Financial Controller (Specialty)
Key Skills
Job Description
About Us Sun Pharma is a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry, committed to delivering high-quality, innovative healthcare solutions. With an expanding portfolio of branded products, we are seeking a Financial Controller to join our dynamic team and play a critical role in financial planning, analysis, and reporting. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the success of our specialty team by driving financial accuracy, ensuring adherence to processes, and supporting strategic decision-making. Key Responsibilities Financial Planning & Analysis • Track and analyse actual spend versus the business plan, providing insights to support decision-making. • Support the preparation of latest estimates, working plans, and expense tracking to ensure financial alignment with business goals. Reporting & Tracking • Maintain and update tracking files for expenses, ensuring accurate reporting to key stakeholders. • Oversee internal sales reporting and analysis for our key products. • Calculate and report sales incentives for internal teams. Expense Management • Ensure accurate reporting, planning, and analysis of expenses, collaborating with business units to improve financial outcomes. • Monitor adherence to finance processes, ensuring compliance with Sun Pharma’s standards. Process & System Management • Lead adherence to established financial processes and provide recommendations for process improvements. • Support the team in aligning financial practices with company policies and industry standards. Qualifications & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (CPA/CIMA/ACCA certification preferred). min 4-5 years of experience in financial analysis, controlling, or related roles, ideally within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry. Strong skills in financial reporting, planning, and forecasting. Proficiency in financial systems and tools, with advanced Excel skills. Experience with managing multiple stakeholders. Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail. Strong communication and organizational abilities.
Core Responsibilities
Track actual spending against business plans and support financial estimates, planning, expense analysis, and reporting. Maintain expense and sales tracking, calculate internal sales incentives, ensure compliance with financial processes, and recommend process improvements.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field is required; CPA, CIMA, or ACCA certification is preferred. The role requires 4–5 years of relevant experience, strong financial reporting, planning, and forecasting skills, advanced Excel proficiency, stakeholder management experience, and excellent analytical, communication, and organizational abilities.
About SUN PHARMA
Industry: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Sun Pharma is the world's fourth-largest speciality generic pharmaceutical company and No. 1 in India. We provide high-quality, affordable medicines trusted by customers and patients in over 100 countries. Sun Pharma's global presence is supported by more than 40 manufacturing facilities spread across 5 continents, R&D centres across the globe, and a multicultural workforce comprising over 50 nationalities. Sun Pharma fosters excellence through innovation supported by strong R&D capabilities comprising around 3,000 scientists and R&D investments of over 6-8% of annual revenues. At Sun, our people are our greatest asset. Ours has never been a story of individual brilliance but of cultivating a culture of realising collective potential. In our journey, everyone is enabled to take charge in an environment that offers limitless growth opportunities. We are with you every step of the way, so you can shine for years to come. With the launch of our Employee Value Proposition (EVP), we define our promise to ‘Create Your Own Sunshine'—driven by the three pillars of Better Every Day, Take Charge, and Thrive Together. These pillars drive progress at Sun so that people can achieve what they would have thought impossible. Learn more about our EVP here: https://sunpharma.com/careers/