Bajaj Electricals – Specialist – Central FP&A & Business Performance Bajaj Electricals

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute seeks an experienced FP&A professional to act as a central finance co-pilot to the Head FP&A. Based at our Corporate Office in Mumbai, you will drive enterprise-wide performance management, consolidate actuals and forecasts, and support strategic planning with deep financial insights.

You will own reports for leadership reviews, build real-time dashboards, and lead automation initiatives to reduce manual effort while improving data reliability and decision support.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant or MBA Finance with strong analytical skills.
• 4–6 years post-qualification experience in FP&A, business finance or corporate finance.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate monthly performance across businesses and corporate functions.
• Lead the end-to-end Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and forecasting process, including scenario planning.
• Own consolidation of actuals and forecasts, ensuring consistency and accuracy of reporting.
• Prepare monthly business performance packs for CEO, CFO and Board reviews with actionable insights.
• Drive automation of FP&A reports, dashboards and self-service analytics using Power BI and other tools.

Skills

Financial modelling

Scenario analysis

Dashboarding

PowerPoint

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Education

Chartered Accountant / MBA Finance

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Anaplan

TM1

SAP BPC

SAP FI/CO

COPA

Job description

REPORTING TO: Head FP&A

TYPE OF ROLE: Individual Contributor Role

LOCATION: Corporate Office, Mumbai.

BU/ DIVISION: Finance

JOB PURPOSE:

To act as the central finance co-pilot to the Head of FP&A by driving enterprise-wide performance management, consolidated actuals and forecasts, annual planning, business insights, automation and strategic decision support. The role is responsible for converting data into actionable decisions and ensuring that leadership reviews are anchored in clear financial and operating insights.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Enterprise Performance Management:

• Consolidate monthly performance across businesses and corporate functions.
• Publish sharp management of P&L updates with drivers, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Develop insights on revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, overheads, working capital and cash flow.
• Drive business review cadence with clear actions, owners and timelines.

2. AOP, Forecasting & Strat Plan:

• Lead the end-to-end Annual Operating Plan process across the organization.
• Consolidate category, business unit and function plans into one enterprise plan.
• Own monthly and quarterly forecast submissions, scenario planning, and sensitivity analysis.
• Support the 3 to 5-year strategic plan, linking growth priorities to financial outcomes.

3. Consolidation of Actuals & Forecasts:

• Own consolidation of actual performance, forecast and outlook submissions.
• Maintain company-wide reporting structures, definitions, and planning assumptions.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and comparability of reporting across businesses and functions.
• Build Price Value Mix and profitability bridges against AOP, forecast and prior year.

4. CEO, CFO & Board Support:

• Prepare monthly business performance packs for CEO, CFO, and Board reviews.
• Translate complex financial analysis into crisp executive-level insights.
• Support leadership reviews, board meetings, annual strategy sessions, and key decision forums.
• Call out risks and interventions early, rather than merely reporting historical numbers.

5. Automation, BI & Digital Finance:

• Drive automation of FP&A reports, dashboards, and management reviews.
• Partner Digital / BI teams to strengthen Power BI, self-service analytics and single-source reporting.
• Reduce manual reporting effort, improve turnaround time, and improve data reliability.
• Define enterprise KPIs and build real-time dashboards for leadership action.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Charged Accountant / MBA Finance from a reputed institute. Strong analytical and commercial orientation is essential.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 4-6 years post-qualification experience in FP&A, business finance, corporate finance, strategy.

PREFERRED/ ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT:

• Financial modelling
• Scenario analysis
• PVM Bridges
• Dashboarding
• Powerpoint
• Advanced Excel and Power BI.
• SAP FI/CO, COPA, planning tools such as Anaplan / TM1 / SAP BPC, and BI / visualization platforms.

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL INTERFACE:

• Internal: CFO, Business Finance, Commercial Finance, Corporate Strategy, Digital & Power BI Teams.