Director Finance

As the Finance Director for Optum India, you will be responsible for driving strategic financial planning, performance management, and cost optimization across the organization. This role partners closely with operations business leaders to enable data-driven decision-making, ensure financial discipline, and support sustainable growth. This position will report directly to Optum India CFO with dotted line reporting to Capability business leaders.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

. Develop and implement financial strategies for the capability operations aligned with Optum India’s short-term and long-term objectives.

. Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders, identifying financial opportunities and risks, and supporting strategic initiatives.

Planning, Forecasting & Reporting

. Own the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for the operations capabilities, collaborating with expense analytics and revenue analytics COEs

. Aggregate and analyze data from functional teams to prepare annual plans and quarterly forecasts.

. Develop and maintain financial reports that clearly communicate actual results, forecasted performance, and variances.

. Lead monthly reviews with business leaders, providing insights, root cause analysis, and recommendations for improvement.

Performance & Profitability Analysis

. Conduct in-depth analysis of business and financial metrics to assess performance and drive profitability.

. Perform segment-wise, departmental, and leadership-level profitability analysis.

. Implement cost control measures and drive operational efficiencies to maximize margins.

. Benchmark cost lines and identify areas for optimization.

Business Partnership & Decision Support

. Collaborate with cross-functional teams across geographies to support financial decision-making.

. Understand and incorporate industry-specific metrics to highlight trends and support fact-based decisions.

. Enhance reporting frameworks to meet evolving business needs and improve transparency.

Required Qualifications

. Candidate must be a qualified Chartered Accountant (or ICWA or MBA) with at least 10 years of relevant experience

. Proven experience in financial leadership roles, preferably in FP&A within a global organization .

. Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management skills.

. Expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and performance analysis.

. Ability to influence and partner with senior business leaders.

. Strong strategic, analytical, and critical thinking skills. Includes, but not limited to working with large data sets and making data-driven analytical decisions.

. CA / MBA with 6-8 years of experience with 4-5 years in FP&A and Business partnering

. Working experience in ERP environment; knowledge of Peoplesoft, Smartview would be an added advantage

. Excellent communication skills, team player, self-starter, attention to detail, takes initiative to improve processes

. Industry: Any industry, IT / ITES/Healthcare preferred