Head: Finance SA & One Africa Controller at Cipla

• The incumbent of this position would be responsible for the Finance function of Cipla South Africa (SA) and Financial Controllership spanning the full Africa business.
• The Africa business has been evolving continuously over the decade with new geographies being added. Recently, the North Africa business has been included wherein there are multiple countries/regions across various legal entities as well as numerous 3rd party partnerships / minority shareholdings.
• The added complexity requires the incumbent to manage these relationships and partnerships with the necessary maturity and EQ, while balancing the needs of the business.
• SA Commercial Business: Partner with diverse business functions across SA to deliver top and bottomline growth targets while driving impeccable governance and compliance frameworks to drive critical decision making and achieve organizational objectives.
• Financial Oversight – Co-own the P&L (FY25: Revenue ~$360m & MC ~ 26%) and financial performance of the South Africa Business. Management of Marketing and Data Fee process and payments (most significant business expense).
• Collaborate with the SA FP&A finance function - Provide decision analysis support, play a key role in finalizing budget and resources allocation, monitor and report actual performance
• against KPIs.
• Collaborate with the SA manufacturing finance function - by overseeing effective forecasting, planning, budgeting and managing of financial resources to deliver on key financial metrics.
• Strategic Finance Lead for Brandmed (Cipla Investment) partnering closely with Brandmed senior management team and external stakeholders such as potential partners and investors.
• Establishing and managing business performance targets, and sales, profits, costs, staffing levels and whilst governing controls and procedures.
• Market Intelligence: The incumbent has to assist in market and competitive analysis to ensure alignment with current market trends and profitability opportunities.
• Accounting, Controlling & Tax: The candidate (working closely with the Lead Africa Corporate
• Accounting, Tax and Internal Control Manager) is responsible to ensure adherence to accounting standards across the Africa business to consistently achieve desired level of financial performance.

Major activities involved here are:

• Drive all activities for maintaining a robust balance sheet and clean profit and loss accounts and consolidate across Africa entities.
• Develop and institutionalize a sound Cash Flow Model to deliver improvement in cash position.
• Manage working capital requirements and metrics along with monitoring and resolving noncompliance, taxation and audit issues.
• Define and govern implementation of policies, procedures and standards, as per the local and Cipla global requirements and also oversee compliance with Government pricing,
• Transfer pricing, Tax laws, Audits etc.
• Assume responsibility as (or appoint) a Public Officer for all South African entities.

Financial Shared Services:

• Manage relationship with Global Financial Shared Services (FSS) within (primarily) Order to Cash (OTC), Procure to Pay (P2P) and inventory functions.
• Define scope between Off-shore activities provided by the FSS and any local functions.
• Ensure processes are streamlined and working effectively. Track and share performance metrics and drive process improvement.
• Governance: The candidate has to implement all governance and compliance related activities in
• order to ensure – drive best in class governance. Major activities involved here are:
• Propose critical audits and ensure audits are carried out as per requirements and timely resolution of issues and act as key interface between finance and various functions.
• Standardize all finance practices assuring alignment with group finance practices, processes and systems and ensure effective and efficient delivery of financial processes, ensuring control risk is mitigated with sound controls.
• Promote ethical and responsible decision-making and safeguard integrity in financial / nonfinancial reporting whilst ensuring timely and balanced disclosures and recognising and manage risk.
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