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Required Skills: Financial Analysis & Reporting, Forecasting, Budgeting & Financial Modelling, Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Detail Orientation & Adaptability
Review Criteria
1. Candidates must be from good renowned Startup environments, (Profiles from big consulting firms will not be considered).
2. CA Candidates are not applicable for this role.
3. Need candidate from Tier 1 and Tier 2 colleges only.
4. 2–3 years of hands-on experience in Financial Analysis / FP&A
5. Strong proficiency in Financial Modelling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
6. Experience preparing financial reports, presentations, and management dashboards with Advance Excel skills.
7. Strong attention to detail with high accuracy in analysis and reporting
8. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to recommend practical solutions on different Scenarios.
9. Candidate should be good in Cost Management.
Description
Job Title: FP&A
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented individual to join our team as an FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) Analyst based in Gurgaon, India. As an FP&A Analyst, you will be responsible for providing financial analysis, forecasting, and budgeting support specific to our operations. Your role will involve analyzing financial data, identifying trends, and providing valuable insights to drive strategic decision-making and improve financial performance of the operations. The ideal candidate possesses strong financial acumen, exceptional analytical skills, and strong communication skills.
Responsibilities:
1. Financial Analysis: Conduct comprehensive financial analysis specific, including variance analysis, profitability analysis, and key performance indicators (KPIs), to identify trends, patterns, and areas of improvement.
2. Forecasting and Budgeting: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop accurate financial forecasts and budgets, considering local market dynamics, and business objectives. Monitor and track actual performance against forecasts and budgets, highlighting any significant deviations.
3. Financial Modelling: Develop and maintain financial models specific to support strategic initiatives, investment decisions, and scenario analysis. Utilize appropriate tools and methodologies to ensure accuracy and reliability.
4. Reporting and Presentations: Prepare and present financial reports, dashboards, and presentations specific to senior management and key stakeholders. Communicate complex financial information in a clear and concise manner, to facilitate informed decision-making.
5. Business Partnership: Collaborate closely with Indian business units and functional teams to understand their financial needs and provide analytical support tailored to the local context. Offer insights and recommendations to drive cost optimization, revenue growth, and operational efficiency.
6. Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance financial planning and analysis processes, tools, and methodologies. Implement improvements to streamline workflows, increase efficiency, and enhance data integrity.
Qualifications:
1. Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. Advanced degree (MBA, CFA, or similar) is a plus.
2. Experience: 2-3 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, or a related field.
3. Analytical Skills: Excellent quantitative and analytical skills with the ability to interpret and manipulate complex financial data. Proficient in financial modelling and advanced Excel functions.
4. Business Partnership: Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in India and build strong relationships with stakeholder’s Strong communication and presentation skills tailored to the Indian context.
5. Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy and reliability of financial analyses and reports specific to India.
6. Problem-solving Abilities: Proactive problem-solving skills with the ability to identify issues, analyse alternatives, and recommend practical solutions in the Indian market context.
7. Adaptability: Ability to work in a fast-paced, start-up environment
Involved in capex,modelling, Budgeting,investment decision making
Should be able to converse well with global stakeholders
O&G, Metals and mining heavy manufacturing Preferred
Others - not a frequent job hopper
Margin optimization -holistic understanding of the O&G P&L (not limited to 1-2 line items only)
· People Management – Delegating, Motivating and developing the team.
· Effective communication, presentation and management reporting skills.
· Ability to work with a high level of accuracy within assigned timelines.
· Adaptive and Innovative mindset.
· Readiness to take up challenges and develop new ways of working.
· Ability to work collaboratively within and outside the Team for a common objective.
· Expert knowledge of DBMS, SQL, Code development.
· Good hands on IT tools like MS Excel, Access, PPT, Qlik or other Reporting software.
· Strong analytical / problem solving skills.
Experience
· Minimum 8 years’ overall experience. Minimum 3 year of Reporting/Analytics experience in a supervisory role is preferable.
Work with a leading FMCG Manufacturing company, and grow with its amazing team.
Our Client is the world's largest FMCG brand manufacturer and exporter with a legacy spanning over 120 years.They are India's first integrated company with a comprehensive product chain. Our client is a billion dollar top line company holding 45% market share in India and 50% share in export market.
