Deputy Manager/Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - Manufacturing Firm

Emerging Opportunity for a Leading Us Based Manufacturing company !

Major Responsibilities:

1. Operational Efficiency Tracking: Collaborate in tracking and reporting operational efficiency against established targets.

2. Management Communication: Effectively communicate operational results and variance explanations to senior management.

3. Planning and Commitments: Assist in the preparation and finalization of Annual Operating Plans (AOP), Long-Range Plans (LRP), and commitments, including complex analyses like Price Over Inflation impact (POI).

4. Monthly Reporting: Support the preparation and submission of monthly actual results and forecasts by interacting with various functions in systems like Hyperion. Highlight risks, opportunities, and provide recommendations, backed by sensitivity analysis.

5. Financial Analysis: Contribute to the creation of financial bridges, customer and product growth analyses, and similar financial assessments.

6. New Product Development: Participate in evaluating the financial viability of new product development by assessing factors such as SVA, IRR, NPV, and providing recommendations for margin improvement.

7. Capital Budgeting: Play a role in capital budgeting activities.

8. Complex Analysis: Finalize and distribute various analyses, including inflation analysis and material variance calculations, with comparisons to YoY, AOP, and the previous quarter.

9. Operational Review: Assist in the preparation of monthly operational review documents, including sales order charts, Cash Cycle Matrix, Sales & Operating Margin Bridges, and non- financial data.

10. Compliance Support: Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for compliance-related audits, such as SOX, Internal Audits, Yearly Statutory Audits, and complex variances like Quarterly Flux Analysis related to reporting and MIS.

11. Product Costing: Respond promptly to product costing requests from various Product Managers and Senior Management for cost comparisons.

12. Ledger Analysis: Demonstrate proficiency in conducting detailed ledger scrutiny to identify efficiency gaps and trends.

Other Key Responsibilities :

- Collaborate with the Finance Director and business unit leaders to design and develop frameworks for effective operating reviews, annual operating plans, and long-range planning processes.

- Develop and implement standard operating procedures in coordination with other departments and functional areas.

- Prepare and consolidate business plans, including annual budgets and additional forecasts as requested by business leaders.

- Conduct and document complex financial and business analyses, assisting with monthly forecasts.

- Analyze trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, and general business conditions, making recommendations for improvement.

- Ensure tasks adhere to statutory regulations and corporate accounting standards/policies.

Required Education/Qualifications/Experience/Skills:

- ACA (Chartered Accountant) qualification with a minimum of 2 years of post-qualification experience in FP&A Position

- Preferred experience in the manufacturing sector within a mid/large-sized corporation.

- Familiarity with Corporate FP&A practices and framework, with experience using Oracle and Hyperion being advantageous.