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