Consultant - Financial Planning & Analysis

- We are looking for accounting graduates with significant accounting and Financial Planning and Analysis experience.

- Annual financial planning, monthly forecasting of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow at company and business level. Budgeting & Forecasting for departmental level KPIs (financial and non-financial) and driving it through Performance reviews and Dashboards

- Monitor targets/budgets and course corrections against plan Vs actual, Business & Function wise presentation of monthly Financials and key financial levers will be a part of this role

- Review Month close activities for functional cost i.e., accruals, re-classes

- Interact with the Business/Accounting teams and internal stakeholders to resolve issues

- Manage multiple stakeholders (senior stakeholders from business and finance) and be responsible for supporting the metrics reporting for the relevant process

- Experience with Anaplan will be an added advantage

Responsibilities:

- Interpreting business needs of stakeholders and translating them into functional and operational requirements. Evaluating business processes, anticipating & documenting requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.

- Performing and documenting the requirements analysis session.

- Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.

- Working closely with the Clients, COO, CFO, Business Unit (BU) heads & Managerial Staff.

- Working with the systems team to translate business requirements into outcomes as financial models, simulation scenarios and reports in the system and helping in quality delivery.

- Continuously update skill set, expertise, and technical knowledge by attending the required workshops and courses.

- Self-motivated and pro-active while working and coordinating with team members and providing logical extension to the team whenever required.

- Compile detailed financial reports using calculations, data, and other client-provided information.

Requirements:

- The ideal candidate should have a Chartered Accountant degree, along with 3-5 years of relevant experience in reporting or financial planning and analysis-related work like budgeting, forecasting, and expense and variance analysis etc.

- Proactive/self-motivated working style, strong and innovative approach to problem solving and finding solutions.

- Excellent communicator (written and verbal, formal and informal). Building and maintaining good relationship with clients.

- Ability to multi-task under pressure and work independently with minimal supervision.

- Creating the project plan and adhering to the same. Motivating team member to adhering to the project plan. Timely action for any forecasted roadblock.

- Excellent in conducting reviews at regular intervals, creating and maintaining project documents and presentations for management review and client meetings.

- Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Power point.

- Participating in user acceptance testing and undertaking the functionality testing of new system.

- Developing a training curriculum and conducting formal training sessions covering assigned systems module with clients' requirements.

- Understanding of Scrum and Agile methodology of project management will be an added advantage.

- Any previous experience of ERP/EPM implementation is an added advantage.

- Any FP&A, B&P, Management Reporting, Finance team experience in industries such as Pharmaceuticals, CPG, Automotive, BFSI, IT & ITeS, Process Manufacturing, Utilities sector will be an added advantage.