Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

BlackBerry Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Finance in Bengaluru, India is seeking an FP&A professional to collect, analyze, and interpret financial data, update budgets and forecasts, and communicate insights to drive performance. The role reports to the FP&A Manager and collaborates with cross-functional teams to optimize business outcomes.

Candidate should have 3–5 years post-qualification experience, strong knowledge of SAP and BI tools, and CMA/CA/US CMA/CIMA/ACCA/MBA qualifications, with excellent communication abilities to

Qualifications

• Must have experience in Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Knowledge of SAP and BI tools is required.
• Strong communication skills and professional qualifications are essential.

Responsibilities

• Collect, analyze, and interpret financial data.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to drive financial performance.
• Prepare management reports and financial models for decision making.
• Manage month-end close processes including journal entries.

Skills

Financial planning & analysis

SAP

BI tools

Education

CMA/CA/US CMA/CIMA/ACCA/MBA

Job description

Your role and responsibilities (Mandatory)

In this role, you will have the opportunity to collect, analyze, and interpret financial data. You will update budgets and forecasts and identify trends and problems. You will also showcase your expertise by communicating insights and collaborating with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders to drive financial performance and optimize business outcomes. This position reports to FP&A Manager.

• Collaborate with the other financial professionals in Divisions / Hubs / Countries / functions to understand on-going accounting practices and adhere to audit compliance and standards.
• Responsible for end-to-end bottom-up accounting (including monthly/ quarterly closing) for the respective local units pertaining to Real Estate Product Groups. This includes Monthly Journal entries, reclassification entries, review of profit and loss account, Operational Free cash flow and Balance Sheet.
• Overseeing commercial execution of all Capex Projects and implements finance control processes with precise quarterly Capex projections. Monitoring Fixed Asset Register and timely recording of Capitalization, Transfer and Retirement including quarterly disclosure.
• Prepare Annual Budgeting including Capital Investments and Occupancy Cost. Supporting the analysis of business actual performance versus plan and proposing improvement actions.
• Prepare business cases (GMAS - Internal tool) and performing cost - benefit analysis under various scenarios and support decisions. Preparing financial modeling for various hypotheses and analyzing impact to the organization and validating the accuracy.
• Performing benchmarking of key performance indicators (i.e. Operational EBITA, Net Working Capital and Capex Spending). Working with local/ global management team to understand and analyze drivers of financial performance and identifying market trends of financial data and business information and reporting through reconciliation and review of exceptions.
• Support preparing management reports including CRIMS internal tool – for Portfolio Management and Capex Tracker and need based MIS.
• Improve finance engagement across cross function team (example: collaborate with local team/Purchase to Payment (P2P), R2R, AR, Fixed Assets so on)
• Manages relationship with the stakeholders in their area of responsiblity and ensures alignment.

Qualifications for the role (Mandatory)

• Total 3-5 Years of post qualification experience.
• You are immersed in Financial Planning and analysis.
• Possess enhanced knowledge of SAP, BI Tools.
• Degree in CMA/CA/US CMA/CIMA/ACCA/MBA with Excellent communication skills.
• Those pursuing degree in the final year / intermediate/awaiting results can also apply.

More about us (Mandatory)

ABB Finance is a trusted partner to the business and a world-class team who delivers forward-looking insights that drive sustainable long-term results and operates with the highest standards. We value people from different backgrounds.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative.

We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

At ABB, we care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger.

ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

Why ABB: Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.