- Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning

Lead the annual operating plan and rolling forecast process across the business.
- Business Performance & Management Reporting

Own the monthly reporting cycle and ensure leadership has a clear, timely view of business performance.
- Business Partnering & Decision Support

Act as the finance partner to business teams, bringing financial rigour into commercial decisions.
- Systems, Process & Controls

Continuously improve the planning and reporting infrastructure across the business.

Lead the annual operating plan (AOP), quarterly forecasts and rolling forecasts across • business units.

- Partner with business heads to build category and channel-level budgets, revenue and cost plans.
- Track budget vs. actual performance and flag variances with explicit root-cause analysis.
- Prepare monthly MIS, board decks and management reporting packs with commentary.




- Build and maintain dashboards for revenue, margin, opex and working capital.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis to support pricing, investment and cost decisions.
- Partner with Sales, Merchandising, Manufacturing and Operations to provide financial insight into product, channel and account performance.
- Support CAPEX evaluation, business cases and ROI analysis for new investments.
- Drive cost optimisation initiatives and working capital improvement.
- Improve planning tools, templates and reporting systems for speed and accuracy.
- Standardise forecasting methodology and reporting cadence across business units.
- Ensure data integrity between FP&A; outputs and the finance ledger.

📌 Head of FP&A (Mumbai)
🏢 ZODIAC HR CONSULTANTS
📍 Mumbai