Digital Finance Manager, India

Description

Digital Finance Manager – India

The ideal candidate will act as the bridge between Finance and IT, bringing hands-on expertise in tools like SAP, Power BI, Alteryx, and RPA platforms, and will play a pivotal role in identifying and delivering finance automation projects aligned with business needs.

Purpose of the Role

To drive the Digital Finance India Agenda, aligned with Mondelez India SP, by :

Bringing in best-in-class business practices,

Evaluating digital technologies,

Engaging finance and business stakeholders,

Driving automation and simplification of financial processes,

Enabling future-ready finance operations with minimum manual intervention.

Role Overview

Acts as a bridge between Finance sub-functions and IT Services.

It would also be responsible to identify opportunities, find solutions and its implementations for various processes which are inter-twined between Finance and other functions.

You will be responsible for ensuring that Finance IBS projects are successfully delivered on time and on budget. This includes project governance, budget and timeline development, build quality, testing and operational readiness, and the completed project’s readiness to go live; work with project resources to provide design collateral and to configure software components so they are aligned with security policy and governance; and ensure adherence to development and configuration standards and processes.

Focuses on identifying automation opportunities across finance processes—especially those that are currently manual (e.g., cash flow statements, reconciliation, reporting).

Leads and governs end-to-end project delivery within time and budget (including testing, design, rollout readiness).

Drives process redesign and software configuration aligned with security and compliance standards.

Important Note : This is not a pure IT role. It requires strong finance acumen and the ability to understand financial reporting, controls, compliance, and analysis needs while embedding digital solutions.

Key Accountabilities

Develop and implement short, medium, and long-term digital strategies for Finance India.

Identify, evaluate, and implement finance automation opportunities (internal + external).

Deliver data transformation, automation, visualization, and dashboarding solutions.

Manage digital finance projects , ensuring timelines, budgets, and stakeholder expectations are met.

Evaluate current finance processes to identify areas for automation, controls improvement, and simplification.

Implement new digital tools to improve efficiency and competitiveness.

Train finance teams on emerging tools and technologies.

Be the go-to digital expert within Finance for process innovation.

Collaborate with global and regional stakeholders, including Global Finance Solution Owners and Business Tower leads.

Translate business requirements into functional and technical specs.

Qualifications & Experience

CA or MBA from a reputed university.

8–10 years of progressive experience in finance transformation, with strong focus on analysis, reporting, and forecasting

Demonstrated expertise in digital tools relevant to finance, including :

SAP (S / 4HANA, Hyperion, SAP Analytics Cloud)

Power BI, Tableau

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Low-Code / No-Code Platforms

Hands-on experience in data engineering and analytics tools, such as :

Alteryx, Collibra, Talend, Microsoft platform

Exposure to finance transformation or consulting, ideally within the FMCG industry, is a strong plus.

Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy

Business Unit Summary

Mondelez India Foods Private Limited (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) has been in India for over 70 years, making sure our mouth-watering and well-loved local and global brands such as Cadbury chocolates, Bournvita and Tang powdered beverages, Oreo and Cadbury Bournvita biscuits, and Halls and Cadbury Choclairs Gold candies get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has more than 3,300 employees proudly working across sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and in manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, at our global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra and in a vast distribution network across the country. We are also proud to be recognised by Avatar as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 – the fourth time we’ve received this award.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

RegularFinance Planning & Performance ManagementFinance