Financial Planning and Analysis team is responsible for providing periodic financial reports to functional management on an accurate and timely basis. e.g. Periodic Financials Reporting (Including Income statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Profit Contribution Summary, Revenue pacing to meet Forecast or Plan numbers). Productivity metrics and measurements, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Metrics analysis. Periodic Expense reporting, Utilization reporting, Head Count. Publishing of Management Packs. Periodic Variance Analysis & commentary Planning & Forecasting: Support the fiscal year planning process by providing historical data and trend information for review. Input plan into firm’s planning system and distribute final plan to functional management. Support the preparation of periodic forecasts for management review.
Responsibilities:
In this role, the individual will need to work very closely with senior stakeholder/s and perform activities associated with the MIS Reporting and Budgeting, Forecasting activities.
This will also involve high degree of on-going analytical support and ad hoc reporting. It will largely be an individual contributor role.
Analyze consolidated results and partners closely with Business Operations and Business Finance to understand variances to budget and historical trends
Provide financial support to Business/Functions and assist them in decision making
Preparation of various Reports to support the Management needs and ensuring timely adherence to deadlines
Track and provide insight on business productivity (efficiency saves) and projects driven by business
Preparation of monthly Management packs, review decks and getting into discussions with Finance Management, as necessary
Working to create and review monthly and quarterly outlook and annual financial plans, including reporting and analysis to explain changes against given baselines
Assist in key month end activities including interaction with the Controllers to provide oversight of completeness and accuracy of underlying management information
Comply with all departmental/financial operations policies and practices
Load and validate data to financial models; support the data life cycle in the system
Perform monthly validations and make adjustments to models as needed; investigate variances and follow up as appropriate
Ad-hoc reporting for end users when required
Requirements:
Minimum 6 years of experience of working in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team in a large set up
Experience of working with senior stakeholders
Qualification: Qualified CA
Strong attention to detail, data integrity and accuracy
Strong analytical, organizational and data gathering/documentation skills
Strong working knowledge of HFM. Knowledge of Hyperion Planning will be an added advantage
Strong proficiency in MS Excel & MS PowerPoint
Ability to self-manage, work effectively under pressure and meet strict deadlines along with ability to work in bigger teams
