Lead Expert : Financial Performance Management

Job description

Job Description – Lead (Individual Contributor) - FP&A

Role Purpose

Act as a trusted finance partner to senior stakeholders by delivering and contributing to Forecast, budget, performance management, expert analysis and actionable insights for assigned business units, driving decision support, ensuring robust financial governance, and contributing continuous improvement initiatives, while operating as an individual contributor.

Key Responsibilities

Own end-to-end FP&A processes including Annual budget, forecasts, and monthly performance analysis. Detailed P&L analysis, providing meaningful insights on revenue, cost, margin, productivity, and profitability drivers. Deliver executive-level variance analysis and commentary explaining business performance, trends and key drivers. Partner with finance stakeholders to support decision-making through data-driven insights and financial recommendations.

Challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and influence actions to improve business performance. Ensure reporting accuracy and drive monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reviews with senior management. Active contribution to standardization, simplification, automation, and digitalization of FP&A processes and reporting. Act as the primary point of contact for finance and business stakeholders within the assigned scope.

Identify and implement of AI use cases in FP&A process in respective scope. Mentoring and functional guidance to juniors Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in finance (CA, CMA, CPA, or MBA (Finance) preferred) 7-12 years of experience in FP&A, Business Finance, or related finance functions. Demonstrated experience partnering senior finance leaders

Technical Skills

Advanced expertise in Microsoft Excel and storytelling skills using PowerPoint. Experience with finance tools such as Oracle, Hyperion, Power BI, or similar platforms. Experience working on AI use cases / well versed with prompting Experience in budgeting, forecasting and business performance analysis. Knowledge of automation and reporting solutions is an advantage.

Competencies

Strong commercial and business acumen. Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Ability to translate complex financial data into business insights and recommendations. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills. Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision. Continuous improvement and automation mindset. Strong ownership, accountability, and results orientation. Key Success Measures Timely delivery of management reporting and executive reviews.

Positive stakeholder feedback and business partnering effectiveness. Identification and realization of business performance improvement opportunities. Successful implementation of process standardization, automation, and efficiency initiatives.