Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - CA

Description:

Role: Manager, Finance (FP&A).

Industry Sector: SAAS.

Location: Pune.

About the Role:

As part of a growing SaaS company, the FP&A role will drive financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis, while also acting as a trusted advisor to business teams.

The candidate will partner closely with leadership on decision-making, investments, and growth strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide entity-wise and consolidated monthly reporting on financials with insights and present to management.

- Own the budgeting and forecasting cycle (annual, quarterly).

- Build and maintain SaaS financial models for existing and new businesses, including ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV, gross margin, unit economics, etc.

- Track key SaaS metrics and provide insights into growth, retention, and profitability drivers.

- Develop management dashboards and board-level/ investor reporting.

- Support fundraising and investor reporting as needed.

- Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations teams to provide financial insights and decision support.

- Evaluate new initiatives, pricing models, product launches, and GTM strategies through financial lens.

- Drive ROI analysis on marketing campaigns, product investments, and hiring decisions.

- Act as a bridge between finance and business, enabling data-driven decision making.

Operational Excellence & Controls:

- Strengthen financial processes, systems, and reporting as the company scales.

- Support compliances with internal controls and provide recommendations to improve efficiency.

Qualifications/ Skills:

- CA or MBA (Finance) from a reputed institution.

- 5 to 7 years of experience in FP&A and/or business finance, preferably in SaaS or subscription-based companies.

- Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills.

- Deep understanding of SaaS metrics, revenue recognition, and ARR/MRR mechanics.

- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills ability to influence non-finance leaders.

- Team management skills.

- Strong business acumen and a proactive, strategic mindset.

- Hands-on with Excel/Google Sheets; exposure to BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.) preferred.