Deputy General Manager - Finance - Rail & Inland Terminals - Ahmedabad

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities Description

Formulate and Drive Must Win Battles - Understand Leadership Priorities by meeting business heads and align on strategic goals (growth, cost, efficiency).

• Identify high-impact areas such as volume and cost drivers.
• Estimate financial impact (savings/incremental revenue).
• Defining owners, timelines, KPIs, milestones.
• Weekly tracking and monthly reviews.
• Create a dashboard for leadership updates.

Identify and drive cost saving initiatives - Drill into top expense line items (transportation, terminal expenses, fuel, handling, lease, repairs).

• Compare terminals, vendors, business units.
• Track variance vs budget, vs prior period, vs productivity norms.
• Identifying initiatives to improve by

• Vendor renegotiation
• Process improvements
• Utilization improvements

• Defining owners, timelines, KPIs, milestones.
• Weekly tracking and monthly reviews.
• Create a dashboard for leadership updates.

Reports: Asset Utilization Report

Customer wise Margin Report - Collect data regarding

• Rake Days Lost - Gross Asset available during the period
• Container Detention Report - Unavailability due to driver/breakdown
• Circuitwise Profitability Report - Idle time
• Asset utilization Report: - Trips completed

Rake - Compute key metrics

• Container - Utilization %
• Trailer - Turnaround time
• RST - Productivity per asset

• Identify underutilized assets
• Listing the reasons (maintenance, detention, low demand)
• Sharing actionable insights and driving the utilization
• Publish weekly & monthly report

Standardisation of cost across terminals - Map all cost heads across terminals.

• Identify variations.
• Work with BU Heads/ Ops to establish standard cost range wherever possible.
• Identifying initiatives and driving them to bring the cost within standard range.
• Sharing dashboard highlighting the impact of cost above standards.

Avoiding ECL and driving ECL recovery - Analyse the probable 3-month ECL report shared by RO

• Define collection targets
• Customer-wise expected recovery.
• Monitor movements to 90+/180+ days.
• Daily Recovery monitoring
• Exception reporting every week.
• Reduce new ECL creation
• Stop service for highly overdue customers

Monitor and Track returns from all capex investments including insights to be acted upon.

Annual Operating Plan

Rolling Forecast

Month Review Decks

Board Meetings

Internal Audit

Revenue Leakage

• Manage P&L, balance sheet, working capital, and overall financial reporting and control processes.
• Develop financial business plans and forecasts, ensuring alignment with group and regional policies.
• Implement and maintain finance and accounting practices as per regulatory and accounting standards.
• Develop systems to provide critical financial insights and make strategic recommendations to management.
• Ensure operational policies and procedures are efficient, compliant, and within budgetary allocations.
• Develop liquidity management strategies, working closely with the CFO and Treasurer.
• Provide timely financial analysis and reports to assist the Regional HO and Board in decision-making.
• Offer insurance, legal, and taxation advice to management, consulting with relevant experts.
• Improve the budgeting process by educating departments on financial implications.
• Provide financial leadership and strategic input on key business decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, with a preference for a Master's degree.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in finance, with a strong background in financial management and analysis.
• Proven experience in developing and implementing financial strategies and plans.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting principles, financial regulations, and compliance standards.
• Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to lead and mentor a finance team.
• Proficiency in using financial software and tools for reporting and analysis.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with a focus on performance management and forecasting.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• A proactive and solution-oriented approach to financial risk management.