Associate Director - Financial Planning & Analysis - IT - CA/IIM/MDI/ISB/FMS

Role: FP&A

Level - Associate Director

Experience: 13 to 15 years of experience

Location: Pune

The Finance Manager ( this is AD Level) is the primary business partner for the business unit senior executive. He/She works closely with the business unit executive to establish, monitor, and drive improvement in the metrics demonstrating value creation in the business unit. He/She will influence the strategic direction of the business by providing insightful financial information and analysis to decision makers.

Core Responsibilities

- Participate in business unit strategic/long-term planning efforts

- Provide timely and decision-oriented analysis of all meaningful investments by business unit

- Identify meaningful external and internal events and trends and incorporate them into the business unit decision process

- Drive timely submission of high-quality budgets and financial plans

- Ensure accurate and timely financial reports are provided to business unit and finance management, with issues and actions identified

- Provide analysis in support of pricing - end to end RFP support ( including risk mitigation, contract negotiations etc)

- Identify and implement efficiencies in the organization's routine efforts

- Ensure compliance to GAAP and corporate guidelines as appropriate

- Manage and develop the finance analysts team working with him/her

Required Skills and Competencies

- Ability to establish and grow business partner relationships with executives

- Ability to build skills in individuals and to foster teamwork with direct and indirect staff

- Comfortable with leading change and influencing difficult decisions

- Highly developed analytical skills

- Significant skill in Deal pricing and all nuances of RFP response

- Depth of knowledge of financial concepts and appropriate accounting issues

- Demonstrated broad business acumen and sound judgment

Must be either a Chartered Accountant /MBA from a reputed B School, with adequate years of experience.

Note: Pricing experience is preferred