Anura Tewary

Strategic business partner focusing on value creation, innovation and sustainable growth

• Strategic Planning & Decision making to achieve company objectives.
• Design & Implementation of the new company including processes, SAP4 Hana, organisational structure & business controls
• Led the transition and implementation of the new business model with new distributor partner
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Maintained responsive organization with sustained profitable growth through deliberate financial planning & forecast monitoring.
• Verified compliance of financial policies and accounting procedures against regulations.
• Serve as active member of the Lipton South Africa Board of Directors for the legal entity.
• Leading Financial Controlling, Reporting, Treasury & Tax teams to ensure compliance with local GAAP and IFRS.

Regional Performance Management Lead for Food & Refreshment Africa €600m+ overseeing target setting, strategy development, resource allocation and performance interventions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Partner to Category Cluster Vice President
• Development & drive finance strategy across markets
• Performance management reviews with divisional leadership to drive P&L delivery through interventions
• Lead role and finance diligence on new innovations and white space launches
• Portfolio reviews on pack, price and market platform analysis versus competitors

Lead the Financial agenda with the division leadership team in South Africa & South East Africa to measure forecasts against variables and monitor overall financial health of the division €50m (dual role with Performance Management F&R Africa)

Key Responsibilities:

• Pivotal role in developing brand strategies with leadership team in line with business objectives and action standards
• End to end Net Revenue Management process to ensure full alignment to business and brand strategy
• Cross functional business partner on Sales & Operational planning, business cases, red cell turnaround and profit accretion projects
• Drive financial performance against the agreed business plans and innovations

Project Lead for integration of Key Distributor IT system & business model

• Develop Project Strategy for country deployment
• Managed risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize issues during project execution.
• Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to key stakeholders
• Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed for project go-live

Key Finance Business Partner to the Research & Development Function across Africa Middle East & Turkey (+300 FTEs)

Key Responsibilities:

Project lead for simplification improvements

• Financial evaluation of business plans and key innovations
• Budget Management
• Asset and CAPEX Management
• Feasibility studies- Return on Investment analysis
• Portfolio Analysis & Resource Allocation

Regional Finance business partner to the category cluster providing decision support including development and implementation of the Beauty & Personal Care strategy across various markets in Africa

Regional Controller across Africa, Middle East & Turkey. Led cross-functional teams on special projects to improve overall financial performance across the organization. Introduced internal controls to monitor critical areas of financial control and devised corrective actions to address risks or deficiencies.