Director - FP&A

PlaySimple Games; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,200,000; Full time

Job summary

PlaySimple Games in Bengaluru seeks a senior FP&A leader to drive financial strategy, planning, and performance management across the organization. You will partner with the CFO and business heads to shape the financial narrative and enable rapid, data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes building scalable MIS, KPI frameworks, automation of reporting, and mentoring a high-performing finance team while balancing governance with growth initiatives in a fast-paced consumer tech environment.

Qualifications

• 12–15 years of total finance experience, with 5+ years in FP&A leadership.
• Experience reporting to CFO or senior business heads.
• Strong MIS/KPI framework development across a growing org.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead FP&A function with strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Standardize MIS across verticals with unified KPI tracking.
• Translate performance into actionable insights for leadership and IR.
• Automate and scale reporting and forecasting processes.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing FP&A team.
• Partner with leadership on governance and growth initiatives.
• Collaborate cross-functionally for strategic decisions.

Skills

FP&A leadership

MIS & KPI reporting

Stakeholder management

Automation of reporting

Team mentoring

Tools

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Tableau

ERP systems

Job description

We are one of India's most exciting & fast-growing mobile gaming companies. Founded in 2014, and creating a global mobile gaming landscape in partnership with Modern Times Group (MTG), our Vision is to create simple, impactful casual game experiences at a massive scale. Since our inception, we have built a worldwide network of chart-topping games, and powerful tech & analytics infrastructure to turbocharge their growth. Our product portfolio consists of evergreen hits like Daily Themed Crossword, WordTrip, WordJam, WordRoll, TileMatch, Jigsaw, Wordy, 2248 Number Merge,Word Search Solitaire and Many more.

This role will lead the FP&A / Business Finance charter, partnering closely with the CFO and Business Heads to drive financial strategy, planning, and performance management across the organization. The role will be instrumental in shaping decision-making through robust financial insights, driving MIS and KPI standardization, and supporting strategic growth initiatives, while building and mentoring a high-performing finance team.

Requirements

• Lead the FP&A / Business Finance function, partnering directly with the CFO and Business Heads on strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting
• Drive integration and standardization of MIS across business verticals, ensuring unified reporting and common KPI tracking at an organizational level
• Own the financial narrative for leadership and Investor Relations — translating business performance into clear, actionable insights
• Lead automation and scalability of reporting and forecasting processes, improving efficiency, transparency, and decision speed
• Partner with leadership to institutionalize performance metrics and drive alignment across functions and business units
• Provide strategic financial guidance on business models, revenue streams, cost drivers, and performance levers
• Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing FP&A / Business Finance team
• Balance strong governance over core business performance with bandwidth to support new growth initiatives
• Act as a key strategic finance partner in cross-functional decision-making with senior leadership

• 12–15 years of total experience in Finance, with the last 5+ years in an FP&A Head / Business Finance leadership capacity
• Prior experience reporting to CFO and/or Business Heads
• Relevant industry background in Consumer Tech, Gaming, SaaS, E-commerce,Product Tech, or Platform companies
• Strong track record of building and scaling MIS/KPI frameworks across a growing organization
• Proven ability to lead and mentor finance teams
• Strong command of financial systems and automation tools (Advanced Excel, Power BI, Tableau, ERP tools, etc.)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment managing multiple priorities