Job description

**Role & Responsibilities**: **Project & Commercial Finance** - **Cost-to-Complete (CTC) Tracking:** Monitor project margins, ensuring accurate financial accounting across Work Breakdown Structures (WBS). - **Milestone & Cash Flow Tracking:** Certify and track vendor/subcontractor payments against milestone-based disbursements. - **Bid & Proposal Pricing:** Work with the engineering and bid teams to create accurate project cost estimates, risk margins, and pricing models. - **Change Order Analysis:** Evaluate the financial impacts of technical variations, scope changes, or project delays. **Banking & Treasury Management** - **Working Capital & Consortia:** Manage working capital, bank guarantees, letters of credit (LC), and public/private consortium banking. - **Debt Syndication:** Negotiate funding lines, manage CMA (Credit Monitoring Analysis) data, and handle credit rating renewals. - **Forex Management:** Track and hedge foreign exchange exposure related to international procurement and contracts. **Taxation, Compliance & Governance** - **Statutory Compliance:** Ensure direct and indirect tax compliance, including GST, TDS, and corporate taxes. - **Financial Controls:** Establish and enforce Delegation of Authority (DOA) guidelines, SOPs, and internal financial controls. - **Audit Facilitation:** Coordinate with statutory, internal, and tax auditors for timely closure of audits and regulatory filings. **Team Leadership & Reporting** - **MIS & Dashboards:** Design and maintain financial dashboards to provide real-time visibility on costs, cash flow, and Capex. - **Team Development:** Lead, mentor, and build a high-performing team of commercial project controllers and financial analysts **Preferred candidate profile** : - **Education:** Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting. Mandatory professional qualification like **Chartered Accountant (CA)**, **CPA**, or **CFA**. - **Experience:** Typically 15 to 20 years of progressive experience, with a heavy emphasis on infrastructure, manufacturing, or project-driven EPC environments. - **Technical Skills:** Deep expertise in revenue recognition, long-term construction contract accounting, and integrated ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, D365). - **Core Competencies:** Strong contract negotiation abilities, risk assessment capabilities, and stakeholder communication