AVP, FP&A

Overview

Lead the Bengaluru-based FP&A team in executing forecasting, management reporting and financial analysis for American Campus Communities, a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company, hired through Revantage India.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop the Bengaluru-based FP&A team's execution of recurring forecasting, budgeting and management reporting activities, ensuring accurate and timely delivery for onshore review.
• Lead first-pass analysis of portfolio performance, including actual-to-budget and forecast variances, operating drivers, trends, risks and opportunities, and escalate material findings to onshore FP&A leadership.
• Maintain the integrity of planning models within Oracle Fusion EPM, including driver logic, dimensional structures, allocations and report definitions, using Excel as an analytical and audit layer rather than the system of record.
• Lead the offshore preparation and review of monthly management reporting, ensuring financial and non-financial KPIs are complete, accurate and supported by variance and driver analysis prior to onshore review.
• Manage the offshore FP&A operating calendar and time-zone handoff, translating onshore priorities into clear deliverables, managing workload and capacity, and proactively identifying risks to timely completion.
• Maintain data integrity within Oracle Fusion EPM, monitoring integrations from operational, leasing and other source systems and escalating data-quality issues as appropriate.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators for the Bengaluru-based FP&A team, including timeliness of recurring deliverables, cycle adherence, quality of work product, unresolved issues and service to the onshore team.
• Partner closely with US-based FP&A leadership and Operations stakeholders to support forecast development, variance analysis and other financial analysis, while maintaining alignment on priorities and deliverables.
• Manage and develop the FP&A team, establishing performance expectations, allocating workload, managing priorities and developing team capability through coaching, training and ongoing performance management.
• Partner with US-based FP&A leadership and Revantage India on staffing, hiring, formal performance management and organizational development.
• Identify and drive improvements to FP&A models, workflows, systems and automation with US-based leadership to enhance forecast quality, reduce manual effort and improve scalability.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of business reporting in the ACC Business Intelligence platform (Power BI).
• Maintain clear documentation of key planning models, recurring analyses, processes and offshore-to-onshore handoffs to support consistency, controls and team continuity.
• Perform other projects and responsibilities as assigned.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Commerce or Business.
• Five to eight years of combined experience in financial planning and analysis, including prior experience leading an analytics or reporting team.
• Hands-on administration of an enterprise planning or ERP platform, covering driver-based modelling, dimensions, allocations and report design.
• Strong financial modelling and forecasting capability, with advanced Excel skills used as an analytical and audit layer over the planning system.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain data integrity and validation within an integrated ERP environment, including monitoring source-system integrations and escalating issues.
• Proven ability to lead and develop a small team across time zones, and to translate onshore priorities into structured offshore work plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in business English, with the ability to explain analysis and recommendations to onshore leaders and senior stakeholders.
• Strong project and time management skills, with the ability to track, prioritise and drive multiple concurrent deliverables to completion in a fast-paced environment.
• High attention to detail and a quality-control mindset, with the ability to review others' work and ensure the accuracy of the team's output.
• Self-starter with sound judgement, high energy and ownership, comfortable driving process and change in a dynamic, multi-time-zone operating environment.

Nice to have

• Postgraduate qualification such as an MBA (Finance), CA, CMA or CFA.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion, particularly driver-based modelling, dimensions, allocations and report design.
• Exposure to real estate, student housing or multi-family operations, including familiarity with leasing and marketing, property management and asset management practices.
• Familiarity with reporting and visualisation tools such as Power BI or comparable platforms.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India; hired through Revantage India.
• Work mode: Hybrid, working from the Bengaluru office.
• Working hours aligned to provide meaningful daily overlap with US business hours; flexibility expected during budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting and other peak planning cycles.