financial planning & analyst lead

Role: Lead - FP&A

Skill: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Overall Experience: 5 to 10 Years

Shift Timing: 4:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Location: Gitanjali Park, Kolkata

Education:

Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3)

Non-technical graduation in finance & accounts stream: B.com / M.com / MBA Finance

Preferred Certifications: CA / CMA / CPA / Lean / Six Sigma

Must Have Skills:

Financial Modeling & Forecasting

Analytical Thinking & Data Interpretation

Business Acumen & Strategic Insight

Good To Have Skills:

Advanced Excel & BI Tools

Oracle, Hyperion

Presentation & Storytelling Skills

Role Purpose:

The purpose of the role is to oversee and manage all the aspects of fundamental financial planning and analysis and prepare the reports on financial performance tailored to the needs of leadership

The purpose of the role is also to analyse data and understands the financial data of the organisation in order to perform variance analysis and identify key causes of business variances for performance measurement

Key Accountabilities:

Prepare and gather data to support development of financial assessments and scenario analysis

Insert rate case filing inputs

Create Budget-to-Actual for Balance sheet

Create Budget-to-Actual for Profit and loss

Collect data and upload data into Hyperion

Variance Analysis

Creating meaningful graphs for customer senior management use

Technical Capabilities / Skills & Technical Descriptors:

Mandatory Skillsets:

Prepare MIS reports and dash boards

Spearhead periodical reviews and calls with stakeholders (Internal & external)

Exposure to Financial Analysis

Good exposure into escalation management and having prior experience into performance management.

Exposure to IFRS

Ability to handle audits (Internal & external)

Identifying the process gaps and provide solutions

Effective management of SLAs & KPIs

Additional Desirable skills:

Certifications like Six sigma green belt / Train the Trainer will be an added advantage

KT / Transition experience will be an added advantage

Managing cross functional training within the team

Systems:

Develop a moderate level of proficiency in the following systems:

MS Office suite.

Knowledge of Excel macro and MS access database creation

Good exposure in tools (Oracle, Essbase, Hyperion, etc)

VNA & Language:

Strong communication skills (oral & written) and having fluency in reading, writing, and speaking English

Can interact with customers in a profess ional, courteous manner

Soft skills:

Shows genuine empathy to customers experiencing connection difficulties

Ability to handle difficult customer conversations and work under pressure

Actively identifies customer cues and responds appropriately

Able to communicate effectively across a group with diverse backgrounds

High energy, self-motivation with a high degree of accountability

Team leadership and client facing skills

Strategic orientation

Collaboration & influencing

Analytical skills:

Strong analytical skills

Observant to system issues /new situations / etc

Organisational skills:

Time management

Takes ownership of work allocated

Works well under pressure to meet SLAs and deadlines

High level written communication skills to interact with key stakeholders

Business acumen:

10 years of experience in to finance & accounts with a minimum of 6+ years into FP&A

Expert level domain expertise of FP&A

Business case decision support

Budget to actual variance Analysis

Other Requirements:

Candidate should be ready to work in ANZ shift (2 AM to 12 PM)

Should possess a positive attitude to support the business

Should be flexible for working hours

Advance excel knowledge is mandatory

5 days work from office is mandatory

Location

Kolkata

Job Function

BUSINESS PROCESS SERVICES

Role

Lead

Job Id

423089

Desired Skills

Finance and Accounting

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications : BACHELOR OF COMMERCE