Lead/Manager – FP&A

Function

FP&A

Band

Manager

Reports to

Head of Operations

Direct reports

2-3

Experience

8-10 Yrs

Location

Pune

Mode

In-office

About the Role

Owns FP&A's outcomes end-to-end. FP&A delivers financial planning & analysis — owning the numbers that run the business: budgeting, forecasting, variance, P&L and margin tracking, deal-desk pricing, board and MIS reporting, and the financial-risk register. A player-coach — the function's current lead specialist — who also manages the team of 2-3, owns its calendar and SLAs. The role exists to make the function deliver its results without depending on any one person.

Key Responsibilities

Own budgeting, forecasting, and variance at org/account/practice level;
Own P&L and margin (T&M and Fixed-Bid) tracking, non-billable cost, and margin-improvement.
Own the deal desk & pricing (rate/milestone computations, deal-review margin/risk).
Own board & MIS reporting and ad-hoc analysis.
Own the financial-risk register.
Operate and certify the MIS; own metric-pipeline integrity.

Outcomes Owned

The function's owned metrics; team development; operational calendar adherence.

Must-Have

8+ years in the function's domain including people leadership of a small team.
Demonstrated ownership of the function's outcomes (its numbers/SLAs), not just activities.
Strong analytical capability and senior-stakeholder management.
Graduate/post-graduate; relevant professional qualification.
Experience in IT Services preferably in organisations greater than 300 up to 2000 associates. Experience in larger IT organisations will be a plus

Good-to-Have

Experience standing up or transforming an operations function.

Skills, Tools & Certifications

Technical & tools: mastery of FP&A's craft (financial modelling, P&L and pricing); financial modelling, P&L build-up, bucket based forecasting, variance analysis, margin bridges, Excel + Power BI; people leadership; analytics.

What We Value

Outcome ownership at function/org level.
Calm under ambiguity and escalation.
Develops people.
Systems thinking (designs for scale and control).
Integrity on numbers, controls and commitments.

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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager