Lead - FP&A

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Lead - FPA to strengthen and scale the FPA function at Glance. The role will own Opex management and governance, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, month-end actualization, provisions, financial reporting, and management insights. The role will partner closely with business functions to drive financial discipline, improve visibility into spend and enable data-driven decision-making.

The role will also lead MIS, dashboarding, reporting automation and AI-led finance transformation, while working closely with Accounting/Finance to ensure accuracy, timely closure, appropriate cost allocation and integrity of financial information.

Key Responsibilities

1. Opex Marketing Ownership - Own end-to-end financial management of Opex and Marketing across functions including HR, Admin, Legal, Finance, IT/Software, Facilities, Procurement and other corporate functions.
2. Planning Forecasting - Lead AOP, annual budgeting, quarterly/rolling forecasts and long-range planning for Opex and Marketing in partnership with functional stakeholders.
3. Month-End Close Provisions - Drive monthly Opex actualization, accruals/provisions, true-ups and closure, ensuring expenses are accurately recorded, mapped and closed within timelines.
4. Performance Variance Management - Deliver Budget vs. Actual and Forecast vs. Actual analysis, identify key drivers, risks and opportunities, and provide actionable insights to functional and senior leadership.
5. Cost Governance Optimization - Track Opex run-rate, commitments, vendor spend and future obligations; drive cost discipline, savings opportunities and adherence to approved budgets.
6. Marketing Finance - Partner with Marketing on campaign/vendor spend, budget utilization, accruals, actualization and spend effectiveness/ROI analysis.
7. MIS Management Reporting - Own Opex and Marketing MIS, dashboards and monthly management reporting covering budgets, actuals, provisions, commitments, forecasts, variances and business commentary.
8. Automation Finance Transformation - Build and enhance automated reporting, dashboards and data workflows using Power BI, Advanced Excel, Power Query, Macro and AI/data-enabled solutions to improve efficiency, accuracy and reporting timeliness.
9. Business Partnership, Process improvements Financial Controls - Act as a finance business partner to support functions, challenging assumptions and ensuring robust controls around POs, contracts, invoices, allocations, cost centers, entities and vendor commitments.

Required Skills Qualifications

• MBA (Finance) with 5-8 years of relevant FPA / Cost Governance experience.
• Strong expertise in Opex planning, budgeting, forecasting, provisions, month-end closure and variance analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; experience with Power BI, Power Query, Macro and/or similar BI tools preferred.
• Strong interest in automation, AI-led finance transformation and dashboarding.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to work with and challenge senior functional leaders constructively.
• Strong ownership, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities across month-end, forecasting and planning cycles.
• Experience in cost optimization, financial governance and process automation will be an advantage.

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