Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Location - Pune

Experience - 5 to 12 years

- Master's degree in accounting or finance. CA/ICWAI/CPA/MBA Finance from reputed universities.

- experience in Finance preferably in FP&A from MNC's Captive Finance Shared Services Organizations/Global Centers.

- Should have independently managed FP&A responsibilities mainly in revenue planning of the MNC organizations.

- Proven track record of cost savings in the COGS, Selling, General & Administrative cost of the MNC's.

- Minimum 5-8 years of People Management Experience with a track record of Recruiting/developing Talent, Skill Set Gap Analysis & Capability Building, Feedbacks for Team member's continuous Improvements, Reward & Recognitions, Handling Appraisals, Succession planning etc..

- Prior experience in Working with Pharma companies preferred.

- Six Sigma or Lean training preferred, but not mandatory.

- A candidate with working knowledge of the wide-ranging aspects of the finance such as FP&A, Accounting, Integrated Supply Chain & Costing is preferred.

MAJOR JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (List in order of importance):

Global Business Partnering:

- Business Partner for Onshore Finance/Operations regional leadership team, member of Pune FP&A leadership team.

- Proactively Align with x functional Leadership teams in assessing their needs/challenges, translating that into action items for Pune PF&A team on the process for potential solutions, having regular conversations with stakeholders on course correction & re-prioritization, addressing escalations within reasonable time frame.

- Contribute for the overall success of Pune FP&A COE by engaging in leadership initiatives. Owning & driving assigned Pune FP&A COE KPI's across the teams. Driving one Avantor Pune FP&A team culture in meeting the business requirements.

- Partnering with regional leadership teams (US, Europe & AMEA) in building the yearly plans, quarterly forecasts & ensuring smooth month end closures.

- Educating the business partners proactively on potential threats (beyond Plan/FCST). Exploring & suggesting on the revenue increase, cost saving/Margin expansion opportunities.

Driving Business Priorities/ Results