Lead - FP&A & Business Analytics

About Company

The company operates in the industrial manufacturing sector, specializing in engineered metal castings for infrastructure, automotive, and heavy engineering applications.

Job Description

Financial Planning & Budgeting

• Lead the Annual Business Planning exercise in partnership with department heads to develop functional growth plans
• Analyze trends in:
  • Cash flow
  • Revenue
  • Expenses
  • Capital expenditure for budgeting and forecasting
• Ensure budgets are cascaded across departments up to unit level and aligned with overall business plans
• Contribute to financial due diligence for M&A / partnership initiatives (if any)
• Assist in financial analysis of strategic projects and capex proposals presented to management
• Collaborate with the Market Intelligence team to understand market scenarios and support business plan development through projections and trend analysis
• Drive continuous monthly and quarterly forecasting with function heads to achieve targeted quarterly performance and annual budget

Financial Analysis & Performance Management

• Liaise with business teams to gather business performance data
• Lead preparation and analysis of business performance reports and review with relevant stakeholders
• Review Business Performance MIS dashboards and present findings to management
• Finalize templates for MIS information capture
• Review financials for all operating locations (including subsidiaries) and finalize analysis
• Provide early warning signals and support stakeholders in developing mitigation mechanisms
• Review cost accounting of inventory and WIP to ensure compliance with defined controls
• Provide inputs for business planning based on costing reviews
• Assist in book closure by reviewing accounts, identifying gaps, and ensuring corrective measures
• Finalize costing templates and:
  • Review effort–cost and activity complexity–cost linkages with department heads
  • Communicate costing rationale to concerned departments

Pricing & Transfer Pricing

• Partner with Product & Portfolio Management to:
  • Review product economics, including new products
  • Monitor product pricing to ensure profitability
• Establish pricing governance mechanisms through audits and process checkpoints
• Ensure integrity of pricing governance and escalate issues where required
• Monitor and control inter-company transfer pricing for subsidiary transactions
• Conduct quarterly reviews to ensure alignment with management guidelines

Financial Risk Management & Controls

• Ensure comprehensive coverage of financial risks across SBUs through governance mechanisms
• Assist in smooth conduct of external audits by providing timely information
• Review key variances from agreed budgets and guide measures to manage them
• Monitor adherence to new SOPs across business-impacting functions (HR, Procurement, Manufacturing, etc.)

Process Improvement, Automation & Systems

• Periodically review FP&A processes and identify improvement opportunities
• Undertake actions to enhance service levels
• Partner with the Business Technology team to automate FP&A processes
• Focus on:
  • Reducing cycle time
  • Improving report quality
• Drive digitization, automation, and IT enablement, including financial dashboards

Candidate Requirements

• CA/ MBA/ Engineering + MBA with 8–12 years of experience in:
  • FP&A
  • Business Finance
  • Corporate Finance roles
• Experience in manufacturing industry preferred
• Exposure to SAP, ERP, and BI tools

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Financial modeling and forecasting expertise
• Strong business acumen and stakeholder engagement ability
• High proficiency in:
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Financial planning tools (e.g., SAP, Power BI)
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Attention to detail with a strategic mindset

Mandatory Requirement

Primary Job Profile : Financial Planning And Analysis (FP&A)

Technical Skills : Budgeting and Forecasting, Cost control

Candidate Industry Requirement: mfg, pharma, FMCG

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