Manager- FP&A

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Finance Analyst to drive financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis for media business. The ideal candidate would partner with business teams to provide insights, challenge assumptions, and support decision making while simultaneously ensuring accurate reporting and cost control to improve efficiency and align with strategic goals

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering

· Collaborate with Business heads & operational teams to provide financial insights and help them achieve strategic and tactical decisions.

· Attend regular business reviews and provide financial inputs on performance, cost management & growth plans.

· Act as a liaison between finance and other departments to translate business needs into financial outcomes.

· Challenge Procurement and Operations team to achieve various performance targets.

· Keep track of various savings targets and analyze the actual savings achieved against those targets.

Financial Planning & Analysis

· Management of annual budgeting & periodic forecasting cycles by working closely with business stakeholders & loading into SAP

· Management of variance analysis, highlighting risks & opportunities with clear commentary.

· Build & maintain financial trackers, compiling data required to analyze actuals & compare with budget/forecast.

· Ownership of overheads, cash flow forecasts/budget, liaising with internal team members.

· Periodically review current processes and work on improving the process to bring more efficiency/automation.

· Manage short-term investment of surplus funds within risk guidelines

· Optimize working capital and financing strategies

Reporting & Compliance

· Ensure timely & accurate preparation of monthly/quarterly management reports.

· Maintain compliance with internal controls & policies.

· Work with controlling and consolidation teams for periodic closing activities.

· Making sure that every transaction in the P&L is understood before finalizing the P&L.

· Inform Management and Controllers regarding any unexpected hit in P&L.

· Deliver the listed tasks or reports as per the SLA/KPIs agreed with stakeholders.

· Support and lead other team members and make sure that the team objectives are achieved by collective efforts.

Skills & Attributes for success

· Strong business acumen with ability to challenge and influence non-finance stakeholders.

· Excellent cross-cultural communication and presentation skills • Analytical thinking with a problem-solving mindset.

· Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a dynamic environment.

· Ability to work as an individual contributor.

· Never give up attitude.

Preferred tools & systems

· Advanced excel & financial modelling skills; experience with BI tools is a plus.

· Experience of SAP and Hyperion preferred.

Preferred Education & Experience

CA First Attempt