Forecasting, Budgeting, Strategy planning

·       Responsible for preparation of financial plans (LRP, PLN, LBE, ACT, Quarterly projections), submission in Global planning systems (Longview) and Actuals Variance analysis vs Plan/forecast.

·       Lead the financial planning & reporting processes including design of templates & processes to improve efficiency and accuracy.

·       Timely address of queries from various stakeholders

·       Analyze performance (tracking revenue & expenses regularly) and provide variance explanations and recommendations for operational efficiency and provide business counseling to relevant stakeholders, with the objective of adding value to the business.

·       Understand, communicate, and explain variance within the business. Identify root causes and follow up actions for each.

·       Advise business teams on process-related matters that arise.

·       Act as primary liaison with line of Asia consolidations team to ensure accuracy and timeliness of information

Business Partnering:

·       Partner with India commercial leadership with supervision of Head Commercial Finance to drive commercial / financial objectives by leading affiliate or country-specific projects.

·       Create P&L statements and other reports on financial performance for executive management to review.

·       Preparation of monthly business review deck in collaboration with functional stakeholders

·       Leading finance on S&OP discussions for benchmark analysis & demand assumptions working with Supply Chain and commercial team.

Ad-hoc Projects, Process Improvement and Expense Efficiency

·       To take leadership or to provide support towards any business or finance projects as they arise.

·       To drive excellence in FP&A outputs

·       To identify and drive continuous process improvement, particularly around financial planning.

To identify and drive continuous process standardization and simplification to improve efficiency.