Financial Control Accountant

Overview

Lead FP&A activity for the North America business, owning the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, forecast models, management reporting and the communication of financial conclusions to senior stakeholders. Reports into the FP&A Manager and works closely with the Head of Finance - North America Markets.

What you'll do

• Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes, setting timetables, coordinating inputs across the business and taking ownership of delivery to agreed deadlines.
• Own and maintain Excel forecast models, ensuring assumptions, methodologies and data inputs from multiple sources are robust, consistent and appropriately documented.
• Review budget and forecast submissions, challenge assumptions and outputs, and resolve gaps or inconsistencies with relevant stakeholders.
• Analyse monthly ledger data and performance against budget and forecast to identify underlying drivers, trends, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Produce clear, accurate and timely management reporting, translating financial analysis into conclusions and recommended actions for senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate North America regional inputs for ExCo and stakeholder presentations, ensuring outputs are complete, consistent and supported by appropriate analysis.
• Act as the primary FP&A point of contact for budget, forecast and performance queries from the wider business.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across the Markets business, providing constructive challenge and communicating the financial implications of business decisions.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis to support decision-making and respond to emerging business priorities.
• Support relevant month-end tasks, investigate variances and work with the Finance Control Team to ensure actuals are understood and reflected appropriately in planning and reporting.

What you'll need

• Demonstrated experience leading annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles, including setting timetables, coordinating contributors, reviewing submissions and delivering consolidated outputs.
• Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, SUMIFS, charts and pivot tables, with proven experience building, maintaining and reviewing forecast models.
• Strong analytical capability, with a track record of interpreting ledger and operational data, explaining variances and identifying material risks and opportunities.
• Experience producing management reporting and presenting clear financial conclusions, implications and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively and build effective relationships across all levels.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, growth-orientated environment and managing competing priorities to agreed deadlines.
• Commercial mindset, sound judgement and a proactive approach to resolving issues and improving planning and reporting processes.
• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders across multiple regions, including North America and global teams.
• Ability to operate autonomously, coordinate cross-functional inputs and make logical, evidence-based decisions.

Nice to have

• CA/CFA qualified or equivalent.
• Background in public practice or corporate.

Details

• Location: Gurugram, India.