Deputy Manager/Assistant Manager

AP Management Consultants; Chennai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

AP Management Consultants in Chennai is seeking a seasoned FP&A professional to handle budgeting, variance analysis, and performance reviews. You will drive monthly reporting, collaborate with multiple departments, and lead automation efforts to improve efficiencies.

The role requires strong Excel and ERP skills, with MBA Finance or CMA/CA qualifications and a minimum of five years in FP&A, data analysis, and management reporting.

Qualifications

• MBA Finance or professional accounting qualification.
• Experience in FP&A, data analysis, and management reporting.
• Strong Excel and ERP skills; advanced Excel preferred.

Responsibilities

• Financial Planning and Analysis: budgets, variance analysis across PnL items.
• Drive monthly review meetings by presenting financial performance.
• Report KPI: budget vs actual; highlight deviations and drive corrective actions with SOPs.
• Collaborate with departments to implement SOPs and drive efficiencies.
• Lead automation initiatives to improve processes.
• Deep dive into brand performance and provide insights to management.
• Data gathering from ERP; ensure data integrity and reconcile inconsistencies.
• Ad-hoc analysis of revenue, COGS, S&D costs and margins for decision making.

Skills

Financial analysis

Variance analysis

Budgeting

ERP systems

Excel

PowerPoint

Data visualization

Cross-functional collaboration

Management reporting

Education

MBA Finance

CMA (Inter)

CA (Inter)

Tools

ERP system

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Financial Planning and Analysis Preparation of Budgets, strategic planning and preparation of Variance analysis across all PnL line items
• Drive Monthly Review Meetings by presenting Financial performance
• Report the Key indicators Budget Vs actual achievement
• Collaborate with various departments to highlight the deviation and act on correction by implementing SOP
• Drive Automation agenda effectively and bring efficiencies across
• Deep dive analysis of Brand performance and bring key insights to the management
• Data gathering and integrity Extraction of the data from ERP system and supervise the accuracy by doing reconciliation wherever inconsistencies
• Ad-hoc analysis of revenue, cogs, Selling and distribution cost and Margins as and when required for decision making

• Timely monthly closing of reports and organising & driving review meeting
• Accuracy of the data and analytics reported
• Timely highlights on insights Key indicator Budget Vs actual clearance (part of incentive working)
• Proper verification and control of financial transactions.

Timely closure of Annual Budgeting

Technical Proficiency :

Hands on working experience in Excel and ERP system. Advanced excel knowledge is recommended. Good commanding over Power point presentation skill is recommended.

Qualification :

MBA Finance , Inter CMA, Inter CA, or Professionals CMA,CA.

Experience :

Typically minimum 5 years of experience in the areas of FPnA, Data analysis , Management reporting in mandatory.