilities of this role include:
Financial Reporting: Ensuring financial reporting for the legal entity India in compliance with both group and Indian
accounting regulations and overseeing the audit procedures.
Compliance and governance: Ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements including secretarial tax laws and industry specific regulations (e.g. e-commerce regulations). Responsible for legal / central directive compliance relating to commercial topics (first level of defence)
Treasury Management: Manage cash flow and liquidity to support growth opportunities while maintaining sufficient liquidity to cover operational needs.
Business Finance:
Bosch controlling - Oversee financial planning budgeting and forecasting and establish/maintain operating and business financial metrics (including business acquisitions) for global operations. Analyze financial data to make strategic recommendations.
Business Partnering: Including defining business models for MPS global operations Investment assessment long-term financial forecast.
Engage in partner discussions for strategic collaboration / business relationships from finance and supply chain functions
Establish fintech layer (e.g. OCEN) for enabling credit on to MPS platforms in collaboration with embedded finance partners.
Develop and manage the supply chain strategy for the business unit. This includes procurement fulfilment inventory management supplier relations. Setting up business model for hardware supply chain in digital channel (market place oriented sales partner-led growth etc.)
Engagement with strategic business partner for investment analysis
Drive digital business: Business process set up in IT and partnering with BD organization for IT maintenance and support the legal entity. Business process for commercial operations at MPS level / legal entity level (IT / ERP / Digital platform tool chains BRIM DCS PSP Taxations and Treasury systems)
Present financial plan and strategy to investors

Role and Responsibilities

Strategy and Business planning
Lead development of business finance strategy for business unit and other emerging businesses in liaison with the functional excellence team ensuring translation and alignment organizational objectives and initiatives
Analyse and develop Industry landscape vis a vis Market Channels and Segments Competitive Actions and Combative Counter Plans to recommend business play
Engage in partner discussions for strategic collaboration from finance and supply chain functions
Lead business area annual operating plan and forecasting and draw up short-term and long-term financial plans including variance analysis and reporting
Establish and maintain operating and business financial metrics and input into customer/vendor management guidelines/schemes; Assess financial viability of new businesses/decisions and set financial guardrails
Analyse business and macro market key predictors identifying trends and presenting actionable insights to business leaders; Producing succinct financial and business narratives for management review documents and advice business leaders on commercial deal terms
Conduct ad-hoc financial analyses and interpret P&L data to support business decisions
Collaborate with relevant parties in the preparation of finance statement/ P&L/ Cash flows (financial and non-financial including business reporting) to enable Leadership with strategic decision making and capital allocation decision

Operational Excellence
Drive operational excellence using deep dive analytics on business drivers and leading the change / execution with business support and excellence teams
Develop implement and improve business area policies and finance procedures and controls to ensure 100% compliance while delivering a quality and cost-effective service to internal customers
Constantly monitor and seek to improve business KPIs viz. revenue mix segments margins and working capital etc.
Establish business intelligence reports and dashboards to streamline the financial and operations MIS across various categories / locations / initiatives
Lead periodic reviews to assess progress identify risks or blockers timely and implement agreed resolutions for core programs such as vendor experience initiatives supplier payments and changing regulations etc.

Compliance Management
Drive compliance to global state and central government reporting and filing requirements and support the functional excellence team with relevant inputs
Support the functional excellence team in liaising with authorities and ecosystem partners for managing commercial terms and proactive issue/risk management
Collaborate with the functional excellence team in discrepancy closures and yearly closing of accounting books in alignment with regulatory requirements
Partner with business teams for supporting discussions on terms of trade closure with owners/vendors/suppliers
Evaluate the risk in financial transactions accounting taxation treasury and design a mitigation plan to minimise risk
Oversee the development and maintenance of a standardized data management system for Business Finance in order to track the business performance and monitor adherence to standards and procedures

Stakeholder Management
Liaison with both external and internal stakeholders to devise a financial plan and strategy and manage ongoing process improvement in alignment to organizational and business area needs
Coordinate with cross functional teams to gather inputs for driving business excellence and facilitating change management
Build a strong relationship with existing and potential investors to leverage on market information

IT Partner
Drive digital business by identifying and implementing technologies and solutions that improve commercial business processes enhance customer experiences and increase operational efficiency (e.g. e-commerce operations CRM tool chains)
Lead establishment of new business models with holistic view of end to end process landscape
To review the current digital capabilities w.r.t. strategic direction of the company and define the next steps towards bridging the gap.

Supply Chain Management
Develop and manage the supply chain strategy for the business unit.
Conceptualization design & managing supply Chain for Hardware Business on E commerce Platform.
Establishing & managing fulfilment Layer for e-commerce operations.
Lead supply chain operations Customer Order Management Procurement Inbound and Outbound logistics of traded products from suppliers & resell through platforms.
Manage price negotiations supplier/partner contracting both technical & commercial for direct purchase products of MPS.
Manage supplier & Product evaluation & release.
Establish/Maintain KPIs of on time contracting delivery and cost.
Continuous improvement to enhance supply chain efficiency.
Supplier/Partner & Stakeholders Collaboration and relationship management

Qualifications :

Education
CA/CMA/CWA with business exposure
Post-Graduate from a tier 1 business school in Finance Business Economics or equivalent is desirable

Relevant Experience
12-15 years of experience with at least 3-5 years of experience in a digital/SaaS/marketplace environment

Behavioral Skills
360-degree thinking
Drive for results and solution orientation
Impactful communication and cultural connectivity
Managing teams
Effective negotiation
Fostering innovation and change resilience
Stakeholder management

Knowledge
Knowledge of finance in e-commerce distribution retail supply chain or the like
Relevant experience in controllership; understanding of global and local compliances (direct indirect tax STPI/ SEZ Customs; FEMA GST transfer pricing etc.) Accounting controls Accounting and Tax Reporting and business model implications
Knowledge of financial modelling defining program requirements finance process controls and policies to mitigate operational risk
Knowledge of industry and other financial best practises for accounts payable receivable import payments vendor contact management cost management and budgetary control
Knowledge of macro trends commodity markets and exchanges
Knowledge of enterprise financial systems
Knowledge of advanced excel data visualization tools and financial reporting software (e.g. Cognos / Oracle)
Experience in data analytics Six Sigma lean etc. initiatives

Additional Information :

Key Interfaces
External Business Partners
Banks/ NBFCs
External Consultants
Taxation Regulatory Authorities
Banking Regulatory Authorities
Leadership team across regions
Functional excellence teams
Business partners from various teams such as Finance Legal taxation marketing etc.
Other relevant teams of the organisation

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time