Business Finance Lead

Crisil; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Crisil is seeking a seasoned FP&A professional in Mumbai to own quarterly and monthly forecasting, revenue recognition, and expense management. You will analyze trends, prepare insightful management reports, and support strategic planning with leadership inputs.

The role requires strong financial acumen, MS Excel expertise, and the ability to present complex data clearly to senior leadership across geographies. It offers a fast-paced environment with exposure to strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of relevant work experience in finance.
• Chartered Accountant with knowledge of business finance.
• Proven expertise in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience of working with Senior leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly rolling forecast for Crisil Intelligence sub-departments.
• Monitor mandates, revenue booking and billing for timely revenue recognition and invoicing.
• Analyze monthly expense trends and lead expense optimization efforts.
• Conduct variance analysis between forecast and actual results and suggest corrective actions.
• Compute and report performance metrics by projects.
• Monitor KPIs for various verticals and build management reports.
• Support in preparing monthly leadership presentations.
• Assist in quarterly board meeting preparations and related deliverables.
• Prepare reports and submissions to CEO office.
• Support annual planning process for the business.
• Translate complex messages clearly for leadership audiences.
• Collaborate with practice heads and stakeholders to provide active business support in forecasting.

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Role:

1. Prepare monthly rolling forecast for various sub departments within Crisil Intelligence
2. Monitor mandates, revenue booking and billing to ensure timely and accurate revenue recognition and invoicing
3. Analyze the trends based on monthly expense reports. Identify and lead the expense optimization / allocation efforts
4. Conduct variance analysis to determine difference between forecast and actual results and suggest corrective actions
5. Calculate and/or report various performance measurements by projects
6. Monitor, measure key performance indicators (KPI) for various verticals and build insightful management reports
7. Support in preparing monthly leadership presentations
8. Assist in preparations of quarterly board meeting and related deliverables
9. Preparations of various reports and submissions to CEO office
10. Support in driving annual planning process for the business
11. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Should be able to translate complex messages in easy-to-understand form
12. Be part of key project(s) towards planning or implementing strategic initiative and ensure effective monitoring and progress
13. Work in partnership with practice heads and key stakeholders across geographies and provide active business support in forecasting. Provide insightful information to drive actions

Candidate Profile:

• Exceptionally strong financial and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills & ability to interact with leadership team
• Strong abilities on logical reasoning, thinking keeping in mind diverse expectations
• Ability to develop incisive analysis with holistic lens keeping market and customer dynamics in mind
• Ability to extract key themes and insights and present it effectively
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Good organizational skills, ability to take administrative decisions
• Ability to multi-task and efficiently work under tight timelines

Essential Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of relevant work experience in finance
• Chartered account with good knowledge of business finance
• Proven expertise in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience of working with Senior leadership team