Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis – Retail – CA Corenza

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in Mumbai is seeking a Chartered Accountant with 10+ years post-qualification experience to lead FP&A. You will drive strategic financial planning, budgeting and variance analysis for our Retail/E-commerce units, and refresh monthly management reports to deliver actionable insights.

Responsibilities include developing financial models, partnering with the CFO and leadership, driving process improvements, automation projects, and supporting capital investment analyses.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA with 10+ years post-qualification experience.
• Minimum 7 years in core FP&A functions.
• Retail/E-commerce or Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong expertise in Strategic & Financial Planning.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong presentation, communication, and business partnering skills.

Responsibilities

• Strategic financial analysis, variances and trends in P&L for business units.
• Develop annual corporate budgets and profit planning updates.
• Refresh monthly reports to deliver actionable insights for decisions.
• Provide insights to group finance on P&L and balance sheet analyses.
• Liaise with CFO, executive teams and business heads.
• Developing and maintaining financial models.
• Drive process improvement and automation.
• Streamline processes and improve quality control.
• Analyze and support capital investment projects.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Presentation skills

Business partnering

Excel mastery

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

About Company:

The company operates in the Trading/Retail industry, with a focus on organized retail and hypermarket operations.

Job Description:

This position is required to achieve the desired level of performance in the following Key Result areas:

• Analysis – Strategic financial analysis, variances and trends in key P&L lines for the business units.
• Develop annual corporate Cost budgets, to manage update through budgeting / profit planning cycle.
• Reporting & Dashboards – Refresh standard monthly management reports to ensure outputs are actionable insights vs just information for decision-making.
• Support & provide insight to group finance reporting team on various analysis on P&L and B/s lines.
• Manage key internal customers in Finance leadership team, CFO, executive team, Functional heads from business.
• Developing and maintaining financial models.
• Process improvement & Automation.
• Drive improvement in business process streamlining and quality control. Drive various automation and process streamlining projects.
• Analyses and support on all New Capital Investment projects.

Educational Qualification & Experience required:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 10+ years of post-qualification experience.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in core FP&A functions.
• Current industry experience in Retail, E-commerce, or Manufacturing is preferred.
• Strong expertise in Strategic & Financial Planning.
• Excellent proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong presentation, communication, and business partnering skills.