Key objectives of the FP&A role include
Budgeting and Estimates: Preparation of budgets and rolling forecasts while aligning with different business functions.
Strategic Planning (Long term business plans)
Reporting: Preparation of monthly flash deck reports for regional reporting.
Performance Analysis: Evaluating financial performance against budgets & forecasts and providing actionable recommendations to management.
Decision Support: Offering data-driven insights and financial modeling to assist leaders in making informed business decisions, such as investments, pricing, or cost optimization initiatives.
Development of insightful dashboards for internal stakeholders to support decision-making.
Scenario Planning: Preparing financial scenarios and "what-if" analyses to assess the impact of potential strategies.
Cash flow forecasting: Detailed forecasting of working capital in alignment with operational teams to improve forecast accuracy of cash.
Business Cases: Preparation of business case for any new product launch/capex proposal.
Automation: Driving automation initiatives within FP&A processes to bring efficiency, improve decision making and increase collaboration.
Key Responsibilities
Supporting in:
Preparation of Budget/ Estimates & Strategic Plans.
Preparation of Monthly Analysis vs. Budget /Estimate/LY with proper understanding of reasons for deviations.
Preparation of Monthly Performance Report (MPR) decks which includes detailed waterfalls for profit and
Preparation of profitability reports at the lowest level (SKU level).
Preparation and analysis of state wise profit and identifying opportunities for improving profitability.
Driving cost management
Reporting to Hyperion (HFM)reporting of Budget/Estimate to region & Monthly reporting of variances/Trend reports to Internal customers.
Digitization and development of new reports – Navision, PowerBI etc.
Preparation of business cases for new products, and new capex requirements.
Key Challenges in Achieving Goal(s): (What are the keychallenges faced by this rolein meeting it’s goals/objectives)
Handling Multi-location / Multi-SKU DataAnalysis Knowledge of financial modelling and simulation
Highly demanding role due to tight non-negotiable timelines when deliverables are due.
High level of multi-tasking is required.
Qualifications and Experience:
CA or MBA finance with excellent academic record. Articleship from big 4 preferred for CA candidates.
More than 2 years of FP&A experience with large corporates preferable in alcobev or FMCG industries.
Skill Set:
Analytical, Presentation skillsand sharp decision-making skills
Good communication and interpersonal and skills to collaborate effectively with internaland external customers.
Proficient in Excel, Power Point and ERP (preferred Navision) and Hyperion
High preference for experience in Power BI, Macros, automation, planning tool like Anaplan etc.
