Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis – IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS

Live Connections Placements Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in India is seeking a Financial Analyst to manage the monthly and quarterly MIS processes. Responsibilities include preparing business reviews and identifying financial trends. The ideal candidate has significant experience in FP&A and strong analytical skills. Competitive compensation is offered for this role.

Qualifications

• At least 7-8 years of experience in FP&A, preferably in a global reporting role.
• Experience in multi-country setups with operations in over 100 legal entities.
• Hands-on experience in forecasting, P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly and quarterly financial MIS closure process.
• Prepare monthly business review presentations for Global FP&A team.
• Identify risks and opportunities for the business and monitor financial KPIs.

Skills

Data analysis and visualization

Communication skills

Financial modeling

Expertise in MS-Excel

Education

Chartered Accountant or MBA

Tools

Oracle Hyperion

MS-Office Applications

Job description

Job Summary: Responsible for the monthly/quarterly MIS closing, Budgeting process with key stakeholders in the organization, driving analytics for financial & business insights, reporting business performance through MIS under the direction of Head FP&A.

Responsibilities:

• Monthly/Quarterly MIS Closing: Manage monthly and quarterly financial MIS closure process to reflect the latest business result, analyze business trends, and provide insights to management.
• Preparation of monthly/quarterly business review, operations review presentations, and monthly reports due to Global FP&A team.
• Working with other functions to identify risks and opportunities for the business, and continuously monitor financial and business KPI’s to highlight trends and analyze causes of unexpected variance.
• Work towards identifying means for cost optimization and focus on continuous improvement in the financial health of the Organization.

Budgeting:

• Consolidate and review the Annual budgeting of multiple verticals & countries.

Strategic Initiatives:

• Work Closely with Senior Manager FP&A on strategic matters and financial priorities, manage the review process of strategic cost out initiatives, and involve, contribute, and drive key projects under FP&A head direction.
• Working in Hyperion (Oracle) project to ensure accurate/timely roll out, develop expertise in Hyperion, and new reports/analysis development in Hyperion and Smart view.
• Help Head FP&A in Financial Models for projections, planning as well as customized Business Cases, undertake ROI, NPV, marginal cost, and other financial metric analysis to support financial decision making.

Requirements:

• Chartered Accountant or MBA from top tier college with at least 7-8 years’ experience including FP&A (experience preferably in global reporting role in an MNC company).
• Expertise in working with large amounts of data, facts, figures, and number crunching.
• Experience in Multi countries set up having operation in more than 100 legal entities.
• Hands on experience in forecasting, compiling P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements.
• Experience in designing MIS to facilitate business performance reviewing is mandatory.
• Having excellent ability to express data insights through visual impact driven analysis, and excellent cross-functional communication skills.
• Sound knowledge of the business and business processes, and good knowledge of MS-Excel, Power point & other MS-Office Applications.
• Having system implementation experience highly desirable, Oracle Hyperion tool experience preferred.