Financial Planner - Manufacturing Firm

Financial Planner

Academic Background and Key Experience Requirements:

- A CA/MBA Finance with 2-4 years of experience in the areas of Financial Planning, Budgeting etc is preferred

- Conversant with MS office (Excel, PowerPoint) is must and SAP (basic is preferred)

Purpose: To facilitate financial target setting, performance reporting & providing insightful information pertaining to the Business Unit's performance.

Mandatory Skills: Financial Planning, Financial Management, budgeting

Roles & Responsibilities:

Management Reporting:

- Prepare and report Daily/Monthly/Quarterly Reports on Sales, analyze variances, trends and identify the highlights / low lights for business progress

- Prepare Sales and Throughout database, identify variance and reasoning for movement vs Budget, Previous year and Latest Estimates

- Prepare monthly MIS statements (for P&L, Sales, Cost variance, Operating Expense, KPIs and Regional P&Ls) and insights generation

- Prepare Quarterly Analytical reviews of Sales (both IGAAP and IFRS) and Gross Margin, Analyze Top products, perform variance analysis. (Price/volume/Customer), report the relevant business reasons post interaction with business teams

- Assist in preparing presentations for business performance reviews with the Business Head & CFO

- Annual Budgeting and Latest Estimates:

- Collate sales demand estimates from Sales team; interact with account managers to understand the business scenarios and identify the opportunities and risks

- Prepare P&L statement for Sales team

- Prepare the Latest Estimates of P&L every month based on current business situations; participate in LE review discussions and provide insights / leads to improve the performance and report any shortcomings

Automation and Analytics projects:

- Ensure adequate support to design and implement various automation projects as a part of FP&A role. Ensure regular upkeep of various systems (Dcube, BPC, Kinaxis etc) for seamless reporting

- Do internal/external peer bench marking on a regular basis to track business performance with relation to the competition and the industry

- Adhoc analytics projects and insights generation as per management needs

Business Support:

- Help cross-functional stakeholders (Corporate and GMO Finance, S&M, SCM, Tax etc.) to meet their financial information requirements and resolve their queries on need basis

Key Skills & Competencies:

- Good communication, presentation and interpersonal skills

- Networking skills to deal with the stake holders within the organization

- Sharp in business analytical skills

- Stable candidate with the resilience to stay focused and think long term