Finance Manager

Business Planning, Budgeting & MIS framework design 

1. Design and finalize a framework for annual business planning and budgeting in consultation with the finane head and senior management
2. Establish a process of finalizing and analyzing business plans, interfacing with different functions and collating the required information in a structured manner so as to enable a detailed operating plan.
3. Establish and roll-out a systematic process for compiling business plans and planned budgets in an efficient manner, to enable subsequent analysis and MIS tracking.
4. Liaise with relevant business stakeholders to devise and finalize branch profitability models.
5. Design and disseminate MIS & reporting formats to provide accurate information in a clear and concise manner, ensuring adoption and adherence for standardized reporting across the organization

Business Strategy Execution

1. Carry out an impact assessment of key business strategies and provide inputs accordingly to senior management.
2. Hold periodic meetings with function heads and budget holders to review progress on business objectives and budgetary adherence, highlighting areas requiring attention/ course correction
3. Build insights through data analytics, sensitivity analysis, scenario building and other tools, to provide decision support to key stakeholders and business leaders

MIS, Reporting and Presentations to Management

1. Create/ Review relevant Business MIS for regular decision making, awareness and financial control, providing information to senior management/ management
2. Create/ Review quantitative and qualitative variance reports of Budgets Vs Actuals and present to budget holders and management
3. Highlight key exceptions, variances, etc. with details and record the actionable against them, if any; track completion of finalized action steps
4. Create a repository of all critical reports, information and MIS generated during the course of the business year

Make presentations to senior management on business performance, annual plan, data analytics, etc.

Business Strategy Refinement

1. Conduct periodic/ on-demand competitor analysis, industry and macro-economic research and make presentations to management on key trends and factors impacting current and future business 
2. Track progress against medium and long term strategic goals in the context of the evolving market scenario, and present key insights to management/ business leaders for strategy re-alignment and refinement