Associate Manager/ Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Description (Key responsibilities):

• Delivers accurate and reliable reports from specific tasks during monthly, quarterly and annual reporting processes
• Delivery of Month End closure (MEC) activities including P&L and Balance Sheet review.
• Handle/Manage month end process deliverables as per global time lines along with ensuring delivery of quality & timely results to key stakeholders
• Make analysis, dashboards, KPI reports and other key process metrics.
• Liaise with various cross function teams to ensure appropriate reporting including Inter-company Reporting.
• Ensure accurate delivery of BPC reporting across Interco, Finance, and other required applications.
• Ad-hoc and variation analysis
• Lead budget and forecast preparation requirements and manage the BPC/SAC submissions.
• Develop & maintain effective partnership with stake holders to understand requirements, set expectations, address concerns, and discuss them with the team / reporting manager as required.
• Responsible for maintaining updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), dashboards preparation and ensuring audit trail.
• Deliver timely and error-free reports, KPI dashboards, non-compliance reports and other key process metrics to the stakeholders.
• Be a part of continuous improvement initiatives (CII) by identifying process lapses, offering best possible solution and lead Automation Projects (as & when identified).
• Maintains a working relationship with other teams and stakeholders in other finance pillars. Provides technical analysis and advice to key partners appropriate to experience, and working within the team to solve complex problems
• Supports control and reporting compliance including support in preparing technical accounting memos
• Supports the audit process, liaising with external audit on appropriate workstreams
• Supports continual improvements in quality and efficiency of financial reporting processes, in collaboration with the wider finance team

Professional Skills

• MBA with 5 to 7 years of post-qualification experience in FP&A and Reporting activities like budgeting and variation analysis, Group Reporting, Financial Analysis is a must.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint is a must.
• Knowledge of SAP BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation), SAC (SAP Analytical Cloud) and Power BI tool will be an added advantage.
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written). Able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, across different regions and levels.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrate high level of responsibility and commitment to the assigned activities.
• Agile and flexible to changing needs and adhoc requirements.