Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Essential

• Strong knowledge of double entry to assist in reviewing, analysing and reporting on key balance sheet and cashflow items.
• Strong business partnering and influencing skills in relation to stakeholder management (internal and external) and across matrix reporting lines.
• Commercial experience gained in blue chip companies as well as an excellent professional background.
• Strong excel skills along with management of large datasets.
• Problem solving skills with the ability to seek alternative solutions.
• Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team whilst meeting short and long term deadlines.

Desirable

• Qualified Chartered Accountant

• Experience using Oracle PBCS, HsGet retrieve and SmartView reporting tool.

Mandatory

• Experience in reviewing, analysing, and commenting on P&L and Balance sheet items. Understanding of double entry is key and underpins the analysis done at month end.
• Must have proven experience in leading on balance sheet and cashflow management in an FP&A role.
• Ability to build dynamic models on excel from large datasets.
• Build and maintain relationships with FD’s & FM's across the various regions we operate in.
• Ability to work off own initiative and drive processes and reporting forward.
• International experience: we want to see that they have had exposure working with companies and teams outside of India. FP&A main stakeholders are all the FD’s and FM’s across the group as well as CEO and CFO.
• Can proactively build and maintain stakeholder relation internationally.
• FP&A experience – Month end review and analysis, commentary experience (management reporting, board pack, flash reporting style) in the form of paragraphs for shareholders and public. As the individual would be responsible for drafting up results by themselves, we would like to see that they have the experience in preparing a strong concise statement capturing the main performance drivers.
• Excel – must have experience in building large complex modules in excel and not using pivot tables or preset forms to do reviews/analysis.
• Experience in reviewing and analysing budgets/forecasts rather than being the preparer.