Team Lead - FP&A

Adani Group; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Group in Ahmedabad seeks a senior FP&A leader to drive budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and business partnering across units. You will deliver actionable insights, build robust financial governance, and lead transformation initiatives with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 10–12 years of experience in FP&A and strong expertise in financial modelling, planning tools, and ERP systems.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Commerce, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration; professional qualifications CA, CMA, MBA (Finance) preferred.
• 10-12 years of FP&A, business finance, corporate finance, and strategic planning experience.
• Strong financial modelling, business partnering, and senior leadership reporting expertise.
• Hands-on ERP experience (SAP/Oracle) and planning/reporting tools (SAC, Power BI, Tableau, Hyperion).
• Proven leadership, stakeholder management, and team-development capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, strategic planning, and rolling forecast processes with business leaders.
• Provide insights from financial and operational results for performance reviews.
• Support senior stakeholders with financial modelling, scenario analysis, and business cases.
• Prepare management reports, board presentations, and executive dashboards.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities and value creation levers across the business.
• Drive FP&A transformation, digitization, and automation for reporting efficiency.
• Strengthen planning frameworks, reporting standards, and governance processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects to support strategic priorities.
• Mentor junior and mid-level team members to foster high performance FP&A culture.
• Assist senior leadership in evaluating strategic initiatives with advanced analytics.

Skills

Automation & Transformation

Budgeting & Forecasting

Financial Analysis

MIS & Variance Analysis

Education

CA/CMA/MBA Finance

Tools

SAP

Oracle

SAC

Power BI

Tableau

Hyperion

Job description

Purpose/Objective

• To lead strategic financial planning, performance management, and business partnering initiatives by driving budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, financial analysis, and decision-support across business units.
• The role is responsible for delivering actionable insights to senior leadership, ensuring robust financial governance, leading transformation and automation initiatives, enhancing reporting excellence, and managing key stakeholder relationships while mentoring team members and contributing to the organization's long-term financial and operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities of Role

• Lead the annual budgeting, strategic planning, and rolling forecast processes by partnering with business leaders to develop robust financial and operational plans aligned with organizational objectives.
• Drive monthly business performance reviews by providing insightful analysis of financial and operational results, key trends, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.
• Act as a trusted finance business partner to senior stakeholders, supporting critical decision-making through financial modelling, scenario analysis, investment evaluations, and business case development.
• Oversee the preparation and review of management reports, board presentations, and executive dashboards, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and actionable insights.
• Lead financial performance management initiatives by identifying cost optimization opportunities, productivity improvements, and value creation levers across the business.
• Drive FP&A transformation, digitization, and automation initiatives to enhance reporting efficiency, analytical capabilities, governance, and decision support.
• Establish and strengthen financial planning frameworks, reporting standards, and governance processes to ensure compliance, data integrity, and operational excellence.
• Manage complex cross-functional projects and coordinate with finance, operations, commercial, and corporate teams to support strategic business priorities.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to junior and mid-level team members while fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and continuously improving FP&A culture.
• Support senior leadership in evaluating strategic initiatives, growth opportunities, risks, and business performance through advanced analytics and data-driven insights.

Technical Competencies

• Automation and Transformation,Budgeting and Forecasting,Financial Analytical Skills,MIS and Variance Analysis

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Finance, Commerce, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration with professional qualifications such as CA, CMA, MBA (Finance), or equivalent.
• 10-12 Years of progressive experience in FP&A, Business Finance, Corporate Finance, Performance Management, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Strategic Financial Planning.
• Strong expertise in financial modeling, business partnering, strategic planning, performance analysis, management reporting, and driving business insights for senior leadership.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP/Oracle), planning and reporting tools (SAC, Power BI, Tableau, Hyperion, etc.), and leading finance transformation or automation initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder management, and team development capabilities with the ability to influence decision-making, manage cross-functional initiatives, and drive organizational performance improvements.
• People and Team manager skills.