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Lead FP&A

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

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

Experience with Costpoint, COBRA, EPM, Excel, or Power BI.
Ability to work with large datasets and automate reporting processes.
Basic understanding of FAR, CAS, or government contracting environments.
Relevant FP&A work experience of 10+ years for recognized professionals with CA, CWA, ACCA, or CIMA qualifications, or 10–12 years for semi-qualified professionals or commerce graduates.
Strong accounting knowledge, including full-spectrum accounting support, full-set-of-accounts handling, management financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
Flexibility to work in one or more suitable functional areas, including Billing, Account Reconciliation, Accounts Receivable, Cash Application, Accounts Payable, General Accounting, Project Accounting, Tax, or Corporate Accounting, according to business needs.
Flexibility to rotate jobs based on business needs or career progression plans.
Flexibility to work from home or the office as determined by business requirements.
Flexibility to work under tight timelines.
Ability to communicate and present fluently and interact assertively with senior stakeholders.
Analytical and problem-solving capabilities under tight timelines.

Support annual budgeting and forecast cycles.
Maintain and update financial models, including scenario and trend analysis.
Perform variance analysis and identify key business drivers.
Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for leadership.
Track cash flow performance and support project-level cash conversion analysis.
Analyze indirect rate variances and assist with rate impact assessments.
Partner with business and functional teams to gather inputs and validate assumptions.
Support process improvements and reporting automation using Excel, Power BI, and EPM tools.
Serve as the subject matter expert and single point of contact for assigned responsibilities.
Support transition activities and process stabilization.
Liaise across teams to obtain information and engage with senior-level stakeholders in a global environment.
Drive the team to achieve process improvements.

Experience in project accounting for multinational engineering and construction companies, or experience in finance and accounting at multinational companies, including finance and accounting shared services.
Hands-on experience with Costpoint, EPM/FCCS, and AI tools.
Relevant experience with recognized professional qualifications.
Experience with continuous improvement initiatives in previous roles.
Team-handling experience.

Title:

Lead FP&A

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support annual budgeting and forecast cycles

• Maintain and update financial models, including scenario and trend analysis.

• Perform variance analysis and identify key business drivers.

• Assist in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual financial reports for leadership.

• Track cash flow performance and support project-level cash conversion analysis.

• Analyze indirect rate variances and assist with rate impact assessments.

• Partner with business and functional teams to gather inputs and validate assumptions.

• Support process improvements and reporting automation (Excel, Power BI, EPM tools).

• Basic understanding of FAR, CAS, or government contracting environments

• Experience with Costpoint, COBRA, EPM, Excel or Power BI

• Ability to work with large datasets and automate reporting processes

Subject matter expert / Single point of contact role for the responsibilities assigned
Should be willing to take transition and/or work on process stabilization
This role will need to liaise across teams for information; being a team player is a must
High stakeholder engagement at Senior levels in a global environment
Qualified professionals with relevant experience have an added advantage
Should have done continuous improvement initiatives in earlier roles
Should possess analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities under tight timelines
Team handling experience is preferred
Interpersonal skills including fluency in communication and presentation
Expected to be assertive in interaction with various stakeholders at senior levels

Qualifications – Skill Requirements – Experience Levels (Additional Requirements)

Recognized professional qualification (CA/CWA/ACCA or CIMA) with relevant work-experience of 10+ years or Semi-qualified professionals / undergraduate / Post graduate degree in commerce with minimum 10-12 years of relevant FP&A work experience
Strong accounting knowledge - provide full spectrum of accounting support including handling of full set of accounts; management financial reporting, budgeting & forecasting
Experience in project accounting activities for MNC engineering and construction companies or experience in F&A of multinational companies including F&A shared services preferred
Candidates with hands on experience in Costpoint, EPM/FCCS, AI Tools usage, etc. preferred
Expected to be flexible with interest to learn and to be able to take up any given role in one or more of Billing / Account Reconciliation / Accounts Receivables / Cash Application / Accounts Payables / General Accounting / Project Accounting / Tax / Corporate Accounting that is best suited for the employee and as per the business needs
Should be flexible for job rotation on business needs and / or as determined as per the career progression plans
Expected to have continuous improvement mindset and to drive the team to achieve process improvements
Should be flexible regarding work from home vs work from office to be determined based on business requirements
Should be flexible to work under tight timelines