About the role
Education: • Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3) • Chartered Accountant Master’s degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field
Must Have Skills: •Chartered Accountant 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 opportunities in financial plans • Validate data integrity and consistency across models
Good To Have Skills: • Master’s 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 opportunities in financial plans • Validate data integrity and consistency across models
Qualifications: BACHELOR OF COMMERCE