Manager-Financial Planning and Analyst_Pune(Opex)

Job Description

Role purpose: Driving business performance through analysis and insight to meet and exceed financial targets and optimize business processes. Working closely with regional finance teams, this role provides support to Regions financial results establishing and maintaining effective processes, supporting commercial decision-making, and providing insight into customer profitability. Key accountabilities and decision ownership [max 5]: Working collaboratively with FBP and Sales heads to ensure the accurate and timely production of month end results and support production of reporting packs to understand performance Provide commentary to budget and forecasts to understand variances at a customer level and understand the underlying drivers of the variances. Report and act as translator’ with timely financial and commercial insights and analysis to articulate performance to Business Leads and provide guidance to Sales teams on targeted commitments required to deliver financial targets Provide baseline forecasting into the business partners within the regions, working closely with relevant teams (commercial in life, contract accountants, sales leads etc) Support annual sales targeting process for revenue, new business and renewals, challenge business Leads on appropriate performance targets, advise on planning assumptions, opportunities and risks, and track gaps. Understand cost of sales processes and levers to drive improvement initiatives, working cross functionally utilising all available resources Core competencies, knowledge and experience [max 5]: Experience working in a multi-functional and complex corporate matrix environment Engaging, intellectually curious, challenges existing thinking to initiate and embrace new ways of working, and able to see the bigger picture Polished professional, comfortable speaking to and interacting with and challenging all levels of stakeholders to explain complex concepts to non-financial audiences. Proactive, with experience of driving change, implementing complex projects that improve results Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, financial modelling and attention to detail Must have technical / professional qualifications: Graduate, CPA/MBA or equivalent qualified or with considerable depth of experience in Finance and/or Commercial analysis Advanced Excel, and SAP with extensive experience in progressive financial planning, financial systems, and financial analysis Articulate communicator, able to explain complex data to senior stakeholders and non-finance teams, both written and verbal Key performance indicators [max 3]: Delivery of timely, actionable insight which has helped identify clear actions to over deliver Key Financial performance targets Step change improvement in quality and efficiency in reporting and planning processes. Feedback from Finance and Sales Team stakeholders