HT Media - Deputy Manager/Manager - Financial Planning & Strategy

Key result areas:

- Contribute to the strategic business planning process through preparation of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) templates, and analyze the AOP inputs for various business units. Work with BU heads and functional leaders to create budgets / forecasts for review with senior management.

- Regularly review, measure and report performance of various businesses, editions, functions and departments to support the governance process (weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reviews) with CEOs/Board to drive performance. This will include:

a) Preparation of income statement and capital employed dashboards to aid decision making. This will include deliverables with a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual frequency.

b) Highlighting deviations from budget / forecasts and discuss action plans with businesses

- Prepare presentations to Board of Directors and Senior Management Team

- Assist in capex approvals process by analyzing the capex spends and measuring payback etc for the company

- Support special projects / initiatives such as:

a) Analysis of organic and inorganic growth (buy side) / divestment (sell side) opportunities

b) Feasibility studies of new projects/ business models

- Perform industry benchmarking based largely on secondary research.

- Ad Hoc analysis, as needed

Functional Skills & Competencies:

- Strong analytical ability - structured thinking and ability to apply necessary business frameworks

- Excel based financial modeling / analysis skills

- Ability to work with SAP and planning modules

- Presentation skills - articulate clearly and capable of converting multiple data points into dashboards to aid decision making

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Experience:

- 3-5 years experience in a financial planning role

Qualification:

- CA / MBA (Finance) from Tier 1/2 college