Assistant Manager-Financial Planning & Analysis

Role & responsibilities

The Assistant Manager FP&A will partner with business leaders and finance teams to support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, variance analysis, and decision support. This role ensures financial insights are provided in a timely manner and helps drive business profitability and strategic decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning and forecasting cycles, working closely with business units to gather inputs, build models, and update financial projections.

Prepare and present monthly/quarterly performance reports (P&Ls, balance sheet impacts, KPIs), comparing actual results vs budget/forecast, and highlight variances with analysis of root causes.

Support management in preparing financial analyses and business cases for strategic initiatives, investments, or operational changes.

Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate business opportunities, sensitivity analysis, scenario planning.

Drive cost-control and efficiency initiatives: identify cost trends, recommend actions, monitor savings and expense optimisation.

Work closely with accounting to ensure accurate data for forecast vs actuals, ensure month-end close reconciliations, accruals, etc.

Create dashboards, metrics, and MIS reporting for leadership, enabling data-driven decisions.

Partner with cross-functional teams (Operations, Sales, Marketing, etc.) to translate business drivers into financial forecasts, and conversely translate financial targets into actionable business plans.

Support ad-hoc financial projects, analyses, or special assignments as required.

Identify process improvements in FP&A functions; implement automation or better tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual efforts.

Qualifications & Skills

- Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics. A Masters (MBA) or semi qualified professional qualification (CA / CPA / CFA) is preferred.

-3-5 years (or relevant years) of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, business finance, or related role. Experience in a multinational / shared services environment is a plus.

- Strong financial modelling skills, advanced proficiency with Excel. Skills in tools like Power BI, Tableau, or other BI/reporting tools are advantageous.

- Good knowledge of accounting principles and financial statements; understanding of cost accounting, accruals, variance analysis.

If interested please share your updated profile to renuka.thimmanaik@fosroc.com