Manager - Financial Planning & Financial Analysis

Description:

The FP&A Manager will support financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, consolidation, and continuous-improvement initiatives through accurate, timely, and decision-useful finance deliverables. This role will report to the Senior Manager of Finance.

This role serves as a strategic finance partner, advancing financial and related cross functional planning excellence, automation, and data-driven decision-making. The Finance Manager will strengthen forecasting accuracy, streamline reporting, and embed AI and technology-enabled solutions across finance and cross-functional teams.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Support the Senior Manager of Finance as a key point of contact, coordinating day-to-day planning and reporting deliverables.

- Execute planning-cycle activities for forecasts, actuals, budgets, long-range plans, quarterly business reviews, and leadership outlooks, including data collection, consolidation, reasonableness checks, and commentary preparation.

- Maintain forecasting and reporting files, ensuring complete, accurate, and timely inputs to Excel-based templates and consolidation processes.

- Support planning and reporting systems activities across the forecasting cycle, including template preparation and alignment, Anaplan inputs, Hyperion loading, and master-data maintenance.

- Prepare management reporting materials, including Power BI dashboards, weekly sales reporting, PowerPoint presentations, and components-of-growth reviews.

- Analyze business performance and prepare clear financial commentary on growth drivers, investment trade-offs, forecast risks and opportunities, and market trends.

- Identify and implement opportunities to standardize, automate, and continuously improve FP&A processes, templates, reporting tools, and data quality.

- Build trusted working relationships with AIN, US, and global finance stakeholders; share knowledge and provide day-to-day support to colleagues as needed.

- Ensure assigned deliverables are completed accurately and on time, escalating issues promptly to the Senior Manager of FP&A and communicating clearly with stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications:

- Chartered accountant, Cost Accountant or a Master's degree in Finance or Business & Administration with 8 - 12 years of accounting and/or finance experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry experience.

- Experience collaborating effectively across functions and multiple time zones.

- Knowledge and understanding of financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, management reporting, consolidation, and quarter-close activities.

- Strong expertise in financial modeling, scenario planning, and advanced analytics.

- High digital fluency, including familiarity with AI tools, automation platforms (RPA), and large data concept.

- Experience with ERP/EPM/BI systems (e.g., SAPS4, Anaplan, Power BI, Tableau) and data-driven decision support.

- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate data into clear strategic insights.

- Strong project and change management skills in cross-functional, matrixed environments.

- Strong attention to detail & ability to operate with a sense of urgency.

Good To Have Skills:

- Experience working within a local affiliate in a global matrix organization.

- Strong understanding of commercial finance & analytics.

- Familiarity with affiliate budgeting cycles (Plan, Forecast, LRS, Scenarios) and regional reporting requirements.

- Experience partnering closely with Business Unit leads and General Managers.

- Exposure to launch planning, lifecycle management, or portfolio re-prioritization at affiliate level.

Soft Skills:

- Analytical, interpersonal, collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.

- Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain financial insights clearly to finance and business stakeholders.

- Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.

- High degree of initiative, accountability, and self-motivation.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully and meet demanding deadlines.

- Collaborative, with a focus on achieving team goals.

Additional Information:

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana.

Category: Finance.

Job Type: Full time.