Roles Responsibilities
- Maintain a rolling 24-month revenue forecast across subscriber, newsstand, advertising (print + digital), and CPG/retailer streams - refreshed weekly from automated data feeds.

- Build and update subscriber revenue models applying churn, growth, and rate-tier assumptions across all newspaper and magazine titles.

- Gather weekly qualitative intelligence from ad managers and division directors; layer onto statistical base forecasts.

- Forecast weekly copy volumes across multiple stores and multiple publishers using secular-decline baselines seasonal indices, and merchandiser capacity constraints.
2. Annual Budgeting

- Own the full budget cycle - kickoff through lock-down - across necessary back n forth iteration rounds for the BU's build input templates, consolidate submissions, and present to senior leadership.

- Build line-by-line headcount and compensation budgets from payroll exports, covering all employee types including temp-agency DC labor.

- Produce departmental opex budgets from AP actuals and contract-change inputs; build COGS, DA,



and newsprint cost models.

- Run the freight model against volume assumptions (box-consolidation optimization); build and negotiate the store-level merchandising budget with external vendors.
3. Variance Analysis Reporting

- Pull month-end actuals; build bridge schedules and draft tailored variance narratives for each BU leadership/ executive

- Compile and publish the weekly leadership slide deck - actuals vs. forecast and 24-month forward view - plus the CFO KPI metrics deck (20+ metrics) for board cycles.

- Process outside-printing reconciliations (12-15 vendors), advertising commission statements, and royalty agreements (~31 SIP partners) monthly.

- Review POs; validate G/L codes, approver chains, and budget alignment; support period-close journal-entry creation as needed.
4. Scenario Planning Ad-Hoc Analysis
Educational RequirementBCom
Preferred SkillsFinance Accounts->FPA
Service LineBPO Service Line

📌 Team Lead (Chennai)
🏢 Infosys BPM
📍 Chennai