Lead - Financial Planning & Analysis - Automobile/Retail Sector

Role : Lead Financial Planning & Analysis

Location : IBC Knowledge Park, Bengaluru

Experience : 10-18 years

Reporting to : Head Financial Planning & Analysis

You'll be a member of: Corporate Finance & Accounts

Qualification: Chartered Accountant (CA); Master's in Business Administration with 10-15 years of relevant experience in Automobile/Retail sector

Responsibility:

- Management financial statements reporting for the organization - involves close interactions with leadership, investors and board members.

- Drive strategic long range financial planning. This involves closing Annual Operation Plan (AOP) and re-forecasts across the entire organization (involves complex financial modeling)

- Real time monitoring and controlling of financial results against plan by creating a robust KPI based reporting structure.

- Actively partner with the Investor relation team for forecasts and models for special projects like due-diligence for fund raise, debt strategies etc.

- Actively partnering with the COO and Team on demand planning, production capacity, development project lead times to ensure seamless communication and synchronization with financial plans.

- Publish flash SBUs MIS on periodic basis to leadership teams - Involves all aspects of financial statements (i.e., Balance sheet, Profit and Loss and cash-flows)

- Drive digital transformation and data analytics for the function - involves implementation of COPA module in SAP, creating dashboards for key business and financial metrics instilling a data driven financial decision behavior.

- Partner with compliance counterparts on any new developments on statutory compliances and/or regulations which has an impact on the business plan

- To continuously monitor the EV industry and identify key trends. Closely observe the competitive landscape and conduct regular competition analysis and Macro/Micro level.

Here's What we Are Looking for:

- Advanced Financial Modelling and Data Analytical Skills.

- Highly skilled and proficient in Excel, Macros & creating PowerPoint presentations.

- Must be able to build and maintain complex financial models

- Hands on experience on ERP environment (SAP added advantage) and business data platforms

- 8-10 years' relevant experience in financial planning and analysis

- Independent thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills

- Start-up mentality - the ability to work in an agile manner in a dynamic environment.