Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - Auto

Roles & Responsibilities:-

This role will be a key asset in the future growth of the company. The ideal candidate should be result oriented and focused with a high level of multi-tasking capabilities to handle multiple, time-sensitive projects or activities simultaneously.

This individual will be leading the FP&A Department and will be spear-heading the Company's financial quarterly forecast, annual budgeting process, operating plan, variance analysis and special projects.

S/he will provide financial consulting and strategic support to senior management including preparing board presentations, financial presentations, capital expenditure analysis, industry/peer group comparisons, new business opportunities, acquisition analysis and other projects requested by senior management. This function acts as the analytical engine of the company to provide insights and support - optimal- business decision making.

Key Accountabilities:-

- Plan and oversee the execution of the Costing, project pricing & expenses of a business, contributing to organisational revenue and growth targets.

- Doing Pricing for new business & also for revised commercials for the existing customers, Pricing of Services deals and preparing commercial proposals for client submissions and RFP response.

- Act as the single point reference for all pricing related queries and information to all internal customers and stakeholders and will facilitate and ensure timely, accurate and standardised information is distributed to all.

- Responsible for annual budgeting, financial planning and capital planning processes for the business and owner of the end product.

- Involved in weekly Forecast, monthly OPEX reporting, MOR Presentation, AOP, Short range forecasting.

- Assisted in developing the annual operating plan, forecasts and outlooks of Balance Sheet and Sales and Marketing department spend.

- Analyse current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures.

- Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analysing causes of unexpected variance.

- Carrying out sensitivity analysis, implementing pricing models to revise contracts which are pre-requisite for budgeting.

- Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools

- Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis

- Quarterly and Monthly Financial reports

- Implement and work with a (Business Intelligence) Tool and Dashboard reports

- Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI in marketing programs.

- Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives.

- Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision-making purposes.

- Supporting Senior Management Team and Departments heads with in-depth analysis.

- Prepare presentations to Board of Directors and Senior Management Team.

Required Qualification & Experience:

- Qualified Accountant (e.g. CA/CPA) in the first attempt, Bachelors-or Masters- degree or equivalent in business or finance. MBA would be a plus.

- 8 to 10 years of relevant financial business experience in a corporate environment.

- Rich experience in financial consulting, management accounting, controllership, Budgeting & Business Plans, Planning & forecasting, Management Reporting (Banking), Finance Function in Bank/ Financial Services, FP&A, Financial Planning, Variance Analysis.

- Needs to have a robust financial understanding and able to operate in "numbers environment".

- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.

- Experience with budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.

- Knowledge in IT field is preferred.