Financial Planning & Accounting Manager

Anika Industries; Mumbai Suburban; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Anika Industries is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) professional to join its finance team in Mumbai. The role focuses on forecasting profit and operating performance for the coming quarter and year, and serves as a key liaison between corporate and operations.

You will develop budgets, build financial models, perform variance analysis, monitor KPIs, and deliver data-driven insights to support strategy, investments, and growth plans.

Responsibilities

• Preparing Weekly / fortnightly /Monthly cash flow budgets in coordination with individual departments and consolidate them into overall corporate budget as per defined timelines.
• Preparing analytical reports for executive leadership and supporting their decision making
• Creating, updating, and maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of the company's future operations
• Comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward
• Considering opportunities for the company to expand or grow. Mapping outgrowth plans, including capital expenditures and investments. Generating three- to five-year financial forecasts.
• Monitor KPIs especially relating to financial metrics such as sales, expenditures, and profit margin and identify the cause of any unexpected variances.
• Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating forecast for existing and new projects
• Implement business intelligence tool and dashboard reports for all business functions
• Support management team and the Heads of Department with data-driven analysis
• Coordinating with departments for analysing their budgets as per financial approval delegation.

Job description

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) is a function within a companys finance organization that provides senior management with a forecast of the companys profit and loss and operating performance for the upcoming quarter and year. These forecasts inform management on the progress and effectiveness of the company's strategic plans and investments. They also enable management to communicate with external stakeholders. FP&A's role is of the "eyes and ears" of the organization makes it a central liaison between the corporate and operations teams.

• Preparing Weekly / fortnightly /Monthly cash flow budgets in coordination with individual departments and consolidate them into overall corporate budget as per defined timelines.
• Preparing analytical reports for executive leadership and supporting their decision making
• Preparing Weekly / fortnightly /Monthly cash flow budgets in coordination with individual departments and consolidate them into overall corporate budget as per defined timelines.
• Creating, updating, and maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of the company's future operations
• Comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward
• Considering opportunities for the company to expand or grow. Mapping outgrowth plans, including capital expenditures and investments. Generating three- to five-year financial forecasts.
• Monitor KPIs especially relating to financial metrics such as sales, expenditures, and profit margin and identify the cause of any unexpected variances.
• Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating forecast for existing and new projects
• Implement business intelligence tool and dashboard reports for all business functions
• Support management team and the Heads of Department with data-driven analysis
• Coordinating with departments for analysing their budgets as per financial approval delegation.