Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Battery Smart company.; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Battery Smart is seeking a highly analytical FP&A Lead to drive financial planning, forecasting, performance management and management reporting. The ideal candidate is a Chartered Accountant with 5–8 years post‑qualification FP&A experience and a track record in fast‑growing, operational sectors.

You will partner with Operations, Sales and Supply Chain, building driver‑based models and dashboards, and enabling data‑driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 5–8 years post-qualification FP&A experience.
• Experience in fast-growing, operational sectors preferred (e-commerce, autos, EV/mobility, tech, logistics).
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights for senior management.

Responsibilities

• Lead Annual Operating Plan, budgeting and rolling forecasts across the organisation.
• Build and maintain integrated financial models covering revenue, costs, profitability and cash flows.
• Own MIS and management reporting, analyse variances and provide actionable insights for senior leadership.

Skills

CA/ Chartered Accountant

FP&A

Business partnering

Excel

Anaplan

AI in finance

PowerPoint

Education

CA - Mandatory

Tools

Anaplan

ERP

BI dashboards

Job description

We are looking for a highly analytical and business-oriented FP&A Lead to drive financial planning, forecasting, performance management and management reporting for the organisation.

The ideal candidate should be a Chartered Accountant (CA) with 5–8 years of post-qualification experience, with a significant part of their career spent in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). Experience in fast-growing, operationally intensive sectors such as e-commerce, automobiles, EV/mobility, consumer technology, logistics or similar industries would be preferred.

The role requires someone who can go beyond reporting numbers - understand business drivers, challenge assumptions, identify trends and translate financial and operating data into actionable insights for management.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), budgeting and periodic forecasting processes across the organisation.
• Build and maintain integrated financial models covering revenue, costs, profitability, cash flows and key business drivers.
• Work closely with business and functional teams to develop assumptions and translate operating plans into financial outcomes.
• Drive rolling forecasts and scenario/sensitivity analysis to support management decision-making.
• Continuously improve planning accuracy and shorten planning and forecasting cycles.

2. Business Performance & Management Reporting

• Own periodic MIS and management reporting, including monthly and quarterly business performance reviews.
• Analyse Actual vs Budget vs Forecast performance and identify key drivers of variances.
• Develop meaningful financial and operational KPIs for management review.
• Identify trends, risks and opportunities and provide clear, actionable insights rather than only reporting variances.
• Prepare high-quality presentations and analytical packs for senior management, Board and investors, as required.

3. Business Partnering & Decision Support

• Act as a strong finance business partner to business and functional leaders.
• Partner with teams across Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, Technology and other functions to improve financial outcomes.
• Support management on pricing, unit economics, profitability, cost optimisation, capex and investment decisions.
• Challenge business assumptions constructively and help teams understand the financial implications of operating decisions.
• Undertake ad-hoc financial analysis for strategic and business initiatives.
• Build robust financial and operational models for business planning, scenario analysis and decision-making.
• Develop driver-based models linking operational metrics with revenue, margins, EBITDA and cash flows.
• Analyse business performance at appropriate levels such as product, geography, customer, channel or business unit.
• Develop dashboards and analytical frameworks that provide management with early visibility into performance trends.

5. FP&A Systems, Automation & AI

• Drive automation and digitisation of FP&A processes to reduce dependence on manual reporting.
• Hands‑on experience with planning and performance‑management tools such as Anaplan or similar platforms is preferred.
• Strong comfort with ERP, BI/dashboarding and data analytics tools.
• Demonstrated interest and hands‑on ability in using AI and emerging technology for financial analysis, forecasting, reporting and productivity improvement.
• Identify opportunities to create more integrated, automated and scalable planning and reporting processes.

6. Stakeholder & Team Management

• Work closely with senior management and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure timely and reliable financial information.
• Coordinate with Controllership/Finance teams to ensure consistency between management reporting and underlying financial data.
• Manage multiple planning and reporting timelines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Guide and develop FP&A team members while building strong analytical and business‑partnering capabilities within the team.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) – Mandatory
• Additional qualifications/certifications in finance, analytics or technology would be an advantage.

Experience

• 5–8 years of post-qualification experience, with a significant part of the experience in FP&A.
• Strong hands‑on experience in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis and financial modelling.
• Experience in e‑commerce, automobiles, EV/mobility, consumer technology, logistics or other high‑growth/operational businesses preferred.
• Experience working with senior management and cross‑functional business leaders.

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities.
• Hands‑on exposure to Anaplan or similar planning/EPM tools.
• Working knowledge of ERP and BI/data Visualisation platforms.
• Ability to work with large datasets and convert them into meaningful business insights.
• Comfort with AI‑enabled finance and productivity tools, with an orientation towards automation and continuous improvement.
• Strong commercial and business acumen with the ability to connect financial performance with underlying