Director, Finance

Overview

Senior finance leader in Bottomline's Corporate FP&A organization, owning enterprise financial consolidation, Board reporting, forecasting, long-range planning and planning governance, while building Corporate FP&A capabilities in Bengaluru and supporting the US and global FP&A teams.

What you'll do

• Lead consolidation and analysis of enterprise P&L, revenue, expenses, headcount, EBITDA and key financial metrics across Actuals, Forecast, Budget and LRP.
• Lead preparation and review of Board of Directors and executive financial materials, ensuring accuracy, consistency, clear financial narratives and actionable insights.
• Drive enterprise forecasting, annual planning, rolling forecasts and long-range planning, consolidating functional inputs and challenging assumptions, risks and opportunities.
• Own FP&A calendars, assumptions, templates, submission requirements, review standards, reconciliations, controls and reporting timelines.
• Deliver variance analysis, financial bridges, trend analysis, scenario modeling and forward-looking insights to support executive decision-making.
• Support enterprise strategic initiatives through financial modeling, scenario analysis, resource-allocation analysis, business cases and performance tracking.
• Ensure strong financial controls, reconciliations, data validation and consistency across planning and management-reporting outputs.
• Serve as a senior Bengaluru partner to the Global FP&A team, ensuring timely execution of critical planning, reporting and analytical deliverables.
• Build and develop Corporate FP&A capabilities in Bengaluru through team leadership, process documentation, knowledge transfer, cross-training and succession planning.
• Drive standardization, simplification and continuous improvement across Corporate FP&A processes and partner with Finance Technology & Analytics on automation and system enhancements.

What you'll need

• CA / CPA / CMA and MBA/PGDM Finance, or equivalent advanced qualification.
• 14-18 years of progressive FP&A / Corporate Finance experience, including leadership responsibilities.
• Strong experience in enterprise consolidation, forecasting, budgeting, LRP, management reporting and financial analysis.
• Experience preparing financial materials and insights for CFO, Board of Directors, executive leadership or private equity stakeholders.
• Advanced financial modelling, scenario analysis, variance analysis and executive financial storytelling capabilities.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing Finance teams.
• Strong experience working with US/global stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, judgment and ability to constructively challenge assumptions.
• Advanced Excel, financial modelling, PowerPoint and executive reporting capabilities.
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or comparable EPM/planning platforms.
• Working knowledge of OfficeConnect, Power BI, Snowflake and enterprise financial reporting environments.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, reconciliations, reporting hierarchies, allocations and data governance.
• Ability to translate FP&A requirements into clear business requirements for Finance Technology and Data teams.

Nice to have

• CA / CPA / CMA and MBA/PGDM Finance, or equivalent advanced qualification (preferred).
• Strong enterprise and strategic mindset with high ownership and accountability.
• Executive presence with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Strong analytical judgment and ability to challenge assumptions and identify risks and opportunities.
• Collaborative leader comfortable partnering across geographies, functions and seniority levels.
• Strong focus on accuracy, controls, process discipline and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to develop talent and build scalable Corporate FP&A capabilities.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.
• Corporate FP&A role supporting the US counterparts and the Global Finance Team.