Vice President - Financial Planning & Analysis - BFSI

Job Description:

Designation - VP-FP&NA

Location - Ahmedabad

We are seeking a VP - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) to provide the complete financial planning & analysis, business performance analysis, decision support system to CFO and the SLT. You would be an active participant on the budgeting process and support in multiple ad hoc strategic analysis, coordination with HODs & relevant managers. Put up analyst's commentary to the CFO & SLT, variances, alerts, forward looking impact etc.

The role of a VP - FP&A carries a lot of responsibilities. It requires a specific set of skills to perform the role well. It's a role that combines a strong analytical mindset with business story telling abilities from the data analysis, strong financial modelling, application of core finance knowledge and technical ability with soft skills like strong interpersonal behavior, high emotional quotient, positive mindset and problem-solving skill.

Role:

(Specific tasks and the role that the person will undertake)

- Budget preparation in conjunction to growth plans of the entire group including US and other geographies

- Monitoring the budget performance on monthly, quarterly basis

- Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year numbers, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement

- Present reports to the Senior Management

- Lead the Digitization of corporate reporting packages

- Support departments with financial plans, what if tests and metrics required for business developments

- Partner with the company's India CFO and SLT to formulate forward-looking strategy and growth plans

- Highlight key financial risks to the operational board and the SLT and suggest mitigation of the risks

- Evaluate tools & technology that assist and facilitate financial planning and analysis

- Create and maintain processes of Financial Planning and Analysis including opportunities to improve processes, procedures, and strategies with technology enabled solutions

- Create & effectively manage FP&A team, their performance measurement, growth, and manage attrition

Experience:

- (Relevant must have experience) 10+ years of relevant experience working on Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, BI tool etc.

- High proficiency in financial modeling techniques and should possess strong core/technical finance knowledge & its application.

- Experience on Business communication and presentation to management, data based story telling

- Experience in analytical & financial information gathering and processing skills

- Good hands-on experience of working on different financial models, performing detailed analysis of financial statements, developing financial reports and metrics for Management, drawing financial insights and presenting them using excel/word/Power point or any BI tool

- Experience of working on SQL/MySQL, any BI tool, Python and any other technical platform would be added advantage

Job-related Skills:

- Strong business acumen with proven ability to identify pattern from the historical financial information, understand business drivers and make sound recommendations

- Proven ability to accurately collect, organize, analyze and disseminate substantial amount of financial information

- Well versed with core/technical finance knowledge, thorough understanding of all the financial concepts & their applicability, different financial models & their techniques

- Proficient in excel formulas and functions, gathering & processing financial information, analyzing them, developing the Management Report, and sharing their financial insights with the stakeholders effectively

- Proven ability in leveraging data analysis tools & techniques and extracting insights from data and drive resultant business action

- Collaborates with multiple teams (onsite and virtual) and acts as a liaison between different business units from US and India counterparts in gathering requirements to be used in developing financial reports/models using excel or business analytics tools [PowerBI, Tableau or other BI tool]

- Strong quantitative and analytical competency

- Capable of prioritizing multiple projects while still achieving deadlines

- Pro-activeness and ability to identify corrective actions and act upon those

- Strong written and verbal communication/presentation skills

- Flexible and Adaptive to changes

- High level of commitment towards the job

- Innovative and process improvement mindset

- Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, and outside parties to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving, and results

- Active team player, helpful, supportive to colleague and other cross team members

- Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment

- Interpersonal and effective written & verbal communication skills