Lead - Financial Planning & Analysis - Manufacturing - CA

Position: Lead - Financial Planning & Analysis Role: - Provide key insights to the management team through various analytics of business performance. - Facilitate the decision making process through effective evaluation of different scenarios and drive budgeting, forecasting and planning processes. - Partner with business functions on strategic projects for improving growth and profitability. Job Description: - Responsible for month-end related activities and ensure timely and accurate reporting of financials to the group. - Circulation of various MIS reports to group and internal management. - Analysis of financial performance of business and providing insights to business leadership team for decision making. - Preparation of annual budget, rolling forecast, long range plans, scenarios and reports. - Cash flow and working capital management. - Digital projects for improved analytics and processes. - Pricing analysis and new product pricing. - Structured cost analysis. - Strategic projects including Tariff / Non-Tariff measures, growth initiatives, new business evaluation, and growth capex. Requirements: - Educational qualification: CA / CMA. - Experience: 12 - 15 years for CA; 14 - 18 years for CMA. - Good exposure in an FP&A role in the manufacturing sector. - Should be an agile finance business partner. - Strong communication and analytical skills. - Business and commercial acumen. - Ability to handle multiple data sets. - Working knowledge of SAP and other digital BI tools. - Team leadership and diverse stakeholder management. - Ability to work cross functional and locations. - Solutions mindset and learning agility.