Senior Manager GFP&A

lseg; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is seeking a Senior Manager, FP&A to lead reporting, forecasting and analysis for the group. You will manage a small team and interact with ExCo and the Board to deliver insights that drive decision making.

You will collaborate with FP&A, Finance Business Partners and other finance functions to ensure timely monthly reporting, budgeting, and transformation initiatives across the group.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified with accounting certification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CPA/CA) or MBA.
• Experience in FP&A with senior stakeholder exposure.
• Proven ability to partner with finance and non-finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management information for CFO, ExCo, and Board with insightful commentary.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and stress testing across Group FP&A.
• Support finance transformation initiatives and drive process improvements.
• Manage central non-departmental cost base and related reporting.
• Collaborate with Group FP&A, Divisional FP&A, FinCon, Treasury and IR teams.

Skills

Communication

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Global collaboration

Time-zone coordination

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CPA/CA)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The role is responsible for preparing reporting, forecasts and analysis to partners across the business, including ExCo and the Board. This is a Senior Manager role, reporting to the Director, Group FP&A, and has management responsibility over two team members.

The role involves collaborating with FP&A and Finance Business Partner teams across LSEG Group's divisions and functions to prepare and deliver insightful analysis to support and drive decision making. The successful candidate should have the ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment, building their business knowledge and applying it to provide valuable insight.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

Monthly Reporting

• Build and maintain detailed knowledge and understanding of the businesses to enable preparation of management information packs to the CFO, ExCo, FLT, Investor Relations and other key customers that include insight to support decision making
• Prepare key messages for materials to the Board, including briefing papers and presentations
• Partner closely with the rest of Group FP&A and Division and Function finance teams, and other teams across Finance (e.g Treasury, IMO reporting, FinCon) to provide monthly reporting, with insightful analysis
• Partner with FinCon on month / quarter end close as Group FP&A's representative on the financials

Budgeting and forecasting

• Run Group budgeting, monthly forecasting, plan transfer and stress testing processes. Partner with division and functional FP&A, as well as Finance systems teams, to ensure Group wide processes run smoothly and efficiently and contribute to reporting of these processes to CFO, ExCo and Board

Transformation

• Support Finance transformation from a FP&A perspective, providing input and analysis to drive the intended outcomes of the program

Non Departmental

• Lead the central Non-departmental cost base (actuals, forecasting, budgeting), which includes a variety of group costs such as iVAT, medical provisions, pensions, site budgets etc, and partner with teams outside of Finance to support and understand this area

Key Relationships

• Group FP&A team
• Divisional and functional FP&A
• FinCon
• Treasury
• Investor Relations
• Integration team
• People function

Technical/Professional Skills & Proficiencies

• Strong communication skills, able to grasp and distil key messages to provide meaningful and valuable commentary
• Strong sense of process ownership with organisational and time management skills to handle multiple projects with contending due dates
• Collaboration skills to partner effectively with various teams and across functions of the business (Finance and Non-finance); ability to influence others
• Strong MS Office skills (Excel and PowerPoint)
• Ability to challenge the status quo
• A high level of interpersonal skills and an ability to function effectively as part of a global team that coordinates, works, and reports out of different geographies
• Degree qualified and accounting certification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, CPA, CA etc.) and / or MBA
• Ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues globally
• Time-zone overlap with global partners and counterparts, as warranted
• Proven track record to interact with senior management
• Proven ability to provide business partnering support

Career Stage:

Manager

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sus