Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - CA

Experience:

812 Years

Qualification (Mandatory):

- Chartered Accountant (CA) Mandatory

- MBA (Finance) will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

- Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop and manage annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-term financial plans in collaboration with business units. Drive the budgeting process and monitor financial performance against approved plans.

- Financial Modeling: Build and maintain complex financial models to support business planning, investment decisions, business cases, and scenario analysis.

- Variance Analysis: Analyze actual financial performance against budgets and forecasts. Identify key variances in revenue, expenses, profitability, and other financial KPIs, along with actionable recommendations.

- Management Reporting: Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual MIS reports, dashboards, and financial performance summaries for senior leadership and Board reviews.

- Strategic Decision Support: Provide financial insights to support strategic initiatives, pricing decisions, capital allocation, profitability analysis, and cost optimization programs.

- Business Partnering: Partner with business leaders and functional heads to evaluate the financial impact of business decisions and drive operational efficiencies.

- ERP Implementation & Financial Systems: Lead or support the implementation, enhancement, and optimization of ERP solutions such as SAP, Oracle, or other ERP platforms. Ensure financial systems support business reporting and compliance requirements.

Required Skills:

- Strong expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including dashboards, financial models, pivot tables, and advanced formulas.

- Hands-on experience with SAP, Oracle, or other ERP systems.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling capabilities.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Ability to present financial insights to senior management and business leaders.

- Ability to handle team size of 4-6 FTE.

Experience Requirements:

- 812 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Corporate Finance, Budgeting, and Financial Reporting.

- Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and business partnering.

- Experience working with ERP implementation or transformation projects is highly preferred.

- Prior experience in a manufacturing, technology, telecom, or engineering organization will be an added advantage.