FPNA(Financial Planning& Analysis)

The Role The FP&A Sr. Analyst will lead financial planning, business forecasting, and

analytics for a business unit. This role requires strong financial acumen,

advanced analytics skills, and business partnering experience to drive

decision-making and optimize performance.

Responsibilities Primary Duties:

• Lead FP&A processes, including budgeting, forecasting, and monthly

reporting

• Provide insightful analysis on SG&A optimization opportunities
• Liaison with COEs to benchmark SG&A at Industry, Region and product

line levels

• Drive variance analysis and provide key business insights to leadership
• Partner with stakeholders to support cost optimization and profitability

analysis

• Develop and improve financial models, KPIs, and dashboards
• Leverage Power BI, SQL, and automation tools to enhance reporting

efficiency

• Work with internal transformation team to identify transformation

opportunities

• Ensure financial controls, governance, and compliance within FP&A
• Mentor and guide junior analysts in financial reporting and analysis
• Manage team of junior analysts and other team members indirectly

reporting to this role. Expectation/Goal setting, performance management

• Be the POC for one or two customer business units
• Engage directly with the BU Heads and other senior stakeholders
• Act as the first point of escalation for BU Heads

Secondary Duties:

• Lead the discussions with FNR, Tax, O2C and PTP internal teams and

review insights developed by junior analyst

• Build final level commentaries for variance analysis, with strong

articulation to explain drivers of variances and actionable next steps for

operators

• Accountable for execution of next steps by self and team

Qualifications and

Required Skills

Essential:

• Strong experience and work knowledge on JD Edward / Oracle ERP or

other ERPs

• Education: MBA (Finance) / CA Inter / CIMA / ICWA / CFA (preferred)
• Experience: 10+ years in FP&A, with at least 4 years in a managerial role
• Should have working knowledge as FP&A Manager/FP&A Lead and

demonstrated business KPI improvements

• Advanced expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and business

partnering

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Oracle/JDE and Hyperion/Financial

Reporting platforms

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Desired:

• Knowledge of various tools used in AP processing such as duplicate

invoice check, reconciliation tools etc

• Knowledge of GenAI tools in Finance and Accounting domains
• Knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma/ Opex tools and demonstrated process

improvements, Business KPI improvements