Education:
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
Positive 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 prospects in financial plans
Validate data integrity and consistency across models