Senior Corporate Finance Manager

Talentbridge; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentbridge is seeking a Senior Finance professional to lead corporate FP&A at the India entity, focusing on budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management. The role requires partnering with senior leaders to drive strategic financial decisions.

You will own annual operating plans, develop entity-level budgets across revenue, opex, capex and headcount, and deliver management reports and dashboards to inform executives.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of overall finance experience.
• Strong Corporate FP&A experience.
• Country-level budgeting and P&L management.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling.
• Experience managing complete P&L performance.
• Strong analytical and commercial orientation with data-driven insights.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling.
• ERP/BI tools experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and financial planning for the India entity.
• Develop entity-level budgets covering Revenue, Opex, Capex, headcount and other operating costs.
• Consolidate budgets across functions and align with business strategy.
• Develop financial models and planning assumptions to support decisions.
• Monitor budgets against plans and own India P&L analysis and performance.
• Produce monthly management reports and dashboards for senior leadership.
• Provide profitability insights and identify cost optimization opportunities.
• Partner with HR and business leads on workforce planning and financial impact.
• Drive monthly/quarterly forecasting and scenarios for strategic decisions.

Skills

Corporate FP&A

Budgeting & Forecasting

P&L Management

Management Reporting

Financial Modelling

Excel

ERP/BI tools

Stakeholder Management

Headcount Planning

Cost Optimisation

Business Partnering

Tools

ERP/BI tools

Job description

Role & responsibilities

The role requires a strong finance professional who can look at the business holistically at an entity/country level, rather than managing budgets or financial performance for individual customers/accounts.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in corporate FP&A, annual operating plans, budgeting, forecasting, P&L management, management reporting and financial decision support, with the ability to partner with senior business leaders. Lead the annual budgeting and financial planning process for the India entity. Develop entity-level budgets covering Revenue, Opex, Capex, headcount, manpower costs and other operating expenses. Consolidate budgets across functions/business units and ensure alignment with overall business strategy. Develop financial models and planning assumptions to support business decisions. Establish and monitor budgets against approved financial plans. Own and drive India entity-level P&L analysis and performance management. Analyse Revenue, Gross Margin, EBITDA, operating costs and profitability. Identify key budget vs. actual variances, understand the underlying business drivers and recommend corrective actions. Provide profitability analysis and insights to senior management.Track cost efficiency, productivity and operating leverage across the organisation. Lead monthly/quarterly forecasting and financial outlooks. Prepare rolling forecasts based on business performance, market conditions and changing assumptions. Develop scenarios and sensitivity analyses to assess the financial impact of business decisions. Monitor actual performance against Budget / Forecast / Prior Year. Prepare comprehensive monthly management reports and financial dashboards for senior leadership. Translate financial data into meaningful business insights and actionable recommendations. Present financial performance, trends, risks and opportunities to senior stakeholders. Develop and track key financial and operational KPIs. Partner with the India leadership team to support strategic and operational decision-making. Evaluate business cases, investments, cost initiatives and growth opportunities. Drive headcount budgeting and workforce cost planning. Analyse manpower costs, utilisation, productivity and cost trends. Partner with HR and business leaders on workforce planning and its financial impact.Identify opportunities for cost optimisation without impacting business performance. Work closely with Business Heads, Operations, HR, Accounting, Sales and Senior Finance Leadership. Act as a finance business partner to senior stakeholders across the India organisation.

Preferred candidate profile -

10-15 years of overall finance experience, preferably with strong Corporate FP&A experience. Proven experience in country-level budgeting and P&L management. Strong understanding of Corporate FP&A, budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling. Experience managing complete P&L performance, not just individual customer/account profitability. Strong analytical and commercial orientation with the ability to connect financial results to business drivers. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Ability to work with senior leadership and influence business decisions through data-driven financial insights. Strong proficiency in Excel and financial modelling; experience with ERP/BI tools preferred. Corporate / Entity-level FP&A , Annual Operating Plan, Budgeting , Forecasting , P&L Management , Variance Analysis , Financial Modelling Management Reporting , Headcount Planning , Cost Optimisation , Business Partnering , Strategic Finance .