About the role
BP04 – FP&A Assistant Manager
Job Title: FP&A Assistant Manager
Role Level: BP04 (Assistant Manager)
Experience: 5-10 Years
Education:
• Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3)
• Non-technical graduation and/or masters in finance & accounts stream -BCOM, MCOM, MBA in Finance, CA/ICWA or Engineering background with proven green belt or transformation expertise in Finance and Accounts processes.
Must Have
• Financial planning, budgeting and forecasting management
• P&L, revenue, margin and performance analysis
• Business partnering, modeling and executive reporting
• Finance and Accounting domain experience
• Proven track record of leading and/or mentoring multiple Lean Six Sigma improvement projects
Good to Have
• Anaplan, Hyperion or equivalent FP&A platforms
• KPI dashboards and advanced analytics
• Scenario modeling, automation and transformation
• Continuous Improvement / Lean & Six Sigma
• Stakeholders Coordination
• ERP Exposure
Role Summary The FP&A Assistant Manager manages budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and financial performance analysis, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely execution while driving service performance, controls, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Support preparation of management reports and performance packs
- Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and planning cycles
- Consolidate financial and operational data inputs
- Perform variance analysis between actuals, budget, and forecast
- Support data validation and reporting accuracy
- Prepare dashboards and standard performance reports
- Maintain documentation and reporting audit trails
- Prepare detailed variance and driver-based analysis for stakeholders
- Support forecasting models, scenario analysis, and planning submissions
- Coordinate with business teams on assumptions and performance reviews
- Identify insights and improvement opportunities from analysis
- Manage planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis deliverables
- Monitor FP&A KPIs including forecast accuracy and reporting timeliness
- Drive standardization of planning templates and reporting processes
- Provide decision-support insights to business and finance leadership
- Supervise a small team and manage day-to-day work allocation
- Track service levels and support performance reviews
Experience & Skills
- 6–8 years of experience in FP&A or Finance Shared Services
- Understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting
- Strong variance and financial analysis skills
- Experience with EPM/reporting tools (Hyperion, Oracle EPM, Power BI)
- Advanced Excel and data interpretation skills