Supply Chain - Financial Planning & Analysis - Bangalore

HCLTech; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in Bengaluru is seeking a finance professional to lead budget planning and forecast alignment for data centre operations. You will link purchases to the financial plan, map spends to budgets, projects, cost centers and GL, and work with procurement, finance and IT teams to keep end-to-end processes running smoothly.

You should have 5+ years in budget planning and financial planning within product or data centre environments, with strong Excel and ERP experience

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Budget planning, Financial planning, procure-to-pay operations for Data Centre Supply chain sourcing / procurement/ asset management in product Industry
• Knowledge of GL structures and the accounting treatment of spend, including prepaid expenses and asset vs. non-asset classification

Responsibilities

• Manage and support budget planning and forecast adjustments, and integrate the budget with systems so that every purchase links to the financial plan.
• Ensuring spends are accurate and mapped each transaction to the right budget, project, cost center and GL.
• Partner with Finance to track and analyze actual expenses against budget and forecast, and reconcile differences with internal IBE teams.
• Prepare variance reports that explain the reason for each variance and give the anticipated future cost.
• Support on plans, reports, and metrics, and maintain the policies, procedures and quality of our processes.
• Work with the Sourcing, Procurement, Finance, Supplier, Contracts teams to fix issues and keep the end-to-end process running smoothly.
• Maintain spend analytics tools and enrich the data so spend is categorized better.
• Ensuring data accuracy and resolve any discrepancies promptly.
• Supporting ad-hoc requests related to budget planning and forecast adjustments.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Education

B.S./ B.B.M./ MBA / B.E. in Supply chain or related

Tools

Oracle ERP

Coupa

Zip

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manage and support budget planning and forecast adjustments, and integrate the budget with systems so that every purchase links to the financial plan.
• Ensuring spends are accurate and mapped each transaction to the right budget, project, cost center and GL.
• Knowledge of GL structures and the accounting treatment of spend, including prepaid expenses and asset vs. non-asset classification.
• Partner with Finance to track and analyze actual expenses against budget and forecast, and reconcile differences with internal IBE teams.
• Prepare variance reports that explain the reason for each variance and give the anticipated future cost.
• Support on plans, reports, and metrics, and maintain the policies, procedures and quality of our processes.
• Work with the Sourcing, Procurement, Finance, Supplier, Contracts teams to fix issues and keep the end-to-end process running smoothly.
• Maintain spend analytics tools and enrich the data so spend is categorized better.
• Ensuring data accuracy and resolve any discrepancies promptly.
• Supporting ad-hoc requests related to budget planning and forecast adjustments.

Basic Qualifications

B.S./ B.B.M/ M.B.A. / B.E. in Supply chain background or in technical or business field, or equivalent practical experience

5+ years of experience in Budget planning, Financial planning, procure to pay operations for Data Centre Supply chain sourcing / procurement/ asset management in product Industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Advanced Excel, ERP systems Oracle/ Coupa/ Zip /Service Now /Jira & others
• Working knowledge of financial concepts such as capital & operational expenses, depreciation & amortization, accrual, fixed assets, cost center, chart of accounts, inventory function etc.
• General knowledge of procure-to-pay process purchase requisition & order, pricing & quotes, invoice & payments
• Ability to drive change with process improvement and required system definition
• Technical understanding of infrastructure technologies such as datacenter, network, system, storage, voice & video, end-user computing, and enterprise IT systems
• Strong customer relationship management
• Experience in operating within large, complex environments, with a firm knowledge of organizational dynamics
• Analytical, organizational skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage time well
• Able to work independently, under pressure and supporting different time zones
• Ability to work with remote teams in a global organization & Be a good Team player