Group Head - Financial Planning & Analysis - Cost Excellence

Your responsibilities include but not limited to:

- The Cost Excellence Lead will be part of the IMI BPA team managing all the processes and alignment on Master Data to deliver standardized tools across globe; Some of the key responsibilities include but not limited to IMI Costs & FTEs detailed analytics capabilities with a view on full IMI P&L

- M&S curve excellence (leveraging AI/ predictive insights) and marketing mix excellence. Commercial and Medical External Costs support. Worldwide FTEs & Personnel costs (driving/leveraging AI for internal cost) reporting and planning capabilities

- Other Income Expense (OIE) & Others. Able to identify the non-value-added processes / activities and propose elimination of those processes. Collaborate with Process & Master Data Management team / BPA Country support team in delivering the P&L reports / tools across the globe. Integrated involvement in designing and validating the P&L / Cost Analytical Dashboards and visualization tools

- Organization / Team development: Identify skill sets both for the running operations and leads the staffing plan according to required skill sets. Displays Curiosity for (1) continues improvement and simplification, (2) Automation and tools development, (3) Core BPA operations tasks

- Shows proactiveness and capabilities to challenge status quo and proposing efficient solutions with consistent master data management. Hands on leader with clear accountabilities for operational task along with people management. Collaborative mindset with capability to understand countries needs

- Ability to manage turnover, ensure diversity, transparency, keep the team motivated, define career development plans. Ability to implement new projects, deal with ambiguity and change management

- Accuracy in reports & timely submission, being detail oriented, able to explain key drivers and to handle Adhoc requests. To interact with multiple stakeholders who work with the team and gather feedback on members

- Ability to identify abnormalities and proactively set in motion corrective action. Expert knowledge of internal financial reporting systems. Communication skills - ability to deliver the message in a concise manner, and provide suggestions to support decision-making.

Minimum Requirements:

What you'll bring to the role:

- Strong Initiative skills to effectively work remotely and autonomously. 12-18 years of experience in a business/financial capacity and experienced in people management

- Prior experience in FP&A / BPA teams of MNCs or in the frontline Indian organizations working on business performance measurement, Forecasting, Corporate Finance, Financial analysis etc. Exposure in a remote office set up (CoEs) preferred.

- Hands-on SAP FI experience, expertise, and exposure to BI systems is must. Strong Excel / PowerPoint skills, knowledge of automation tools such as Alteryx and robotics (UiPath) would be a plus.

- Awareness & understanding of Finance IT systems - architecture & data flows - would be desirable.

- A BPA mindset in terms of business collaborating, planning, challenging and reporting. Project strong business acumen and ability to support ad-hoc requests (e.g., data research and analysis, business case development etc.)