Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Essential Duties and responsibilities

• Function as key financial resource in supporting the GGM India businesses and as liaison between GGM India & Health & TAA divisions finance groups
• Preparation of monthly review decks and monthly divisional management slide packs. Be able to explain the variances in these packs.
• Provide analytical support to the business leaders across GGM India.
• Utilize analytical capability and experience to evaluate business unit performance and provide recommendations to improve operational efficiency and cost efficiency.
• Responsible for the annual budget and forecasting processes for the GGM India business unit and communicating monthly results compared to budget.
• Provide on-going financial analysis as needed to support business unit management.
• Develop meaningful forward-looking forecasts and key business metrics to translate observed trends into meaningful business analysis and recommendations.
• Lead and assist in preparation of three-year strategic plan (VSP) and related Executive Committee and Board presentations

Other Duties

• Proactively pursues professional development activities
• Self-motivated and manages time and company resources appropriately
• Creating executive-level content and detailed presentations
• Proficient in excel and power point

Job Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum of CA/ CMA degree in Accounting or Finance
• MBA qualified is advantageous

Experience/Skills/Knowledge:

• Requires minimum seven to nine years relevant experience in a financial planning and business analyst role with product profitability, budgeting, forecasting and MIS responsibilities, preferably in software, information service or publishing industry.
• Work in a team environment with high level of responsiveness.
• A Self-starter who can work independently to understand the business and issues with limited oversight
• Experience working through a system migration would be preferred
• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Microsoft Office experience coupled with strong modeling skills in Microsoft Excel is a must.
• Business intelligence tools (e.g. Qlik/Tagetik/ Tableau or like tools) and SalesForce.com experience is strongly preferred.
• Experienced in interpreting and modeling large quantities of data
• Must be able to interact effectively with different levels in the organization.
• Work in a team environment with high level of responsiveness and strong interpersonal skills.
• Translate and structure specific business issues into analytical solution frameworks.
• Source information and data in a non-integrated system environment.
• Link and model financial data and business data.
• Present and communicate findings and recommendations in a structured, clear and concise way.
• Effectively work and deliver on multiple projects at the same time.
• The position may involve inflexible deadlines and numerous ad-hoc requests
• Overtime may be required periodically to complete assignments and critical deadlines.

Travel requirements

• Domestic travel to business unit locations may be required.

Skills: Microsoft Office, Accounting, Business Analyst, Salesforce.com, Analytical, Tableau, Financial Planning, Modeling, Finance, Problem-solving, Communication, Qlik, Mis, Interpersonal, Data, Budgeting, Forecasting

Experience: 7.00-9.00 Years