Procurement Financial Performance and Cost Controlling (Chennai)

Location

Navi Mumbai, MH, IN, 400708

Requisition ID: 19916

ABOUT HOLCIM

As the world’s global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, Holcim is reinventing the way the world builds. Supported by a 45,000\-strong global team spread across 44 countries and four industry segments (Cement, Aggregates, Ready\-Mix Concrete and Solutions \& Products), we are committed to shaping a greener, smarter and healthier world. It’s our ambition to lead the industry in reducing carbon emissions and accelerating the transition towards low\-carbon constructions globally.

• *Location: Chennai, (Remote in Chennai)**

This role is located in Chennai, and one will work remotely in Chennai

• *About the Role:**

We are seeking a strategic Chartered Accountant to join our Center of Excellence (CoE) for **Procurement Financial Performance and Cost Controlling** In this role, you will serve as a strategic financial partner to global procurement leadership and category managers. You will leverage your financial acumen to drive cost optimization, perform complex financial analysis (Purchase price variances, benchmarking, price\-over\-cost, Margin optimisation etc.), ensure robust internal controls and present executive commentary to Management.

• *Key Responsibilities:**

• *Financial Performance \& Category Controlling:**

• Prepare and evaluate monthly category\-wise spend and financial performance reports
• Perform deep\-dive variance commentary identifying key drivers behind spend trends, inflation, and cost movements

• *Executive Reporting \& Stakeholder Management:**

• Partner with the Head of Procurement and Head of operational excellence to craft strategic financial presentations and performance updates for the Group Exco.

• Ensure high accuracy and strategic clarity in all executive deliverables on time.

• *Strategic Cost Intelligence \& Sourcing Analytics:**

• Collaborate with Global Category Managers on price benchmarking, Purchase Price Variance (PPV), Price\-over\-Cost analysis, and Best Cost Country (BCC) sourcing models to unlock margin improvements

• Furnish actionable financial intelligence on key suppliers to support high\-stakes contract negotiations

• *Governance, Policy \& Risk Management:**

• Oversee global procurement policies, ensuring communication, implementation, and compliance across global business units.

• Work closely with teams to implement, maintain, and enforce robust financial controls across the entire procurement cycle.

• *Digital and AI Transformation \& Process Analytics:**

• Partner with the Procurement Digital/Tools team to drive continuous improvement in spend visibility, automated reporting, and platform implementations.

• *Educational Qualification \& Experience:**

• Education: Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 5\+ years of post\-qualification experience in Financial Planning \& Analysis (FP\&A), Financial Controlling, Management Reporting, Cost Accounting or Spend Analytics

• Preferred: Prior exposure to Supply chain, procurement controlling or strategic sourcing.

• *Technical and Behavioral Skills:**

• Strong, hands\-on expertise in MS Excel and PowerPoint. Experience usingGoogle Workspace tools alongside visualization platforms like QlikSense

• Strong time\-management skills with a proven track record of consistently meeting tight deliverables and project deadlines under pressure

• Excellent team player with strong interpersonal skills, capable of working seamlessly across global, cross\-functional teams

• Positive, solution\-oriented attitude paired with a continuous growth mindset and an eagerness to learn and adapt

• *Why join us:**

• Executive Exposure: Work directly with senior leaders, presenting strategic insights and financial reports to the Head of Procurement and Head of operational excellence

• Strategic Finance Role: Go beyond traditional accounting into high\-impact Finance Business Partnering—driving global cost leadership, spend analytics, and strategic decision\-making

• Global Footprint \& Mobility: Gain hands\-on exposure working with international teams across multi\-geography operations

• Digital \& Analytics Mastery: Sharpen your capability in modern procurement analytics tools and business intelligence platforms like Qlik Sense.

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