Senior Manager, Finance - AMIEO

Nissan Motor Corporation; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Nissan Motor Corporation is seeking an FP&A leader in Chennai to own budgeting and forecasting cycles, coordinate regional reporting, and deliver robust management analytics. You will oversee dashboards, scorecards, and executive summaries to support strategic decisions across regional and global finance teams.

The role emphasizes governance, data quality, and timely reporting, with collaboration across controllers, regional finance, and headquarters to drive continuous improvement in FP&A

Qualifications

• Experience leading budgeting and forecast cycles.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to challenge assumptions.
• Proven track record in delivering timely management reports and KPIs.
• Experience in consolidating regional budgets and reporting packages.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the annual budget/forecast planning process.
• Develop and manage the budgeting calendar and governance process.
• Coordinate functional submissions with Controllers and ensure timely delivery.
• Consolidate regional budgets/forecasts per global and regional guidelines.
• Deliver accurate monthly management reports with KPIs, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare executive reporting and variance analyses versus budget/forecast.
• Develop dashboards and scorecards for management review.
• Act as interface between regional/global finance teams and HQ for reporting requirements.

Skills

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial analysis

Management reporting

KPI development

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Tools

Tagetik

Job description

• Lead and coordinate the annual budget/forecast planning process
• Develop and manage the annual budgeting and forecast calendar and governance process.
• Coordinate functional submissions with Functional controllers and ensure timely delivery.
• Consolidate regional budgets and forecast in accordance with Global and Regional guidelines.
• Challenge, review, and validate assumptions to ensure robust planning outcomes.
• Deliver accurate and timely management reporting
• Prepare monthly management reports highlighting financial performance, KPIs, risks, and opportunities.
• Analyse variances against Budget, Forecast, and Prior Year results.
• Ensure accurate and timely submission of regional reporting packages.
• Develop dashboards and performance scorecards for management review.
• Provide actionable financial performance insights
• Prepare and communicate actual profit reporting to AMIEO regional management, including clear explanations of variances versus budget, forecast and previous year.
• Monitor key performance indicators, identify trends versus budget and forecast, and analyse the root causes of material variances.
• Develop and maintain dashboards that provide regional management with clear visibility of financial performance and key business drivers.
• Support executive decision-making through clear financial analysis
• Prepare executive presentations for regional leadership.
• Deliver financial insights and key messages to support management actions.
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analytical support to address emerging business questions and management requests.
• Strengthen financial governance, standardisation, and process efficiency
• Ensure compliance with corporate reporting guidelines and financial planning standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance reporting efficiency and data quality.
• Support automation and standardization of FP&A processes across the region.
• Build effective stakeholder alignment across regional and global finance teams
• Act as the key interface between Functional controllers, Regional Finance Management, and NML Headquarters.
• Facilitate alignment on financial assumptions, reporting requirements, and business priorities.
• Coordinate stakeholder inputs and follow up on open items to ensure high-quality reporting is delivered within strict deadlines.
• Own Product profitability overview and Tagetik reporting module
• Prepare and maintain a regular overview of Product profitability, analysing performance by model/vehicle line against budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Identify and communicate key drivers of product-level profitability variances to regional management.
• Act as the functional owner of the Tagetik reporting module, ensuring data integrity, timely maintenance, and alignment with reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with IT/systems teams on Tagetik enhancements, user access, and issue resolution.
• Train and support functional controllers on the use of the Tagetik reporting module.