Candidate Expectations

Total and Relevant Experience

Should have overall 13 years of Experience & 9+ years of Relevant experience.

Candidate Location - Anywhere

Skills
FP&A; and financial planning expertise, financial modelling and forecasting.Candidate
Industry (Lateral)

Diversity- No

Education and Certification - Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline / MBA Finance, CA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.

Specific Remarks: Distance education not accepted.

Certification: NA

Job Description

- Financial Planning & Forecasting Lead the annual budgeting and operating planning process. Drive monthly and quarterly forecasting and rolling forecast cycles.
- Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support business planning.
- Evaluate key business drivers, assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
- Ensure planning outputs are accurate, timely, and aligned with business objectives.
- Financial Analysis & Reporting
- Own monthly and quarterly management reporting, including P&L;, revenue, OPEX, headcount, and key business KPIs.
- Analyze actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Perform variance and root-cause analysis and communicate key findings to stakeholders.
- Prepare management presentations and executive-level financial insights.Identify trends, risks, and opportunities and recommend appropriate actions.
- Business Partnering
- Partner with business leaders and functional teams to understand financial and operational performance.Provide financial insights to support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Support business cases, investment decisions, pricing initiatives, cost optimization, and other strategic projects.




- Challenge assumptions constructively and promote financial accountability across the organization.
- Team Management
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of FP&A; professionals.Set clear objectives, performance expectations, and development plans.
- Review team deliverables to ensure accuracy, quality, and timely completion.
- Build robust analytical and business-partnering capabilities within the team.Promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
- Process Improvement & Automation
- Identify opportunities to streamline and automate FP&A; processes and reporting.
- Improve forecasting methodologies, financial models, dashboards, and reporting processes.
- Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, HR, Operations, Sales, and other functions to improve data quality and reporting efficiency.
- Support implementation and enhancement of FP&A; systems, BI tools, and planning platforms.

Key Skills

- Strong expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A;) and financial planning.
- Hands-on experience in annual budgeting, operating planning, monthly/quarterly forecasting, and rolling forecasts.
- Strong knowledge of financial modelling, scenario analysis, business drivers, assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
- Experience in P&L;, revenue, OPEX, headcount, and KPI analysis and reporting. Strong expertise in actual vs. budget vs. forecast analysis and variance/root-cause analysis.
- Experience preparing management reports, dashboards, and executive-level financial presentations.
- Strong business partnering skills with BU leaders, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
- Ability to provide financial insights and recommendations for strategic and operational decision-making.
- Other Specific Remarks / Additional Requirements:
- Proper documents for entire career and PF Form 16 Mandatory.

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