Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis - Chemicals/FMCG/Manufacturing Firm

FP&A Analyst

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) analyst will be primarily responsible for supporting the budgeting, management reporting and decision support requirements of the organization. This role requires a person with strong analytical & communication skills, who is able to confidently interact with stakeholders and support the business in making accurate decisions.

Detailed Job Description :

Budgeting :

- Preparation of the driver-based annual business plan, in discussion with individual business units & leadership

- Preparation of periodic forecasts for the year basis till date actuals

- Identifying business directions via a long-range multi-year plan

Budgetary Control :

- Effectively track actual vs budget spends via stakeholder interactions & SAP

- Maintain control over expense / capex / marketing spends in SAP

- Generate monthly actuals vs budget reports for each business unit

- Timely approval of purchase requisitions in SAP, with checks against budgets

- Creation and allocation of Cost Centres, Projects, and other spends in SAP

Analytics :

- Provide analytical support for business cases for any strategic decisions

- Track industry competition movements and key metrics

- Lend ad-hoc analytical support for functions such as Sales, Commercial, etc.

Management Reporting :

- Preparation of standard reporting deck for the monthly operational reviews

- Handling external stakeholder reporting as and where required

- Preparation of board review decks along with supporting material

- Simplifying data analytics within the organization

Requirements :

- Degree/ Professional Certification in Finance - CA/CMA / MBA(Finance) preferred

- Experience in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

- Experience in SAP is highly advantageous