Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - FMCD

Manager - FP&A - FMCD

- Responsible for leading FP&A Division for South Asia. Partnering with Business to provide overall financial analysis, data, and reporting to enable successful business support to the organization.

- This includes annual budgeting, monthly forecasts to US, month end closing, variance analysis, Competition benchmarking, Capital planning, leading and developing a team.

1. Monthly book closure and variance analysis:

- Monthly reporting of results to parent organization and Indian management

- Review of department's operating cost, along with proper justification and explanation to Management.

- Explaining variances with respect to projections and actual

2. Monthly MIS:

- Preparation and analysis of Scorecard (Global & Domestic), Business commentary with suitable recommendations

- Ad-hoc reporting to support management decision making

- Reporting to headquarters with strict adherence to reporting calendar

- Coordination with inter-functional teams to prepare quality MIS and also enhancing company's business knowledge for long term professional growth

3. Business Partnering:

- Coordinate as a Finance Spoc for Marketing Spends.

- Present Monthly summary of underlying opex, open commitments, its adequate provisioning in Accounts.

- Present a big ticket size market campaign ROI and its resultant impact to business.

4. Projections:

- Preparation of monthly projections for different channels and categories

- Liaising with various stakeholders across organization to ensure accurate and timely submission

5. Annual Planning (Financial and Capital):

- Aiding Finance Manager in preparation of financial plan for one-to-five-year horizon.

- Taking sole responsibility for planning and reviewing Direct and Indirect operating expenses.

- Liaising with different stake holders for preparation of Capital plan and analyzing financial viability of different projects.

6. Competition Benchmarking:c

- Management update on competition results and actions on quarterly basis.