Business Finance Manager

Business Finance

• Lead FP&A for a one or multiple business/product lines
• Act as strategic advisor to business leadership, driving profitable growth and value creation.
• Drive data-driven decision-making through actionable insights, forecasting, and performance analytics.
• Champion finance transformation, digitization, simplification, and process excellence initiatives.
• Ensure strong governance, compliance, and risk management across business operations.
• Own end-to-end business finance support and overall P&L stewardship for the business.
• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasts, and support in long-range financial planning processes.
• Deliver monthly performance reviews, variance analysis, and executive management insights.
• Partner with leadership teams to achieve revenue and profitability.
• Guide team in evaluation of investments, capital expenditure proposals, and new product business cases.
• Drive pricing, margin enhancement, cost optimization, and profitability improvement initiatives.
• Develop advanced financial models supporting strategic and operational decision-making.
• Guide teams in finance transformation programs, analytics deployment, and digital finance solutions, etc.
• Ensure robust internal controls, audit readiness, statutory compliance, and governance standards.
• Coordinate business reviews and financial presentations for senior leadership forums.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to improve business performance and execution discipline.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing business finance team.
• Foster collaboration across finance, commercial, supply chain and R&D teams.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and influence strategic business decisions.
• Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Lead change management initiatives supporting organizational and finance transformation objectives.
• Chartered Accountant mandatory, MBA Finance from a reputed institution preferred.
• Minimum 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience within multinational organizations.
• Strong experience in business finance, FP&A, and commercial finance partnering and good knowledge of standard products manufacturing set-up.
• Experience supporting product development, engineering, or R&D-intensive environments preferred will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and business analytics and driving cost leadership culture.
• Strong exposure to governance/compliance, accounting, audits, and internal control frameworks.
• Track record of leading finance digitalization and transformation initiatives.
• Experience managing diverse teams and influencing senior business stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking with strong commercial and business acumen.
• Exceptional analytical capability and problem-solving orientation.
• Curiosity, learning agility, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong financial modelling, forecasting, and performance management expertise.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into actionable business recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong executive communication and presentation capabilities.
• High integrity, ownership mindset, and commitment to governance excellence.
• Ability to lead change and thrive in dynamic business environments.