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Analyzes business data and runs outsourced operations

FP&A Manager

Corporate Finance & FP&APosted on Nov 10

Full-timeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

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Requirements

Demonstrate master-level proficiency in Excel, including the ability to build dynamic three-statement financial models, discounted cash flow valuations, and complex scenario analyses from scratch.
Apply mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive (MECE) frameworks to break down ambiguous business challenges.
Demonstrate emotional intelligence and the ability to push back, influence, and align cross-functional vice president- and C-level stakeholders without formal authority.
Be familiar with modern business intelligence tools such as Tableau and Power BI, and have a proven track record of synthesizing large datasets into concise, actionable executive presentations.
Graduate in Accounting and have an MBA in Finance or CA (Inter)/CA qualification.
Have 8–10 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
Understand business performance drivers and identify trends, risks, opportunities, and remedial actions.
Understand current business processes and assist in developing systems and procedures that ensure strong financial controls across all business functions.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end financial planning and analysis lifecycle and serve as custodian of the business's financial trajectory.
Orchestrate bottom-up and top-down forecasting cycles in partnership with Operations, Technology, Analytics, and client-facing departments.
Pressure-test revenue and cost forecasts, align them with corporate growth targets, and optimize for margin expansion.
Deconstruct the business into operational and financial levers to establish a proactive, data-driven governance framework.
Design and implement an executive early-warning system with automated alerts and real-time dashboards to identify operational risks and margin leakages.
Translate real-time data into strategic insights that enable business heads to course-correct and pursue internal optimization opportunities.
Lead, mentor, and quality-control the work of a two-person centralized reporting team, raising its output to executive-level synthesis.
Design comprehensive dashboards integrating Financial, Operational, HR, and Technological KPIs into a unified source of truth.
Ensure data integrity and narrative clarity before executive distribution, and translate technical or operational metrics into business narratives.
Lead the financial and strategic evaluation of new market opportunities, product launches, and strategic pursuits.
Develop standardized financial models and business-case templates to assess ROI, payback periods, and strategic viability of prospective investments.
Advise the executive board on financial and operational criteria for capital allocation and whether prospective pursuits should proceed.
Set up business reporting functions so each business function can measure its key financial performance indicators and report functional performance to its business head.
Provide insight on business-unit plans and forecasts, prepare dashboards, and write narratives.
Plan proactively for critical events throughout the year.
Provide timely reporting and interpretation to support decision-making and performance management.
Challenge business divisions on observed weaknesses and improvement opportunities, and influence implementation of initiatives to address them.
Identify improvement opportunities in existing processes.
Maintain proper documentation and backups within the area.
Complete responsibilities in accordance with company policies.

Description

Elite Financial Modelling: Master-level proficiency in Excel; capable of building dynamic, three-statement financial models, DCF valuations, and complex scenario analyses from scratch.
Consultative Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to apply MECE (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) frameworks to break down ambiguous business challenges.
Executive Presence: High emotional intelligence with the ability to push back, influence, and align cross-functional VP/C-level stakeholders without formal authority.
Data-to-Insight Translation: Familiarity with modern BI tools (Tableau, PowerBI) and a proven track record of synthesizing massive datasets into concise, actionable executive presentations.

Responsibilities

1. Strategic FP&A & Enterprise Forecasting

Own the end-to-end Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) lifecycle, serving as the ultimate custodian of the business's financial trajectory.
Orchestrate bottom-up and top-down forecasting cycles by partnering seamlessly with Operations, Technology, Analytics, and Client-Facing departments.
Ensure all revenue and cost forecasts are rigorously pressure-tested, aligned with corporate growth targets, and optimized for margin expansion.

2. Business Intelligence, Risk Mitigation & Insight Generation

Deconstruct the business into its core operational and financial levers to establish a proactive, data-driven governance framework.
Design and implement an executive "early warning system"—setting up automated alerts and real-time dashboards to identify emerging operational risks or margin leakages.
Translate complex real-time data into strategic insights, empowering business heads to course-correct instantly and capitalize on internal optimization opportunities.

3. Cross-Functional KPI Leadership & Team Management

Lead, mentor, and quality-control the output of a two-person centralized reporting team, elevating their work from basic data gathering to executive-level synthesis.
Harmonize fragmented reporting structures by designing comprehensive dashboards that integrate Financial, Operational, HR, and Technological KPIs into a single source of truth.
Ensure absolute data integrity and narrative clarity before executive distribution, translating technical or operational metrics into compelling business narratives.
Lead the financial and strategic evaluation of all new market opportunities, product launches, and strategic pursuits.
Architect robust, standardized financial models and business case templates to determine the ROI, payback period, and strategic viability of prospective investments.
Act as a vital "gatekeeper" for capital allocation, advising the executive board on strict financial and operational parameters that must be met before a pursuit is greenlit.

Graduate in Accounting and MBA Finance or CA(Inter)/CA 8-10 years of experience in FP&A Ensure appropriate business reporting functions are set up allowing each Business Function to measure their Key Financial Performance Indicators and report to business head on functional performance.
Ensure that all responsibilities are completed in accordance with Company policies.
Insight on Plan/Forecast for BU's to prepare dashboards and writing narratives
Proactive is planning for critical events throughout the year
Provide high quality and timely reporting and interpretation to support effective decision making and performance management
Understand the drivers of business performance, identifying trends, areas of Risk & opportunity or remedial action and influence the implementation of initiatives to address these
Challenge the business divisions relating to observed weaknesses and improvement opportunities
Understand the current business processes and assist in the development of systems and procedures to ensure strong financial controls are run across all business functions
Look for improvement ideas in existing process
Maintain proper documentation and Back up within the area

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