About the role
- Lead the annual budgeting, strategic planning, and rolling forecast processes by partnering with business leaders to develop robust financial and operational plans aligned with organizational objectives.
- Drive monthly business performance reviews by providing insightful analysis of financial and operational results, key trends, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.
- Act as a trusted finance business partner to senior stakeholders, supporting critical decision-making through financial modelling, scenario analysis, investment evaluations, and business case development.
- Oversee the preparation and review of management reports, board presentations, and executive dashboards, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and actionable insights.
- Lead financial performance management initiatives by identifying cost optimization opportunities, productivity improvements, and value creation levers across the business.
- Drive FP&A transformation, digitization, and automation initiatives to enhance reporting efficiency, analytical capabilities, governance, and decision support.
- Establish and strengthen financial planning frameworks, reporting standards, and governance processes to ensure compliance, data integrity, and operational excellence.
- Manage complex cross-functional projects and coordinate with finance, operations, commercial, and corporate teams to support strategic business priorities.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to junior and mid-level team members while fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and continuously improving FP&A culture.
- Support senior leadership in evaluating strategic initiatives, growth opportunities, risks, and business performance through advanced analytics and data-driven insights.
- Degree in Finance, Commerce, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration with professional qualifications such as CA, CMA, MBA (Finance), or equivalent.
- 10-12 Years of progressive experience in FP&A, Business Finance, Corporate Finance, Performance Management, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Strategic Financial Planning.
- Strong expertise in financial modeling, business partnering, strategic planning, performance analysis, management reporting, and driving business insights for senior leadership.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP/Oracle), planning and reporting tools (SAC, Power BI, Tableau, Hyperion, etc.), and leading finance transformation or automation initiatives.
- Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder management, and team development capabilities with the ability to influence decision-making, manage cross-functional initiatives, and drive organizational performance improvements.
- People and Team manager skills.