Manager - Financial Planning and Ananlysis

Overview

As Finance Manager, you will serve as a strategic business partner to senior leadership, driving financial planning, commercial decision support, and business performance across Sales, Publishing, Editorial, and corporate functions.

What you'll do

• Lead the annual and quarterly planning processes, working closely with functional and business leaders.
• Partner with functional heads to understand the key business drivers behind financial performance.
• Analyse historical performance and develop forward-looking insights to support management decisions.
• Own monthly financial reviews and provide insightful analysis of actuals vs. plan, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare high-quality financial analysis and management information for the CFO, MD, and senior leadership team.
• Support strategic and ad hoc business analysis as required, including financial modelling and valuation methodologies.
• Lead the planning process for annual and quarterly revenue/sales plans in partnership with the National Sales Head, CFO, and MD.
• Understand sales trends, market dynamics, product performance, and commercial drivers.
• Provide financial insights to help leadership identify growth opportunities and emerging risks.
• Analyse profitability and margins across products, customers, and business segments.
• Support management in making data-driven commercial decisions.
• Lead the annual planning process for Publishing Plans and Editorial Budgets.
• Evaluate the financial viability of new products and publishing initiatives.
• Drive feasibility analysis across products, verticals, and business opportunities.
• Analyse production economics, costs, and margins.
• Own Gross Margin analysis, including identifying and explaining key drivers and variances.
• Support decisions around product investments, pricing, volumes, and profitability.
• Act as the Finance SPOC for the Author Engagement Programme.
• Manage financial aspects relating to author royalties and contracts.
• Analyse royalty structures and their impact on product economics and margins.
• Ensure commercial and financial considerations are incorporated into author/content decisions.
• Identify opportunities to make commercial finance processes simpler, faster, and more effective.
• Develop and implement robust finance processes across business functions.
• Drive standardisation and consistency in financial processes and reporting.
• Develop a strong understanding of financial reporting systems and data architecture.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial information, including cross-charges and recharges.
• Look for opportunities to improve reporting, analytics, and decision-support capabilities.
• Become the Finance face and SPOC for business and functional leaders.
• Build strong relationships across Finance, Sales, Publishing, Editorial, and other functions.
• Work across different levels of the organisation, including senior management.
• Challenge constructively, influence decisions, and bring a commercial finance perspective to business discussions.

Details

• Location: Noida.