Team Member Planning

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is a leading multinational pharmaceutical company based across global locations. Each of our 24,000 plus employees comes to work every day for one collective purpose: to accelerate access to affordable and innovative medicines because Good Health Can’t Wait.

We started in 1984 with a modest investment, 20 employees and a bold vision. Today, we have research and development centres, manufacturing facilities or a commercial presence in 66 countries. 

For nearly four decades, we have stood for access, affordability and innovation based on the bedrock of deep science, progressive people practices and robust corporate governance. As the pharmaceutical industry evolves and undergoes disruption, we see an opportunity – to strengthen our core further (the next steps) and to build the future (the new bets).

‘The Next and the New’ is how we aim to continue to be the partner of choice – purpose-driven, future-ready and sustainable.  Our aim is to reach over 1.5 Bn+ patients across the world by 2030 by growing our core businesses and building for the future with sustainability at the core of our purpose and strategy. Sustainability for us means operating in a manner that respects people, planet and purpose – helping us conserve precious resources, serve our patients, create value for stakeholders, give back to society, fulfil our potential and maintain our integrity and transparency

Dr Reddy’s maintains a work environment, free from discrimination and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to employ & nurture all qualified diverse workforce without regard to race, colour religion, nationality, sex, age, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender expression, citizenship or any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable law(s) of the country we operate in. We treasure every talent, and recognize merit and diversity in our organization.

Job Summary
We are looking for a candidate to guide business teams in achieving financial goals, offering support through strategic planning and capitalizing on available business opportunities. The role includes assisting in budget preparation, preparation of estimated financials, developing resource estimations, and analysing trends for areas of improvement.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Profitability reporting & Analysis:

• Timely & accurate reporting of FTM sales, analysing pricing & product trends.
• Finalize periodic MIS & ensure accuracy of numbers. Analyse financial performance of business against latest estimates/plan.
• Prepare Latest estimates. Assess shortfalls / excess from the perspective of market forces, price erosion, market share gains, New Product performance, variances in throughputs and opex
  • Carryout variance analysis to understand movement in prices, volumes, throughputs, opex compared to plan, previous LE, QoQ & YoY

 2. Annual Budgeting

• Preparation of Annual budgets in line with corporate guidance by working alongside other CFTs.
• Analyse budget through the lens of price erosion, share gains, New product performance, impact of external market factors, supply etc., to carve out meaningful insights and to gauge Opportunities & Risks

 3. Business support & Adhoc projects:

• Support top management for any specific requirements or one-time projects, in any of the business areas spanning Peer analysis, Market shares etc
• Coordinate and support business requirements as and when required
• Collaborate with Cross Functional teams like Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Portfolio, Corporate etc., on strategic plan exercise, to prepare a financial summary; Prepare projections based on scenarios, to discuss with internal teams and leadership.

4. Digitalization:

• Collaborate with digital, Corporate and other teams to ensure dashboard stays updated for monthly / quarterly reviews with CXOs, business teams,
• Facilitate incorporating of add-on requirements that comes from stakeholders as required

Educational qualification:  CA /ACA

Minimum work experience: 3 to 5 years in Financial planning & Analysis in a medium to large sized organization or audit experience in a Big 4 audit/consultation firm. 

Skills & attributes:

Technical Skills

• Expertise in handling large data and has decent expertise on MS Office (Excel particularly). 

• Excellent skills in administration and using accounting software (SAP).
• In-depth financial knowledge, including understanding accounting principles and procedures, and experience with creating financial statements, budgeting, and MIS (Management Information system).

• Experience in dashboards (Power Bi/ Tableau) is an added advantage. 

Behavioural skills
• Sharp  business focus and strong analytical ability, contributing to informed decision-making.
• Ability to perform effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

• Ability to work effectively with Cross-Functional Teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data for process improvement.
• A self-initiating attitude and a strong sense of ownership for deliverables.
• High level of accuracy, reasoning, speed, and attention to detail while working with data.

About the Department
Finance
The Finance function at Dr. Reddy's goes beyond the traditional roles of monitoring costs, supervising accounting and creating reports. Deep into its digitalization transformation journey, the function works with all departments in the organization as a strategic partner and plays a major role in supporting management in its decision making.                                                                

The function is distributed globally and has business partnering teams allied to different business units as Controller and Planners. And, secondly distributed as multiple Centre of Excellence housed in Corporate office, such as treasury, Risk & Assurance, Taxation, Corporate Analytics, Investor Relations, GFRT and GBS.

Benefits Offered
At Dr. Reddy’s we actively help to catalyse your career growth and professional development through personalised learning programs.
The benefits you will enjoy at Dr. Reddy’s are on par with the best industry standards. They include, among other things and other essential equipment, joining & relocation support, family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits), learning and development opportunities, medical coverage for yourself and your family, life coverage for yourself.

Our Work Culture
Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy’s why they come to work every day and they’ll say, because Good Health Can’t Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions. We see healthcare solutions not only as scientific formulations, but as a means to help patients lead healthier lives, and we’re always attuned to the new and the next to empower people to stay fit. And to do this, we foster a culture of empathy and dynamism. People are at the core of our journey over the last few decades. They have been supported by an enabling environment that buoys individual ability while fostering teamwork and shared success. We believe that when people with diverse skills are bound together by a common purpose and value system, they can make magic.
For more details, please visit our career website at https://careers.drreddys.com/#!/