[Hiring] Commercial Finance Manager @Mondelēz International

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced Commercial Finance professional to lead Finance partnering for our East business. This is a business-facing role that combines:

• Commercial business partnering
• Planning and performance management
• Team leadership
• Strong financial governance

The role will partner closely with Sales and Commercial leadership to influence business decisions, drive profitable growth, and strengthen the overall Commercial Finance capability across the markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Partnering: Act as a trusted Finance partner to Sales and Commercial leadership, providing insights and constructive challenge to support key business and commercial decisions.
• Commercial Finance: Partner the business on revenue growth, pricing, trade investments, customer/channel profitability, margins, and go-to-market decisions.
• Planning & Performance: Lead budgeting, forecasting, and short- and long-range financial planning; identify key performance drivers, risks and opportunities, and translate them into actionable recommendations.
• Multi-Market Leadership: Provide Finance leadership across East India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, navigating different market dynamics, commercial priorities, and stakeholder environments.
• Operational & Financial Governance: Ensure strong oversight of month-end activities, financial reporting, commercial controls, compliance and governance, while maintaining accuracy and financial discipline.
• Team Leadership: Lead and develop the Commercial Finance team, strengthening both functional and business partnering capabilities.
• Transformation & Simplification: Drive process improvement, standardization, and automation of recurring Finance activities, creating greater capacity for insight-led business partnering.

Qualifications

• CA or MBA (Finance) with approximately 8–14 years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience in Commercial Finance, Sales Finance or Business Finance, preferably within FMCG or a complex consumer-facing organisation.
• Demonstrated experience partnering Sales/Commercial teams and influencing business decisions.
• Strong understanding of commercial levers including revenue, pricing, trade spends, margins and customer/channel profitability.
• Experience in planning, forecasting, performance management and financial governance.
• Strong people leadership, analytical and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• A commercial mindset with the ability to balance business partnership with strong financial controls and operational discipline.

Benefits

• Within Country Relocation support available.
• For candidates voluntarily moving internationally, some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy.

Company Description

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.
• Manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh.
• Global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra.
• A vast distribution network across the country.
• Recognized 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.