Assistant Manager Finance

Sodexo; Mumbai; Presencial; INR 1.200.000 - 2.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Sodexo in Mumbai seeks an experienced Assistant Manager FP&A to drive financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and business analysis for the GBS center. The role emphasizes consolidation and management reporting with data-driven insights.

The ideal candidate will translate financial data into actionable business insights, maintain accuracy, and support automation of recurring reports to improve efficiency and stakeholder engagement.

Formación

• MBA in Finance or CA/Inter CA/CMA or equivalent required.
• 5–9 years of FP&A, MIS reporting, or financial analysis experience.
• Experience in multinational, shared services, or GBS is preferred.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting skills.

Responsabilidades

• Support budgeting and periodic forecasting processes including updation and consolidation of data.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams to consolidate assumptions, business inputs and real time data.
• Monitor actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key variances and underlying drivers.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial performance reports, dashboards, and management presentations.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting.
• Support the standardization and automation of recurring reports to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Track operating expenses, manpower costs, vendor costs, and other key cost drivers.
• Monitor headcount, cost per FTE, utilization, productivity, and other relevant operational metrics.
• Track and update benefits realization against approved business cases and agreed financial targets.

Conocimientos

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Delivery focus

Multi-priority management

Educación

MBA in Finance or CA/Inter CA/CMA or equivalent

Herramientas

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Power Query

Pivot tables

Lookups

Data analysis

D365 ERP

Descripción del empleo

Job Description: Assistant Manager Financial Analysis (Reporting & Analysis)

Reporting To: Head - Business Finance

Job Timings: 9.30 Am to 6.30 Pm IST

Role Overview The Assistant Manager/Manager FP&A will support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and business analysis for the GBS center. The role will play a critical role in management reporting for the center which includes consolidation and analysis of data, preparation of various management reports and presentations. The position requires strong financial acumen, analytical capabilities, attention to detail, and the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the budgeting and periodic forecasting processes including updation and consolidation of data.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams to consolidate assumptions, business inputs and real time data.
• Monitor actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key variances and underlying drivers.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial performance reports, dashboards, and management presentations.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting.
• Support the standardization and automation of recurring reports to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Track operating expenses, manpower costs, vendor costs, and other key cost drivers.
• Monitor headcount, cost per FTE, utilization, productivity, and other relevant operational metrics.
• Track and update benefits realization against approved business cases and agreed financial targets.

Key Deliverables / Success Measures

• Timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
• Improved forecast accuracy and quality of budget submissions.
• Clear identification and explanation of material financial variances.
• Effective tracking of operating expenses, headcount, productivity, and cost drivers.
• Improved reporting efficiency through standardization and automation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and timely closure of financial action items.
• Adherence to financial governance, reporting timelines, and internal controls.

Qualifications & Experience

• MBA in Finance, CA/Inter CA, CMA, or equivalent qualification.
• Approximately 5 to 9 years of relevant experience in FP&A, business finance, MIS reporting, or financial analysis.
• Experience in a multinational organization, shared services, or GBS environment is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in Advanced Microsoft Excel, Charts/Graphs, Power Query, Pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis.
• Strong PowerPoint skills for management reporting and executive presentations.
• Working knowledge of Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
• Exposure to D 365 ERP or equivalent platforms.
• Ability to work with large and complex datasets and convert financial information into meaningful insights.

Core Competencies

• Analytical thinking and structured problem-solving.
• Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ownership, accountability, and delivery focus.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight reporting deadlines.
• Continuous improvement mindset and willingness to embrace automation.