Senior Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis

Overview

Senior Manager responsible for financial planning, analysis and business partnering across Lilly India's commercial, marketing and corporate functions, working closely with the Director – FP&A.

What you'll do

• Lead creation of Annual Business Plans through active coordination with Sales and Marketing functions to develop robust yet achievable sales forecasts.
• Develop expense budgets in coordination with functional heads (Sales, Marketing, Medical, Corporate Affairs, HR, etc.), ensuring opex growth remains modest while maximizing ROI.
• Develop income statements reflecting Area-level expectations on growth (Sales / Opex).
• Support long-range planning based on industry analysis, product pipeline, and business strategy, including Alliance strategy and planning.
• Develop and evaluate business cases assessing the financial viability of strategic initiatives, including new commercials, tenders, new product launches, and existing products.
• Develop pricing scenarios that ensure competitiveness in the marketplace and maximize realizations.
• Devise transfer pricing strategies for existing and new products.
• Drive profitability through monthly opex control and analysis of promotion and marketing spends, and Price / Volume / Mix analysis for revenue.
• Create monthly Management Reporting, including preparation, analysis, and presentation of the Balanced Scorecard to Top Management.
• Prepare quarterly forecasts for Sales and Opex, at Affiliate, Brand, and BU level.
• Deliver monthly / quarterly / periodic reporting to the Regional Team on Sales, Opex, BUC, and related metrics.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI/automation and Power BI-driven analytics to streamline planning cycles, strengthen forecast accuracy, and deliver self-service reporting capabilities.

What you'll need

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field; CA / CPA / CMA / MBA.
• 5+ years of work experience in FP&A, Financial Modelling, Corporate Finance / Strategy.
• Strong grounding in financial modelling, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills; assertive business partner with good financial acumen and ability to challenge / investigate.
• SAP and Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Experience with automation tools such as Power BI and AI-based tools to automate routine tasks.
• Good operational finance and process improvement skills.
• Deals easily with ambiguity and can effectively cope with change; high learning agility.
• Ability to work effectively across a virtual network.

Nice to have

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Details

• Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
• Office-based role; requires four (4) days a week in office.
• Must be legally allowed to work in India.