Aug 24, 2026 12 hr. ago

Manager - Manufacturing Finance

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Aug 24, 2026 12 hr. ago

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Ather Energy Limited Manager - Manufacturing Finance

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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Role:<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Manufacturing Finance Partner<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Location: <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reporting to:<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead - Manufacturing Finance<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Team name: <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Corporate Finance & Accounts<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the Team and the Role<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Corporate Finance & Accounts team at Ather is responsible for driving financial performance, managing automotive manufacturing finance operations, establishing internal controls, and providing strategic financial direction to support business expansion.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">This role is for a Manufacturing Finance Partner who will oversee and manage the automotive manufacturing business, serving as a key strategic advisor to optimize costs, drive profitable growth, and align operational targets with overall financial planning.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Responsibilities<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead manufacturing budget creation, forecasting production costs, working capital, and cash flows while managing budget variance analysis and corrective actions.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Conduct financial feasibility studies, risk assessments, and cost-benefit analyses for projects to deliver data-driven insights to leadership.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Analyze comprehensive manufacturing costs—including material, labor, and overheads—and implement cost-reduction strategies and standard costing mechanisms.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Deliver accurate financial performance reports, maintain regulatory compliance and internal controls, and manage manufacturing audit coordination.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Establish, track, and report on manufacturing financial KPIs to identify performance trends and process improvements.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Partner cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, procurement, and engineering to align business objectives and evaluate capital expenditures.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Perform financial risk assessments, oversee inventory valuation, and monitor stock levels to mitigate risks and avoid obsolescence.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Drive manufacturing finance system upgrades, automated reporting solutions, and integrated production-finance data workflows.</li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience and Qualifications<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Chartered Accountant (CA)</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in finance roles, with at least 2 years specifically in a manufacturing plant</li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Must Have Competencies<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Advanced financial modeling, project finance, and capital expenditure evaluation.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Comprehensive cost analysis, standard costing, and budget management for plant operations.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">High proficiency in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP or Oracle.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities for complex financial computations and reporting automation.</li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Good to Have Competencies<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience in inventory management, valuation techniques, and stock obsolescence control.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Knowledge of financial risk assessment frameworks and internal regulatory compliance.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Familiarity with manufacturing financial KPI design, tracking, and trend analysis.</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Domain exposure to two-wheeler or automotive industry manufacturing processes.</li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Want to know more?<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">At Ather, we’ve built India’s first intelligent scooter, from scratch. Based on the philosophy of clean design and smart technology, we are transforming the urban commute experience. We are expanding in India, and in the coming years, we look forward to scaling up and launching more products globally. Today, our product offerings include the Ather 450X, 450S, 450 Apex, and Rizta. Beyond the product, we are also setting up an extensive charging network and re-imagining end-to-end ownership experience. To know more, check out our Careers site and our Substack.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Be You, With Us<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Ather story doesn't write itself - our people do. We believe everyone is equal, but not the same. Diversity is our strength, and building an inclusive and equitable workplace begins with acknowledging and embracing our differences. We are an equal opportunity employer, and our team reflects a wide range of identities, experiences, and perspectives - all united by a shared passion to shape the Ather journey.

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