Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - CA - Retail

The purpose of this role is to support the finance function specifically in the area of Financial Planning, Analysis and Reporting (FP&A)

The role will be to provide timely and accurate management information to drive decision making for business growth. The role needs a sharp analytical mind, collaborative attitude and ability to plan multiple scenarios, to adapt to the ever-changing market and the dynamic & prompt decision making it demands. It requires a very high level of collaboration with internal teams and has stakeholders across different levels.

Accountability 1 : Financial Planning and Analysis

- Develop a deep and well-rounded knowledge of the company's business, the factors which impact it,

- Identify Opportunities and track them through to fruition by collaborating closely with the other teams

- Identify Risks and calculate the business impact of these risks.

- Prepare and present long-term strategic vision [3-5 years]

- Prepare Quarterly Forecasts and present them to the management

Accountability 2 : Timely and Accurate Management Information

- Drive achievement of Budget

- Lead weekly sales calls covering key products ( systems and upgrades)

- Keep a track of forecast by territory

- Liaise closely with Ops team to ensure that forecasted items are shipped

- Analyze and ascertain reasons for variances from forecast

- Update Management on variances + reasons and devise mechanism to minimize variances

- Partner with cross functional teams and field team to assist in day to day business decision making, supported with management information

- Participate in regular business review meetings, both internally and with distributors and/or channel partners.

Accountability 3 : Support day to day business decision making with analytics

- Provide analytical support to facilitate day to day business decision making

- Provide ad-hoc financial analytics to the team to support and drive growth

- Provide support to sales teams, in analyzing pricing proposals and administer PVAs, taking the lead in ensuring PVAs are socialized, reviewed and approved to meet business timelines.

- Assist new product introduction by providing analytics, financial modelling, as well as demand plans

- Provide monthly demand plans in collaboration with sales teams

A successful candidate is a CA with 7+ years of strong experience in Financial Planning and Analysis and comes from a manufacturing set-up.