General Finance Specialist

1.  Project Commercials & Margin Tracking 

• Track and analyze project margins end-to-end — from order booking through execution and project closure. 

• Monitor Costs Incurred vs. Cost to Come at a project level; proactively flag deviations, overruns, and margin risks. 

• Prepare and maintain project-level P&L statements with focus on Gross Contribution (GC%), Net Manufacturing Cost (NMC), and overall project profitability. 

• Conduct periodic margin reviews (SO-level / L2-level) and highlight anomalies, margin erosion trends, or unfavorable cost variances. 

• Support project teams with commercial insights to drive better decision-making on pricing, cost control, and resource allocation. 

• Liaise with project managers and operations to validate cost assumptions, forecast completion costs, and maintain up-to-date project financial models. 

■  2.  Business Intelligence & Dashboard Development 

• Design, develop, and maintain BI dashboards (Power BI, AWS QuickSight, or equivalent) providing real-time visibility into project financials, cost performance, and margin trends. 

• Create interactive margin waterfall charts, cost variance dashboards, and project health scorecards for leadership reviews. 

• Develop MBR / QBR financial decks with clear visualizations of project performance, profitability, and cost exposure. 

• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and timely refresh of all dashboard reports across finance and operations. 

• Collaborate with IT / data teams for data pipeline reliability and model governance. 

■  3.  Automation & Process Improvement 

• Identify and automate repetitive financial reporting, data consolidation, and reconciliation tasks to reduce manual effort. 

• Build automated workflows for margin tracking, cost roll-ups, provision monitoring, and variance analysis using tools such as Excel VBA, Power Automate, or Python. 

• Drive continuous improvement in reporting turnaround time, data quality, and analytical accuracy. 

• Standardize and document finance processes, templates, and reporting frameworks to ensure scalability. 

• Evaluate and implement RPA or low-code tools to further streamline Finance operations workflows. 

■  4.  Communication & Stakeholder Management 

• Present financial insights, project health updates, and margin commentary clearly to cross-functional teams and senior management. 

• Translate complex financial data into simple, compelling narratives for non-finance stakeholders. 

• Collaborate with Project Managers, Procurement, and Operations to align on commercial terms, cost assumptions, and project forecasts. 

• Prepare concise and actionable financial summaries for monthly and quarterly business reviews. 

• Act as the Finance business partner for operational project teams, providing proactive financial guidance. 

■  5.  Service Operations — Margins & Profitability Analysis 

• Perform Entry vs. Exit margin analysis to assess margin leakage, identify root causes (scope changes, cost overruns, pricing gaps), and report trends to the Management. 

• Conduct zone-wise and LOB-wise profitability analysis to identify high-performing and underperforming regions; present comparative P&L summaries to the Management. 

• Track labor efficiency metrics — technician utilization, billable vs. non-billable hours, cost per service call, and manpower deployment patterns. 

• Prepare and maintain project-level P&L statements with focus on GC%, NMC, VCM, and overall profitability. 

Education 

• Inter CA (ICAI) or Inter CMA (ICMAI) — Mandatory qualification 

• Graduation in Commerce / Finance — B.Com / BBA or equivalent 

Experience 

• 3 – 6 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing industry environment 

• Hands-on experience in project costing, margin analysis, and commercial finance 

• Prior exposure to tracking project-level costs against estimates/budgets — incurred vs. cost to come analysis 

• Experience supporting monthly/quarterly business review cycles in a manufacturing or industrial setting 

Technical Skills