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The Opportunity: POSITION PROFILE: (Basic Purpose of Position) Pune (India) Global Business Center (GBC) Financial Planning & Analysis team partners with Avantor leadership teams in driving the Avantor Key Strategic Business Priorities. GBC FP&A team enables Avantor leadership team in effective decision making by providing timely, accurate and actionable insights globally for all the markets, regions, businesses, and functions. Sr. Analyst FP&A is a member of Avantor GBC Pune FP&A family and partner with global leaders both operations & finance in driving various key priorities such as IOP, Forecast, and month end performance analysis etc by dealing with various functional areas of finance such as Revenue, Cost, margins, Working Capital & Capex etc. This position will also actively partner with multiple stakeholders including operations team on a day to day basis to meet the ongoing business requirements. Sr. Analyst is expected to act as process champion/Subject Matter Expert of the assigned area and proactively enable his/her business partners in effective decision making by providing necessary insights by assessing Past & Current performance of the business. The Sr. Analyst is accountable to deliver defined Service Line Agreements (SLA) of his/her role and assist Pune FP&A leadership team in managing the lean culture of the organization and create global impact through change projects that drive automation, standardization, digitization, and analytics. This position Works on highly complex assignments with extensive latitude for independent judgment. This position requires strong business partnering skills with in-depth finance / business acumen, data management, reporting and analysis expertise, influencing and change management skills. The position reports to Manager/Team Lead of Financial Planning & Analysis at Global Business Center (GBC) Pune and will have matrix alignment with onshore business partners.
Job Responsibility:
Act as Finance Business Partner for Operations team, understanding the key priorities of business/function and Providing insights with forward-looking analysis and initiate discussions/reviews with business partners to enable them in taking key business decisions
Analyzing trends & providing proactive recommendations to the finance leadership team by highlighting potential business risks & opportunities
Partner with Finance/Operations leadership on ad hoc projects/reporting as per the ongoing business requirements
Assessing the existing KPI’s/reports of assigned businesses/functions, identifying the gaps in current process, proposing necessary changes to business partners and playing an active role in implementing the proactive mechanisms in measuring & driving business results
Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) of function/business and support leadership team in driving planning, forecasting & month end closures processes
Working Closely with Finance/Operations leads and provide insights in all the key areas of finance including Revenue, Cost Of Sales, Margins, Opex/Capex & Working Capital
Prepare weekly/monthly Management Review decks for leadership team by highlighting the outliers, collobarating with operations/finance teams in understanding the drivers behind the variances, providing necessary commentaries on the business performance
Actively involve in performance review discussions with Finance/Operations leadership teams and providing necessary suggestions to the leadership team on the way forward approach
Assisting finance leadership in driving the key business-specific /global initiatives
Take a lead in establishing Global Standardized Reporting for various businesses/functions
Closely Working with leadership teams in adopting the ABS practices for finance
Collaborate with other team members, identify & implement process simplifications/ improvements
Prepare necessary process documentation of all the deliverables and periodical review of the existing documentation and making necessary changes to ensure the latest business changes are incorporated
Prepare financial analysis for various “what if” scenarios and sensitivity analysis in analyzing the business impact
Coach and mentor new team members to make them successful in their respective role
Requirements:
Master’s degree in accounting or finance
CA/ICWAI/CPA/MBA Finance from reputed universities
Minimum 8-10 years of experience in finance and/or accounting related fields, preferably in MNC’s Captive Finance Shared Services Organizations/Global Centers
Prior experience in Working with Pharma companies preferred
Six Sigma or Lean training preferred, but not mandatory
A working knowledge of the wide-ranging aspects of the finance such as FP&A, Accounting, Integrated Supply Chain & Costing
Experience in leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision making