Skill required: Financial Planning & Analysis - Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
Designation: Financial Plan & Analysis Specialist
Qualifications:BCom/MCom/Chartered Accountant
Years of Experience:7 to 11 years
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What would you do? You will be aligned with our Finance Operations vertical and will be helping us in determining financial outcomes by collecting operational data/reports, whilst conducting analysis and reconciling transactions. Financial planning, reporting, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) refers to the processes designed to help organizations accurately plan, forecast, and budget to support the company s major business decisions and future financial health. These processes include planning, budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and performance reporting. Commerce Graduate/MBA Finance/CA/CFA/ICWA You will be aligned with our Finance Operations vertical and help us in determining financial outcomes by getting involved and leading team providing planning, forecasting, collecting operational data/reports, conducting analysis and reconciling transaction, preparation of standard & Adhoc management reports for region, brands, country, product, Service type etc., providing standardized/adhoc and insightful level of analyses.
What are we looking for? Ideal Candidate should have strong experience in the following areas: • Strong domain experience to deliver FP&A activities including strategic plan, budget & regular forecast exercise, Financial planning, reporting, variance analysis, preparation & complete analysis of P&L (including gross margin, net margin & SG&A analysis) • Strong experience in working on key planning & forecasting tools (including but not limited to Onestream & Anaplan) • Experience of working on SAP ERP platform • Experienced in working on key analytics applications such as Power BI/ Power query including creation of dashboards will be preferred • Strong hands on experience in MS Excel • Strong stakeholder management skills • Strong analytical and story telling skills • Must be a Commerce graduate (CA/CMA/CFA/MBA Finance preferred) • Experienced in participating transformation and improvement initiatives for FP&A area • Comfortable to work in Flexi / Night Shifts
Roles and Responsibilities: •• Support Strategic plan, budget & regular forecast exercises • Responsible for Financial planning, reporting, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting, preparation & analysis of P&L (including gross margin & net margin analysis), forecast accuracy & SG&A expense analysis. • Planning, Creating and managing reporting data and report out from various database systems • Provide professional expertise and direction to other team members and act as the focal point for business units and Technology by participating in key project initiatives. • As required, manage client communication, respond to queries, investigate irregularities and anomalies and provide technical support for daily tasks. • Preparation of Working Capital & Cost of Sales reports is to support the business. • Partners with client stakeholders to understand their strategic goals, operational context and activities to explain results with strategic business insights and facts • Use a diverse range of applications (including but not limited to (Onestream, Anaplan, SAP, Power BI & MS Excel) and understand the business and technical functionality of each application and its relevance to the business community. • Provide support to all business units across the region/brands, including product understanding, validation, problem/query resolution and coordination of communications. • Uses storytelling principles to convey impactful messages • Responsible to maintain services in line with Service expectations agreed with the business. • Development, Objectives and Performance management of the team and individuals in line with policy and performance framework • Ensure one on one feedback is held with all team members • Reduction of single points of failure and dependency on key individualsBCom,MCom,Chartered Accountant

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