Front Line Manager - F&A - FP&A 4C

Overview

Lead and manage a team of FP&A analysts or associates, delivering budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and reporting for the business.

What you'll do

• Lead and manage a team of FP&A analysts or associates, ensuring high-quality output and adherence to deadlines.
• Provide training, guidance, and mentorship to build financial modeling and analysis capabilities within the team.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and align team goals with broader finance objectives.
• Oversee the preparation, consolidation, and review of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plans.
• Ensure alignment between financial forecasts and strategic business goals.
• Coordinate inputs from various departments and business units.
• Deliver actionable insights through variance analysis (actual vs. budget/forecast), trend analysis, and scenario modeling.
• Support business decisions with ROI analysis, profitability assessments, and sensitivity analysis.
• Highlight financial risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of financial and management reports, dashboards, and executive presentations.
• Review and validate reports to ensure consistency and clarity in financial communication.
• Automate and streamline reporting processes where possible.
• Act as a financial advisor to key business stakeholders (e.g., operations, sales, marketing).
• Provide financial support for strategic initiatives, cost control, pricing, and investment decisions.
• Facilitate discussions that bridge finance and non-finance teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in FP&A processes, templates, and reporting tools.
• Identify automation and efficiency opportunities (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Anaplan, or Excel macros).
• Ensure process documentation is updated and shared across the team.
• Ensure FP&A processes comply with internal controls, financial policies, and audit requirements.
• Maintain data integrity and accuracy across all planning and reporting systems.
• Support finance leadership with audit and board-related data as needed.
• Present financial results and analysis to finance leadership and department heads.
• Participate in regular business reviews and strategy sessions.
• Translate financial data into insights that influence operational and strategic decisions.
• Oversee usage and optimization of FP&A tools (e.g., SAP BPC, Oracle Hyperion, Anaplan).
• Work with IT and systems teams to enhance FP&A system functionality and reporting capabilities.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or Finance, or Master's degree in Finance.
• Certified Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification listed in the ad.
• Required skills: Business Analysis, Critical Thinking, Customer Experience (CX), Data Analytics, Financial Analysis Reporting, Financial Management, Financial Operations, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), General Ledger (GL), Microsoft Office.
• English language proficiency at Advanced, C1 level (required).

Details

• Location: Noida, India (Stellar, STPI).
• Job type: Regular.
• Work mode: Office work.
• Shift: Day job (India).