Manager/Assistant Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - FMCG - CA/IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS (7-8 yrs)

Position: Deputy/Manager Financial Planning and Analysis

- Reports To: Senior Manager FP&A

- Location: Bangalore, India

- About Your Role: Deputy/Manager Financial Planning and Analysis.

Job Summary:

- Responsible for the monthly/quarterly MIS closing, Budgeting process with key stakeholders in the organization, driving analytics for financial & business insights, reporting business performance through MIS under the direction of Head FP&A.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

Monthly/Quarterly MIS Closing:

- Manage monthly and quarterly financial MIS closure process to reflect the latest business result.

- Analyze business trends and provide insights to management.

- Preparation of monthly/quarterly business review, operations review presentations.

- Preparation of monthly reports due to Global FP&A team (Dubai).

- Working with other functions to identify risks and opportunities for the business.

- Continuously monitor financial and business KPI's, highlight trends and analyses causes of unexpected variance.

- Partner with teams to improve results.

- Work towards identifying means for cost optimization and focus on continuous improvement in the financial health of the Organization.

- Budgeting: Consolidate and review the Annual budgeting of multiple verticals & countries.

Strategic Initiatives:

- Work Closely with Senior Manager FP&A on strategic matters and financial priorities.

- Manage the review process of strategic cost out initiatives.

- Involve, Contribute, and drive key projects under FP&A head direction.

- Working in Hyperion (Oracle) project to ensure accurate/timely roll out.

- Develop expertise in Hyperion and new reports/analysis development in Hyperion and Smart view.

- Help Head FP&A in Financial Models for projections, planning as well as customized Business Cases.

- Undertake ROI, NPV, marginal cost and other financial metric analysis to support financial decision making.

Stake holder interaction:

- Head - FP&A

- Consolidation Head - Accounts

- Vertical/ Countries FC's

- Other F&A team members

What We Will Be Looking For In You:

- Chartered Accountant or MBA from top tier college with at least 7-8 years' experience including FP&A (experience preferably in global reporting role in an MNC company).

- Expertise in working with large amounts of data, facts, figures, and number crunching.

- Experience in Multi countries set up having operation in more than 100 legal entities.

- Candidates with experience of working in Shared service operations set up do not apply.

- Hands on experience in forecasting, compiling P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements.

- Experience in designing MIS to facilitate business performance reviewing is mandatory.

- Having excellent ability to express data insights through visual impact driven analysis.

- Having excellent cross-functional communication skills.

- Sound knowledge of the business and business processes.

- Good knowledge of MS-Excel, Power point & other MS-Office Applications.

- Having system implementation experience highly desirable, Oracle Hyperion tool experience preferred.