Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited
pharmaceutical
FinanceController–GlobalExternalManufacturing
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“Finance Controller – Global External Manufacturing at Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited. Skills: Financial Accounting, Management Reporting, Costing, Budgeting, Audit, Compliance, Controls. Ensure monthly financial closing activities within timeliness.. Balance Sheet and Trial Balance reviews to maintain financial hygiene and proactively identify accounting discrepancies.”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure monthly financial closing activities within timeliness.; Maintain financial hygiene and proactively identify accounting discrepancies.; Ensure accurate inventory valuation and provisioning.; Ensure accurate accounting for payables, receivables and advances.; Provide monthly MIS reports for External Manufacturing Operations.; Present procurement and operations MIS decks for leadership reviews.; Provide insightful data for review and decision-making through variance analysis.; Support strategic and operational decisions with actionable analytics and financial insights.; Validate product yields.; Review Third-Party Manufacturing cost sheets prior to PO release.; Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities.; Build and monitor a robust savings idea funnel.; Compute, track, and report OE savings for External Manufacturing locations.; Support annual budgeting activities, including scenario analysis and budget reviews.; Validate make-or-buy decisions through financial and commercial analysis.; Review Loan Licence and Third-Party Procurement agreements from a financial and risk perspective.; Identify savings opportunities through benchmarking of material prices.; Handle all audit requirements and ensure timely closure of observations.; Ensure adherence to company accounting policies, SOPs, and DOA.; Identify control gaps and drive corrective actions.; Ensure accurate accounting and resolution of stock variances.; Improve efficiency, accuracy, and governance across finance and procurement processes through automation and digitalization.; Enhance control, transparency, and scalability of financial processes.
Industry & Context.
Detailed variance analysis; Actionable analytics and financial insights; Cost-saving opportunities identification; Savings idea funnel building; Control gap identification; Corrective action driving; Stock variance resolution
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4 to 6 years of experience
What You'll Do.
Ensure monthly financial closing activities within timeliness.
Balance Sheet and Trial Balance reviews to maintain financial hygiene and proactively identify accounting discrepancies.
Review inventory valuation and provisioning in line with company policies and accounting standards.
receivables and Advances relating to External Manufacturing Partners.
Prepare and circulate monthly MIS reports for External Manufacturing Operations.
Generate and present procurement and operations MIS decks on a monthly basis for leadership reviews.
Perform detailed variance analysis between actuals
and prepare insightful data for review and decision‑making.
Share actionable analytics and financial insights to support strategic and operational decisions for Global External Manufacturing.
Prepare and review LL cost sheets
including validation of product yields.
Review Third‑Party Manufacturing cost sheets prior to PO release.
Identify cost‑saving opportunities.
Build and monitor a robust savings idea funnel through OE diagnostics.
and report Operations Excellence (OE) savings for External Manufacturing locations.
Support and partner in annual budgeting activities
including scenario analysis and budget reviews.
Validate make‑or‑buy decisions through financial and commercial analysis.
Review Loan Licence and Third‑Party Procurement agreements from a financial and risk perspective.
Conduct benchmarking of material prices using EXIM data and market intelligence to identify savings opportunities.
Handle all audit requirements related to Statutory Audit
specifically for procurement and external manufacturing areas.
Collaborate closely with internal and external auditors
ensuring timely closure of observations and adherence to company accounting policies
Ensure defined process notes and SOPs are identify control gaps and drive corrective actions in coordination with Central Finance.
Conduct and monitor stock audits at LL plants
ensuring accurate accounting and resolution of stock variances.
Drive automation and digitalization initiatives to improve efficiency
and governance across finance and procurement processes.
Continuously review and strengthen financial processes to enhance control
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with SCM and Procurement teams to identify cost-saving opportunities, build and monitor a robust savings idea funnel, and compute, track, and report OE savings.; Act as the point of contact for all finance-related matters for Global External Manufacturing Operations and Strategic Business Partners.; Collaborate with SCM, Sourcing Team, Central Finance and Legal teams to support business objectives.; Collaborate closely with internal and external auditors, ensuring timely closure of observations and adherence to company accounting policies, SOPs, and DOA.; Drive corrective actions in coordination with Central Finance.
Full Job Description
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is a leading multinational pharmaceutical company based across global locations. Each of our 24,000 plus employees comes to work every day for one collective purpose: to accelerate access to affordable and innovative medicines because Good Health Can’t Wait. We started in 1984 with a modest investment, 20 employees and a bold vision. Today, we have research and development centres, manufacturing facilities or a commercial presence in 66 countries. For nearly four decades, we have stood for access, affordability and innovation based on the bedrock of deep science, progressive people practices and robust corporate governance. As the pharmaceutical industry evolves and undergoes disruption, we see an opportunity – to strengthen our core further (the next steps) and to build the future (the new bets). ‘The Next and the New’ is how we aim to continue to be the partner of choice – purpose-driven, future-ready and sustainable. Our aim is to reach over 1.5 Bn+ patients across the world by 2030 by growing our core businesses and building for the future with sustainability at the core of our purpose and strategy. Sustainability for us means operating in a manner that respects people, planet and purpose – helping us conserve precious resources, serve our patients, create value for stakeholders, give back to society, fulfil our potential and maintain our integrity and transparency Dr Reddy’s maintains a work environment, free from discrimination and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to employ & nurture all qualified diverse workforce without regard to race, colour religion, nationality, sex, age, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender expression, citizenship or any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable law(s) of the country we operate in. We treasure every talent, and recognize merit and diversity in our organization. " Key Responsibilities Financial Accounting & Governance * Ensure monthly
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