Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis - Accounting Firm

Sr Analyst FP&A

MAJOR JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (List in order of importance):

Business Partnering:

- Act as Finance Business Partner for Operations team, understanding the key priorities of business/function and Providing insights with forward-looking analysis and initiate discussions/reviews with business partners to enable them in taking key business decisions.

- Analyzing trends & providing proactive recommendations to the finance leadership team by highlighting potential business risks & opportunities.

- Partner with Finance/Operations leadership on ad hoc projects/reporting as per the ongoing business requirements.

- Assessing the existing KPI's/reports of assigned businesses/functions, identifying the gaps in current process, proposing necessary changes to business partners and playing an active role in implementing the proactive mechanisms in measuring & driving business results.

Driving Key Processes:

- Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) of function/business and support leadership team in driving planning, forecasting & month end closures processes. Assisting Pune FP&A manager to set up FP&A framework.

- Working Closely with Finance/Operations leads and provide insights in all the key areas of finance including Revenue, Cost Of Sales, Margins, Opex/Capex & Working Capital.

- Prepare weekly/monthly Management Review decks for leadership team by highlighting the outliers, collobarating with operations/finance teams in understanding the drivers behind the variances, providing necessary commentaries on the business performance.

- Actively involve in performance review discussions with Finance/Operations leadership teams and providing necessary suggestions to the leadership team on the way forward approach.

- Assisting finance leadership in driving the key business-specific /global initiatives.

Operational/Functional Excellence:

- Take a lead in establishing Global Standardized Reporting for various businesses/functions.

- Closely Working with leadership teams in adopting the ABS practices for finance.

- Collaborate with other team members, identify & implement process simplifications/ improvements. Adopt the best/standard practices across teams.

- Prepare necessary process documentation of all the deliverables and periodical review of the existing documentation and making necessary changes to ensure the latest business changes are incorporated.

- Prepare financial analysis for various "what if" scenarios and sensitivity analysis in analyzing the business impact.

Mentoring:

- Coach and mentor new team members to make them successful in their respective role by assisting them in new transitions, having knowledge sharing sessions etc.

QUALIFICATIONS (Education/Training, Experience and Certifications):

- Master's degree in accounting or finance. CA/ICWAI/CPA/MBA Finance from reputed universities.

- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in finance and/or accounting related fields, preferably in MNC's Captive Finance Shared Services Organizations/Global Centers.

- Prior experience in Working with Pharma companies preferred.

- Six Sigma or Lean training preferred, but not mandatory.

- A working knowledge of the wide-ranging aspects of the finance such as FP&A, Accounting, Integrated Supply Chain & Costing.

- Experience in leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES (Those necessary to perform the job competently):

- Transformation mindset - Open to accept, adopt, absorb the change in way of working, structure and Content.

- Comfortable working in a matrix environment with multiple stakeholders. Ability to work with executives, managers, and stakeholders from various regions/functions.

- Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical skills; demonstrated leadership abilities, and the ability to manage multiple priorities of the leadership in a highly dynamic & fast paced environment.

- Ability to explain the business performance with the data.

- Computer Proficiency with strong ERP knowledge preferably SAP, MS Office, Tableau, Alteryx, QlikView & HFM.

- Strong affinity with LEAN processes and tools.

- Strong interpersonal, communication skills.

- Independent, self-starter, highly motivated.