Deputy Manager/Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Deputy Manager/Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Responsibilities:

- Operational Efficiency Tracking: Collaborate in tracking and reporting operational efficiency against established targets.

- Management Communication: Effectively communicate operational results and variance explanations to senior management.

- Planning and Commitments: Assist in the preparation and finalization of Annual Operating Plans (AOP), Long-Range Plans (LRP), and commitments, including complex analyses like Price Over Inflation impact (POI).

- Monthly Reporting: Support the preparation and submission of monthly actual results and forecasts by interacting with various functions in systems like Hyperion. Highlight risks, opportunities, and provide recommendations, backed by sensitivity analysis.

- Financial Analysis: Contribute to the creation of financial bridges, customer and product growth analyses, and similar financial assessments.

- New Product Development: Participate in evaluating the financial viability of new product development by assessing factors such as SVA, IRR, NPV, and providing recommendations for margin improvement.

- Capital Budgeting: Play a role in capital budgeting activities.

- Complex Analysis: Finalize and distribute various analyses, including inflation analysis and material variance calculations, with comparisons to YoY, AOP, and the previous quarter.

- Operational Review: Assist in the preparation of monthly operational review documents, including sales order charts, Cash Cycle Matrix, Sales & Operating Margin Bridges, and non-financial data.

- Compliance Support: Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for compliance-related audits, such as SOX, Internal Audits, Yearly Statutory Audits, and complex variances like Quarterly Flux Analysis related to reporting and MIS.

- Product Costing: Respond promptly to product costing requests from various Product Managers and Senior Management for cost comparisons.

- Ledger Analysis: Demonstrate proficiency in conducting detailed ledger scrutiny to identify efficiency gaps and trends.

- Collaborate with the Finance Director and business unit leaders to design and develop frameworks for effective operating reviews, annual operating plans, and long-range planning processes.

- Develop and implement standard operating procedures in coordination with other departments and functional areas.

- Prepare and consolidate business plans, including annual budgets and additional forecasts as requested by business leaders.

- Conduct and document complex financial and business analyses, assisting with monthly forecasts.

- Analyze trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, and general business conditions, making recommendations for improvement.

- Ensure tasks adhere to statutory regulations and corporate accounting standards/policies.

Required Education/Qualifications/Experience/Skills:

- A CA (Chartered Accountant) qualification with a minimum of 2 years of post-qualification experience in FP&A Position

- Preferred experience in the manufacturing sector within a mid/large-sized corporation.

- Familiarity with Corporate FP&A practices and framework, with experience using Oracle and Hyperion being advantageous.