Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - Retail - CA/ICWA/CMA/CFA/IIM/ISB/FMS/MDI

Manager - FP&A

- Prepare periodic business performance reporting packs and rolling forecasts with risk and opportunities; for the assigned Revenue / Cost line

- Lead the periodic review sessions with finance and business leadership and sign off forecasting decisions

- Provide insightful analysis from time to time to enable the leadership take business decisions

- Independently deliver Long Term Plan (with a three year outlook) and annual budget; liaising with business partnering; business operations; and central finance teams

- Responsible for the operational deliverables of the team such as standard reports; ad-hoc data & analysis requests (as the case may be)

- Coach team members to exceed in their overall performance. Recognize performance trends of teams and share constructive feedback to enable their learning journey.

- Understand the gap (if any) between top down Vs bottom numbers and prepare operational directors packs / central packs to explain the budget movements

- Work with business partners and business operations teams to drafting long term business growth plans

- Develop and lead a high performing team and creating an environment for success by setting direction and coaching them to succeed.

- Design continuous improvement initiatives to drive performance within teams

- Accountable to achieving team's objectives; stakeholder management and escalation management.

- Making decisions within policy and procedure framework to deliver business plans.

Qualification :

- Commercial acumen

- Strong understanding of business; market indicators and ability to assess the impact of micro & macro economics factors

- Hands-on budgeting and forecasting process skills

- Senior stakeholder management

- Advanced financial modeling in Excel and Advanced Power Point skills

- Design and develop interactive dashboards / scorecards

- Advanced accounting concepts and application

- Working on Complex Business Cases

- Eye-to-Detail

- Process mapping tools and techniques

- Problem solving (Analysis) and

- Business performance management

Education :

- CA/ICWA/CIMA/CMA/CFA or an MBA from a top business school

- Overall 10 years of work experience of which at least 6 years in a similar role, delivering annuals budgets and rolling forecasts independently (must)

- Experience of independently managing senior leaders

- Front end finance experience around business contexts preferred