Senior Executive - FP&A

Job Title: Senior Executive - FP&A
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
 
Function: Finance  
Business: Godrej Consumer Products Limited
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About the role
The role assists in Financial Planning and analysis for the global business of GCPL. It involves both short term and long term forecasting including the preparation of Annual Operating Plan an measurement of actual vis-à-vis the plans and analysis thereon.

The role has day-to-day interactions with stakeholders from Sales/Marketing, Supply Chain/Procurement functions which become both a customer and supplier for the person responsible for the role.

Key Responsibilities:

P&L and MIS Prep and Automation
1. Preparation of Monthly MIS dashboards
2. Delivering ad-hoc data request from management or cross functional teams
3. Preparation of short term forecast P&Ls basis inputs from different teams and market scenarios
4. Lead automation projects along with the IT team (Anaplan implementation etc.)
5. Simulation on profitability scenarios and Replacement pricing.
6. Formulating long range and strategic plans
7. Short term forecasts based on revised inputs and actual changes in market dynamics or cost inputs.
8. Variance analysis vs. plans.
9. Formulation of AOP, zero based costing. Receipt of inputs from Sales, Supply chain, factories and aligning plans with relevant stakeholders. Goals setting process
10. Continuously improve financial processes and systems to increase efficiency and accuracy. Implement best practices in financial modeling and analysis

Business Innovation Support
1. Handling business case accounting and advance analytics of each line items of P/L for all innovations
2. Support on NPD's, Pricing, What if scenario, shadow costing and Adhoc MIS.
3. Monthly innovation profitability Dashboards, analysis of gaps, regional profitability.

Education: CA - Inter
Experience: 4-6 Years of experience; FMCG experience is a definite plus.

Skills:

Good communication skills/presentation skills
Strong analytical skills
Strong Microsoft Excel skills