Financial Planning & Analysis Role - Investment Bank - CA

The team works on Global Finance & Planning activities, which includes commercial analysis, planning, accounting and control for the global business lines. The role demands engaging with various stakeholders throughout the globe, including teams responsible for managing the portfolio and related finance activities (accounting and control activities, global budgets and forecasts, legal entity reporting, management reviews and analytics for decision support etc.) The successful candidate will develop core skills in financial management and assume enhanced responsibilities over a period. Strong performance will result in challenging assignments over a period of time and career development opportunities.

Principal Responsibilities :

- Own the accounting control for expense/ balance sheet accounts pertaining to global business lines and manage related activities

- Analyse financial and operational data from various business lines around the globe. Present findings clearly to enable effective decision-making

- Work in close coordination with global finance team and leadership on annual budget and quarterly reforecast related assignments. Consolidate inputs and translate business assumptions to quantify financial impact

- Analyse and explain expense trends and key drivers for changes to internal finance teams

- Drive improvement and automation of current processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy and control.

Experience / Skills :

- Finance Professional with 5-7 years- experience - Chartered Accountant.

- Experience in FP&A, Analytics, Business Partnering

- Working in a Multinational environment with FMCG, Consumer Durables, Telecom or similar Industry.

- Strong analytical skills and ability to summarize and present information at a management level

- Clear and effective communications skills both verbally and in writing. Experience of working in a global setup will be of advantage

- MS Office skills - Advanced MS Excel knowledge, basic proficiency on MS PowerPoint.

- Strong networking skills to establish contacts and partnerships with other teams

- Impeccable attention to detail

- Ability to organize own time and work independently, without close supervision

- Courage to challenge current practice and suggest new ways of working, value-added ideas/ approaches

- Ability to work in a team based environment and to interface with employees at all levels

- Flexibility to Adapt easily to a dynamic and changing organization and able to work well under pressure