Manager - FP&A Commercials and Distribution

Medline India; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Continuous learning opportunities

Employee-centric benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A leading healthcare distribution company in India is seeking an experienced Manager Finance to lead financial planning, analysis, and reporting for various business areas. The role requires managing a high-performing team and driving financial decision support through advanced analytics and operational efficiencies. Ideal candidates should have over 12 years of experience, strong hands-on skills with tools like Oracle PBCS and SAP, and a background in management reporting and budgeting. The position offers a flexible work schedule and a supportive work culture.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of post-qualification experience in management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• 4+ years managing teams of 5+ members.
• Strong hands-on experience with Oracle PBCS / Oracle EPM and SAP.
• Advanced analytics experience using Tableau, Power BI and/or Alteryx.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning and analysis for Distribution Business.
• Own and execute Business as usual reporting and analysis.
• Identify and analyze variances vs Plan, Outlook, and Prior Year.
• Drive and lead the AOP, Plan and Outlook processes.

Skills

Management reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Advanced analytics

Team management

Stakeholder management

Education

CA / CMA / MBA from a Tier-2 institute

Tools

Oracle PBCS

Oracle EPM

SAP

Tableau

Power BI

Alteryx

Job description

Overview

Medline is seeking an experienced and high‑impact Manager Finance to lead financial planning, analysis, and reporting for Distribution Business, Supply Chain Solutions, Sales and Master Data Management areas.

This role will provide financial decision support, research and recommend options to improve business results, deliver insights to senior management, scale processes, build advanced analytics, work closely with senior stakeholders, drive strategic initiatives, and support end‑to‑end data excellence and analytical transformation across business functions.

Key focus on financial performance of Sales and Supply Chain Solutions, working closely with VPs of Finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and execute Business as usual reporting and analysis responsibilities for Distribution and Commercial Business, ensuring timeliness and accuracy.
• Identify, analyze, and explain variances vs Plan, Outlook, and Prior Year, highlighting key performance drivers and risks.
• Create, maintain, and continuously enhance KPIs and dashboards.
• Own monthly financial reviews, present financial performance dashboards with commentary and insights.
• Drive and lead the AOP, Plan and Outlook processes; work closely with onshore stakeholders while ensuring deadlines are met.
• Ideate strategic initiatives that directly impact Medline’s P&L.
• Work to scale up support by delivering quick wins, proactive analysis and point of views for the VPs.
• Create operational efficiencies by looking for automation opportunities, consolidation and standardization.
• Act as a finance expert and trusted advisor to divisional business partners; ensure seamless coordination with stakeholders.
• Drive end‑to‑end data excellence, process governance and analytical transformation across business functions.
• Facilitate critical thinking and ability to influence stakeholders.
• Work closely with the onshore MDM team to present business cases needed for change request approvals.
• Lead MDM strategy, architecture and implementation across Finance domains working closely with the Tech Lead.
• Oversee MDM workflows, stewardship, metadata, and lineage documentation.
• Collaborate with IT, Data Engineering and Business teams to ensure unified source of truth.
• Deliver in‑depth variance analysis, focusing on root cause identification, forward‑looking insights and scenario planning.
• Shift from descriptive to predictive and prescriptive analytics using advanced data models and AI‑supported techniques.
• Develop forecasting models incorporating business drivers, macroeconomic trends, and risk scenarios.
• Partner with controllership and operations to develop reporting on working capital, receivables, payables, and inventory KPIs.
• Enable data‑driven decision‑making through automated dashboards, KPI tracking, and real‑time performance insights.
• Lead and manage a high‑performing team of finance professionals, fostering accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Establish performance metrics, conduct regular reviews and build succession and development plans.
• Navigate a complex matrix organization, balancing regional priorities with global corporate requirements.
• Build relationships with cross‑functional stakeholders, including operations, sales, IT and corporate finance.
• Champion data‑driven culture by enabling self‑service analytics and intuitive reporting tools.
• Understand stakeholder requirements, set expectations, address concerns proactively and escalates appropriately.
• Monitor progress against objectives and provide actionable feedback.
• Drive adoption of AI and advanced analytics to enhance forecasting accuracy, automate variance analysis and improve insight generation.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities across FP&A processes (RPA, Power Automate, or native ERP capabilities).
• Build intelligent reporting frameworks integrating financial and operational data for near real‑time insights.
• Explore and deploy emerging technologies such as GenAI‑driven commentary, AI copilots and predictive dashboards to improve productivity and decision quality.

Qualifications & Experience

• CA / CMA / Cost & Management Accountant or MBA from a Tier‑2 institute.
• 12+ years of post‑qualification experience in management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• 4+ years managing teams of 5+ members.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Oracle PBCS / Oracle EPM and SAP.
• Advanced analytics experience using Tableau, Power BI and/or Alteryx.
• 4+ years operating at FP&A Lead / Manager or above level.
• Proven experience supporting senior leadership and complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.

What we offer

• Employee‑friendly work culture, fair & transparent practices, continuous learning and competitive pay and leading employee benefits.
• Encouragement to transition to different streams / roles in‑house.
• Prospects to work on latest technologies, value added analytics.
• High focus on quality and dynamic work environment with abundant career development opportunities.
• Flexible work schedule ensuring a perfect work‑life balance.
• Ample employee‑centric benefits fostering employee health and wellbeing.
• Inspiration to create positive social & environmental change.