Associate Director - Business Finance

Position: Associate Director - Business Finance

Qualification: CA or MBA (Finance) from Tier 1 Institutions

Experience: 8 to 12 yrs

Job Type: Permanent & Work From Office

Job Location: Bangalore

As Associate Director - Business Finance, you will strategize with the business team and tell us how and where to spend our money. While you ensure governance and controllership are best in class, more importantly you actively work with CXOs to drive prioritization/ choices around growth and profitability. You will lead a team of expert finance professionals - who will aid you in problem discovery, implementing complex business solutions, playing the critical challenger role in business orgs and being co-pilot in leadership level decision-making. Youll also manage business development activities according to a financial plan. Youll modify financial plans and budget amounts based on the changes in business plans. Youll also provide financial support and advice to management in closing business deals and short/medium/long term strategies.

- To work closely with the business unit and actively participate in its operations and management decision making

- To develop financial plans along with various business and technology teams with rigor on bottom's up approach

- To review the plans vs actuals on regular basis; in depth analysis of variance and communicating the same proactively creating right visibility and enabling planning of actionable

- To track and measure key financials and business metrics

- To jointly own the OKRs of the respective business unit and build an AOP to achieve the same. Completes account level month-end closing reviews, procedures, and corrections as needed.

- Directs and oversees the overall policies, objectives, and initiatives of the revenue cycle activities to optimize operations

- Conduct periodic meetings with direct reports to assure staff understand assigned tasks and can manage time constraints

- Do scenario analysis and develop business plans on product enhancement or business initiatives, present top management with analysis

- Review the plans vs actuals on a regular basis; in-depth analysis of variance and communicating the same proactively creating right visibility and enabling planning of actionable

- Handle Adhoc requests and problem-solving with a short turnaround time and supplement such requests with appropriate analysis and comments to support decision making

- Participate & Drive standardization automation projects for process efficiency

- 8 to 10 years Exp, Chartered Accountant or Post-Graduate in Finance

- Should hold at least 7 years of experience in Business Finance

- Strong analytical rigor and problem-solving skills

- Strong communication & Interpersonal skills

- Proactive takes initiative, self-motivated, team player

- Strong collaboration, stakeholder management and interpersonal skills