Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis – Manufacturing Vertex Corporate Services

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in Mumbai is seeking a Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis to provide key insights through analytics of business performance and to drive budgeting, forecasting and planning processes.

The role partners with business functions on strategic projects to improve growth and profitability, with responsibilities including monthly close, reporting, and cost analyses across locations.

Qualifications

• CA or CMA qualification is required.
• Experience in FP&A within manufacturing is essential.
• Agile finance business partner with strong commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Produce month-end closing reports and ensure timely, accurate financials to the group.
• Lead budgeting, rolling forecast, and long-range planning processes.
• Prepare MIS reports for internal management and drive analytics-based insights.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Business acumen

Cross-functional collaboration

Learning agility

Team leadership

Education

CA

CMA

Tools

SAP

BI tools

Job description

Position: Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis (Leading MNC Manufacturing Co)

Role

• Role broadly includes providing key insights to management team through various analytics of business performance.
• Facilitate decision making process through effective evaluation of different scenarios. Drive budgeting, forecasting and planning process.
• Partner with business functions on strategic projects for improving growth and profitability.

Job Description

• Responsible for month-end related activities. Ensure timely and accurate reporting of financials to the group.
• Circulation of various MIS reports to group and internal management
• Analysis of financial performance of business. Providing insights to business leadership team for decision making
• Preparation of annual budget, rolling forecast, long range plans, scenarios and reports
• Cash flow and working capital management
• Digital projects for improved analytics and processes
• Pricing analysis and new product pricing
• Structured cost analysis
• Strategic projects – Tariff / Non-Tariff measures, growth initiatives, new business evaluation, growth capex etc

Requirements

• Educational qualification: CA / CMA
• Minimum experience: ~ 10-12 years for CA; ~ 12-15 years for CMA
• Good exposure in an FP&A role in the manufacturing sector
• Should be an agile finance business finance partner.
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Business and commercial acumen
• Ability to handle multiple data sets
• Working knowledge of SAP and other digital BI tools
• Team leadership
• Diverse stakeholder management
• Ability to work cross functional and locations
• Solutions mindset and learning agility

Location: Mumbai

This position is for a client of Vertex Corporate Services which is a Leading MNC Manufacturing Company