FP&A Controller

As a Controller FP&A, you will lead the organizations financial planning and analysis function, ensuring robust forecasting, budgeting, and financial decision support to drive sustained and profitable business growth. You will partner closely with Country president, CFO and Business Unit directors to deliver strategic insights, drive performance improvement, and maintain financial integrity, while leading and developing a high-performing FP&A team. You will be responsible for delivering accurate and timely Financial Reporting and Management of $200M+ India performance to deliver targets and objectives.
Key Duties And Accountabilities

• Delivering high quality financial planning process including the annual Mid Term Plan (MTP) and quarterly Rolling Business Updates (RBUs), providing prescriptive guidance and timelines to the Business units and functions to ensure well organized, effective & efficient submissions
• Develop a framework and provide guidance on planning, budgeting and forecasting to various functions and businesses and ensure adherence to corporate guidelines
• Responsible for management and oversight of the functional budgets, including Market Access, Medical and G&A functions (Finance, Legal, Corporate Affairs, HR, etc.)
• Historical trend analysis of capital and operating expenditures for budget creation and decision support
• Performing financial reporting, ad-hoc business analyses and financial modelling. Presenting recommendations to leadership on strategic decisions and planned future initiatives
• Provide controllership to the business and build processes that augments transparency and improves internal controls
• Responsible for preparing and presenting in depth financial analysis of actual results vs. target on a monthly basis for review by CFO & Country Leadership Team (CLT)
• Facilitate financial reviews with business group and work with functional leaders to ensure effective finance and cost management
• Facilitate monthly/quarterly reviews (MBR, QBR) with data analysis and follow through with BU/Functional Heads on actionable items for improving business metrics over a period of time
• Provide commentary to region for budget vs. actual result variations on a monthly basis
• Provide necessary support in preparation of quarterly business update deck for the Board Meeting purpose including review with Country President and CFO
• Future new launch support including business cases, business financial modelling, what if scenarios, projections, trend analysis and resource allocations.
• Lead & oversee all Commercial Finance activities to support business strategies.
• Custodian of Key Commercial KPIs, ensure strong financial governance & compliance with internal & external policies & regulations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing finance teams; foster a collaborative and performance-driven culture.

This role has high visibility and is be expected to provide high quality and timely analytics and insights to Country President, CFO, as well as other key stakeholders in all aspects of financial reporting and business partnering to drive performance. In addition, it will be important to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders and be comfortable to challenge/influence to be successful. This will also include driving the simplification agenda.
Essential Requirements

• Qualified CA with 10 15 years of post-qualification experience
• Experience of working in a global pharmaceutical organisation/ understanding of commercial aspects
• In-depth knowledge of planning, budgeting & forecasting process
• Experience developing financial reports and metrics
• Excellent commercial knowledge of the business area and local financial environment
• Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with Senior Leadership Team
• Rigorous and analytical thinking
• Ability to apply governance, risk and compliance components
• Impact and Influence/Collaborative Partnering
• Excellent Scientific knowledge
• Ability to develop Strategic Partnerships