As a Manager Global FP&A, you will be managing a multitude of responsibilities that are related to forecasting, reporting, Implementation and analytics to improve on the company's product, sales and marketing effectiveness.
What you will do:
Marketing and Sales Analytics
- Performing insightful analysis of sales performance of brands (own and competitors) to highlight key performance/ issues across area/ geographies and facilitating strategic initiatives for improvement
- Working on Measurement and evaluation of effectiveness of executed marketing promotions
- Analyzing industry growth trends vis-a-vis own brands and competitors on monthly basis. Identifying gaps, planning and designing territory specific schemes to overcome competition
- Supporting sales teams with customized data queries, analysis and reports catering to specific business needs
- Pricing analysis within brands, packs and segments to suggest a competitive price for old/ new brands
Sales force enablement & effectiveness:
- Identifying outlet gaps in width of distribution/ availability of brands in retail, bars and clubs for the ease of the sales team to focus for the month
- Designing motivating reward schemes for the sales team with parameters of target achievement (overall volume and focus brands volume)
- Identifying outlet wise volume potential and plan monthly brand wise volumes to meet monthly regional sales plan (# of outlets 7000+)
- Evaluating sales team performance on monthly basis and computing incentive payouts and rewards
- Deriving frequency of visiting outlets basis value potential of the outlet - used to design PJP (Permanent Journey Plan) for better coverage of outlets by sales executive
Forecasting Sales:
- Projecting secondary sales volume for a horizon of 3 financial years and estimaing manufacturing unit requirements
- Forecasting yearly/ quarterly/ monthly/ weekly volume plans and identifying opportunities & risks
- Planning Monthly volume plan for brands and packs prediction on industry growth trends and sales inputs
Monthly Operations Review Report (MOR):
- Reporting on budget achievement, growth (volume and value) for the month and year till date
- Executive summary highlighting- environmental challenges and mitigation plan, market summary (Trade, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing) on what worked well/ what can work better vis a vis action points, issues performance achievements/ issues; to be submitted to the top management of the organization
Route to Consumer (RtC):
- Becoming a Project Lead for all regional implementation, requirements and smooth execution of RtC project
Perfect Outlets:
- Creating Segmentation of outlets based on Gross Sales Value (GSV) contribution to region
- MAking a Selection of top outlets based on value and profile of outlets to be transformed into perfect outlets
- Measuring parameters of Quality, Distribution, Visibility, Price, Promotion and Persuasion of an outlet and develop plan for improvement
- Training sales executives and third-party auditors on guidelines of retail outlet planogram and evaluating
Online Daily Sales Report:
- Measuring availability of brands in outlets on a weekly basis and providing targets to fill gaps
- Measuring and monitoring coverage of frontline sales team
Miscellaneous Activities:
- Making management presentations for review
- Preparing monthly and quarterly financial reports of various oversee distributors
- Adhering to accounting standards / ensure financial compliance in conjunction with international law and corporate accounting standards including export / import documentation as FEMA and RBI regulations
- Checking International Trade Marketing expenses inline of approval provided
- Preparing and checking Quarterly TME approval to be provided to distributors
- Creating an Analysis report on budgeted expenditure and actual expenditure of TME
- Maintaining dialogues and working relationship with overseas distributors.
- Managing receipts & vendor payments for exports receivables (AR)
- Implementing a Business Intelligence tool and dashboard reports
- Supporting management team and the Heads of Department with data-driven analysis
What you need to have:
- Either B.Tech & MBA or B.Com & MBA
- Worked on Sales Analytics for a FMCG company in food and beverage space of 500 crores plus size.
- Worked in the Domestic / Export division handling distributors, channel partners, dispensing customer and trade schemes
- Worked on sales budget analytics (revenue) as well as rationalization of spends (cost optimization of schemes)
- Possesses data collation and aggregation skills from multiple sources both internal and external to the organization.
- Comfortable working with large amounts of data and run historical analytics as well future trend progression to drive business unit objectives.
- Sales AOP, Forecast, Pricing, Expenses
- Working with Head Sales, Preparing various reports through BI Tools
- Strong Quantitative & Analytics abilities
- Experience with Global Financial Planning & Analysis
- Adaptive, willing and able to work with different time zones to get the work completed
- Advanced computer software skills, including writing macros in Excel and other accounting packages
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