Senior Associate Financial Planning & Analysis

The role will be covering entity level FP&A, management reporting and planning processes and provides an opportunity to interact with key stakeholders at NPCI group. The incumbent will work as a part of FP&A team based in Mumbai, India.

Key responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis: Assist in the annual budgeting and forecasting processes for OPEX and CAPEX. Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives. Analyse financial results, variances vs budget at various levels/dimension, identify trends, and provide actionable insights and commentary to the Sr. management.

Contribute to the rolling forecast process: Provide updates to input templates as needed; coordinate with business partners to ensure reliable forecast; implement controls to validate integrity of forecast.
Perform detailed cost allocation based on set guidelines and continually work to improve internal cost framework.

Management Reporting: Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for senior management. Take ownership of the monthly P&L and interact with representatives within finance, to ensure completeness and accuracy of underlying accounted information; verify that cost centers and other financial dimensions are appropriately assigned.

Dynamic performance management: Drive rationalization and movement of budget across functions to support functional budgetary requirements while fueling growth and overall budget management.
Facilitate commercial clearance of Purchase requisitions (PR), Purchase orders (PO) and other financial transactions.

Stakeholder Management: Business partnering across the entity with cross functional stakeholders for decision making, P&L analysis and optimisation opportunities. Foster strong working relationships across different teams and departments.

Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to promote automation and enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the FP&A function. Develop and standardize financial reporting tools and dashboards. Help maintain standard operating procedures (SOP) related to FP&A on collaboration tools such as SharePoint/MS One note. Acquire in-depth knowledge of Microsoft D365 ERP and create ad hoc reports, as well as refine existing reports to meet specific needs. Leverage AI-powered forecasting tools and algorithms to build predictive financial models and improve rolling forecast accuracy. Use AI utilities to identify hidden trends, data anomalies, and variance drivers across financial datasets to automate monthly/quarterly P&L commentary and draft executive summaries.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 to 4 years of relevant experience in FP&A.
  
• Qualified Chartered accountant or MBA in Finance
  
• Experience working with financial planning and reporting systems (D365 ERP, SAP, Anaplan, Workday systems preferred); strong financial and accounting knowledge including understanding of financial statements. High degree of proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint for effective data analysis and reporting.
  
• Ability to work un unstructured environment. Tech savvy, with the ability to learn new applications quickly.
  
• Strong attention to detail, data integrity and accuracy
  
• Experience in utilizing Generative AI tools (e.g., Copilots, ChatGPT) and predictive analytics to automate financial commentary and workflows. Ability to design effective prompts for Generative AI tools to rapidly extract financial insights and synthesize heavy data.
  
• Robust analytical skills, with ability to build large financial models
  
• Excellent communication and coordination skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments