Associate Finance Manager - SEAI FP&A

Overview

The Associate Finance Manager (FP&A) supports financial planning, forecasting, performance management and business decision support across the South East Asia India (SEAI) cluster, with selected India FP&A and compliance support, working closely with local BUF, India finance and Regional finance teams.

What you'll do

• Partner with SEAI HQ, Regional Finance and local BUF teams to support cluster financial planning, updates and performance reviews.
• Consolidate and analyze market submissions, including NTS, Opex, headcount/resource allocation, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and key business assumptions.
• Identify risks and opportunities, develop financial insights, and prepare management review materials and executive reporting.
• Deliver forward-looking analyses to support brand performance, portfolio prioritization, target setting, and resource allocation decisions.
• Drive process simplification, standardization, and continuous improvement in alignment with Finance transformation initiatives.
• Participate in Regional Finance initiatives as the need arises.
• Support LRFP, Business Plan, IBP, forecast updates and market performance review cycles for SEAI through coordination, consolidation, and analysis of market inputs.
• Prepare financial bridges, variance analyses, and management commentary for leadership reviews.
• Contribute to target setting, scenario analysis and resource allocation trade-off discussions.
• Ensure planning outputs are clear, consistent, data-driven and aligned with agreed business assumptions.
• Provide FP&A support to India local market, including performance tracking, budget variance analysis and planning cycle support.
• Partner with India market Finance and Commercial stakeholders to understand key business drivers, risks/opportunities and resource needs.
• Ensure India submissions are aligned with cluster requirements, timelines and agreed assumptions.
• Support the Finance compliance agenda, including coordination of compliance activities, review follow-up and issue tracking where applicable.
• Help ensure adherence to J&J worldwide financial policies, Business Conduct procedures and related control expectations.
• Partner with local finance teams and relevant stakeholders to strengthen documentation discipline, ownership and accountability.
• Champion collaboration across Finance Teams and promote a One Finance mindset.
• Demonstrate curiosity, business acumen, agile learning and ability to develop a point of view that influences outcomes.
• Build trusted working relationships with market teams, regional partners and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support delivery of Global Finance agenda and Finance transformation initiatives, including SigniFi-related priorities where relevant.
• Provide ad-hoc support to SEAI/India Finance priorities and cross-functional projects as required.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field, with at least 5 years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, business planning, or related finance roles.
• Strong financial planning, analysis, reporting, and business partnering capabilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights and effectively support business decision-making.
• Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities across regional and market stakeholders.
• Demonstrates strong integrity and commitment to compliance and ethical business practices.

Nice to have

• Experience with Anaplan, SigniFi, AFO, or other enterprise planning and reporting tools.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, or FMCG industry.
• MBA and/or professional qualifications (ACCA, CA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent).

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.