Senior Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

As a Financial Analyst, your role involves effectively managing financial forecasts and reports for rlbe. You will provide business finance support to various functions from an FP&A perspective. Key Responsibilities: - Sales forecasting at SKU/Brand/Channel/Account/Region/State level, including gross realisation, GTN, Price Increase, Elasticity, Cost Increase Assumptions, and Gross Margin Profile. - Forecast budgets for various P&L lines/departments/expense types with proper business justification. Analyze sales and P&L profile vs previous benchmarks. - Ensure accuracy and hygiene of the monthly accounting process, including Std cost, TCGM, and review of monthly provisions prior to book close. - Responsible for balance sheet forecast and actual analysis vs forecast, aging of balance sheet items, and follow up for pending claims/outstanding/open amounts. - Prepare rlbe balance sheet review and deep dive submissions, reviewing various balance sheet buckets including other accrual liabilities. - Review vendor advances for settlements against the invoices, open PO tracking against the accruals and commitments. - Manage standard cost change exercise during rlbe and standard cost roll up for year-end. - Assist in scenario analysis, Brand Profitability, Channel Profitability, Regional P&L, and other financial decisions for all BUs. - Drive continuous improvement in functional reporting by simplifying processes and leveraging existing systems. Prepare the monthly Business Health monitor/Dashboard. - Responsible for CFM policy and DPO policy compliances, accrual analysis, capital expenditure and depreciation planning and monitoring, tax-related matters, and implications on P&L. - Monitor Std Cost, Gross Margin performance, Freight & distribution, SG&A budget vs actual monthly for all departments/cost centers. - Work on accrual management with CFS/functional teams on Financial Closing on a monthly basis. - Understand business key drivers and their impact, driving company policies effectively. - Monitor business performance, investigate variances, and provide analysis of differences focusing on improving performance. - Support the audit process (Internal and Statutory) from the view of Business Finance. - Generate strong insightful management analysis reports providing insights to all stakeholders.,