Financial Planning And Analysis Analyst

Key Responsibilities

1. Integrated Financial Planning (AOP / MRP / LRP)

• Lead development and integration of: o AOP (1-year plan) o MRP (23 year plan) o LRP (5+ year plan)

• Translate business strategy into financial targets, assumptions, KPIs, and milestones.

• Ensure alignment and consistency across short-, mid-, and long-term financial plans.

• Drive planning calendars, templates, governance, and leadership sign-offs.

2. Budgeting & Budgetary Control

• Drive annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and reforecasts.

• Design and strengthen budgetary control systems to ensure financial discipline.

• Track spends, commitments, and deviations from approved budgets.

• Partner with functions and SBUs to ensure accountability and adherence to budgets.

3. Performance Management & Variance Analysis

• Conduct detailed Budget vs Actual / Forecast vs Actual analysis.

• Identify key business and cost drivers impacting performance.

• Recommend corrective actions and improvement plans to leadership. • Develop and maintain MIS, dashboards, and monthly performance reviews.

4. Financial Analysis & Strategic Decision Support

• Provide insights on profitability, margins, cost structures, cash flows, and capital efficiency.

• Perform scenario and sensitivity analysis to support strategic and operational decisions.

• Support leadership with financial inputs for growth initiatives and cost optimization.

5. Investment & Business Case Governance

• Review and challenge investment business cases (Capex, capacity expansion, new programs, new products, strategic initiatives) in collaboration with Finance Business Partners and SBU Heads.

• Ensure robustness of financial models covering revenue, cost, margin, cash flow, and return assumptions.

• Evaluate proposals using IRR, NPV, payback period, and sensitivity analysis.

• Ensure alignment of investment proposals with AOP, MRP, and LRP.

• Support presentations to Management / Investment Committees and enable informed decision-making.

• Support post-investment performance tracking.

6. Tax Strategy Interface (Non-Operational)

• Act as the FP&A interface for tax impact assessment on business plans, pricing, investments, and structuring.

• Coordinate with Direct Tax and Indirect Tax Managers to incorporate tax implications into financial plans.

• Ensure tax considerations are appropriately reflected in financial models, without owning compliance or execution.

7. Stakeholder Management & Governance

• Partner closely with Finance Business Partners, SBU Heads, and functional leaders.

• Present financial plans, insights, and performance updates to leadership forums.

• Drive finance governance, standardization, and best practices across FP&A processes.

• Support continuous improvement, automation, and strengthening of planning systems.