Senior Manager - Business Planning & Analytics - Insurance - CA/IIM/ISB/MDI

Key Responsibilities :

- Assist in preparing the annual / rolling business plan along with detailed assumptions build-up

- Management of budgets as well as proactive budgetary control covering all critical cost items ensuring control on costs before the spend

- Benchmark cost metrics with competitors to monitor trends and evaluate cost structure

- Provide in-depth information to facilitate regular business reviews

- Provide analytical support for all the key business initiatives covering entire gamut of business drivers

- Preparing segmental profitability analysis, sales channels economic performance, discussion of the same with channel/function heads and ensuring proactive approach for minimal variances

- Effective usage of Oracle Business Intelligence system implemented for business analysis

- Support business managers in tracking, reviewing and reporting performance w.r.t plans and assist them in strategic decision making

- In-depth variance analysis and cause-and-effect analysis

Measures Of Success :

- Adherence to committed TAT

- Depth and Richness of Output

- Accuracy

- Feedback from supervisor and other colleagues

- Quality of support provided to business managers on the basis of their feedback

Desired Competencies :

- Proficiency on working in MS - Office (High on Excel, Access, Word & Power Point)

- Preferable exposure to Financial Systems e.g. Oracle financials and Business Intelligence Tools e.g. Cognos, Oracle BI, Business Objects,

- High on analytical, prioritization and organizational skills

- Customer centricity

- Excellent communication, interpersonal and team working skills

- Proactive with ability to speedily understand business and its information needs

- Problem solving & decision making abilities

- Working with and through others

- Ability to multitask

Job Requirements :

Minimum Education : CA (preferably from Big 4) / MBA Finance from premier institute

Minimum Experience :

- 7 - 9 years of experience, preferably atleast 2-3 years in business planning & budgeting in a service organisation, preferably an insurance company