Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

As a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager, your role will involve effectively managing financial forecasts and providing business finance support from an FP&A perspective to various functions. Your core job responsibilities will include: - Supporting sales forecasting at various levels such as SKU/Brand/Channel/Account/Region/State, including aspects like gross realisation, GTN, price increase, elasticity, and cost increase assumptions. - Forecasting budgets for different P&L lines/departments/expense types with proper business justifications and analyzing sales and P&L profiles compared to previous benchmarks. - Ensuring accuracy and hygiene of the monthly accounting process, including Std cost, TCGM, and reviewing monthly provisions before book close. - Managing balance sheet forecasts, analyzing actuals vs forecasts, maintaining aging of balance sheet items, and following up on pending claims/outstanding amounts. - Reviewing vendor advances for settlements, open PO tracking, and managing standard cost change exercises during rlbe and year-end roll-up. - Assisting in scenario analysis, brand profitability, channel profitability, regional P&L, and other financial decisions for all business units. - Driving continuous improvement in functional reporting, simplifying processes, and preparing monthly Business Health monitor/Dashboard. - Ensuring CFM policy and DPO policy compliances, accrual analysis, capital expenditure planning, tax-related matters, and monitoring of performance metrics. - Working on accrual management with CFS/functional teams during financial closing on a monthly basis. - Understanding business key drivers and their impact, driving company policies effectively, monitoring business performance, investigating variances, and supporting audit processes. - Generating insightful management analysis reports for stakeholders. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: - Post Graduation in Finance - Chartered Accountant (CA),