- Minimum 15 years of regular, full time education (10 + 2 + 3)
- Chartered Accountant
Masters degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field
Must Have Skills:
- Chartered Accountant
A. Planning & Budgeting
B. Forecasting
C. Adhoc analysis and audit support
D. Governance & Reporting
Good To Have Skills:
- Masters degree in accounting, Finance
- Excel (advanced modelling)
- BI tools: Power BI / Tableau
Risks & Controls
- Risk: Model inaccuracies Control: Model validation & reconciliation
Key Accountabilities:
A. Planning & Budgeting
•Convert top-down strategy into bottom-up business financial plans •
•Manage driver-based budgeting models •
•Support business units in preparing planning submissions and review packs
B.
Forecasting •
- Prepare quarterly rolling forecasts • Update outlook based on performance, macro factors, and business inputs
- Maintain driver-based and scenario-integrated forecasting models
- Align forecasts across SG&A; departments including Finance, Risk, and HR
C. Adhoc analysis and audit support
- Provide need-based analysis such as analysis of Legal cpsts by nature of spend such as litigation, patent generation, patent maintenance etc.
- Provide GL details and other explanations as maybe required by the auditors in support of SG&A; accruals
D. Governance & Reporting
- Prepare Governance packs
- Identify risks and opportunities in financial plans
- Validate data integrity and consistency across models