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iccsdigx.com
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Role Summary
We're looking for a Manager / Sr. Manager – FP&A who can be the analytical backbone of the finance function — someone who translates operational and financial data into clear insight for the CEO, CFO, and business heads. This role sits at the intersection of finance and operations: you'll build the numbers, but more importantly, you'll interpret what they mean for pricing, profitability, and business direction. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable building a robust Excel model and presenting its implications to leadership in plain business language.
Key Responsibilities
1. Costing, Pricing & Profitability
• Develop and maintain costing models for existing and prospective engagements, ensuring pricing decisions are grounded in accurate cost-to-serve data.
• Support commercial/pricing discussions with cost-benefit analysis, margin sensitivity, and scenario modelling.
• Drive profitability analysis at process, client, client-LOB, vertical, and delivery-unit level, identifying margin drivers, leakages, and improvement levers.
• Partner with business teams to build the commercial case for new deals, renewals, and scope changes.
2. Budgeting, Forecasting & AOP
• Lead the preparation of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) — revenue, cost, headcount, and capex planning in coordination with business and functional heads.
• Own periodic forecasting (rolling forecasts), updating assumptions as business conditions evolve.
• Track actuals vs. AOP/forecast, analyse variances, and present drivers with clear, actionable commentary — not just numbers.
• Maintain budget ownership discipline across cost centres and business units, working with respective owners on corrective action where needed.
3. Management & Board Reporting
• Prepare weekly, fortnightly, and monthly review packs for management and the Board — combining financial performance with operational lead indicators.
• Design and maintain dashboards that give leadership early visibility into the direction of the business (utilization, attrition, SLA/KPI trends, headcount trajectory, revenue per FTE, and other sector-relevant lead indicators alongside financial metrics).
• Ensure reporting is timely, accurate, and framed to support decision-making rather than just information-sharing.
• Flag emerging risks or opportunities proactively, backed by data, rather than waiting for the review cycle.
4. Systems, Excel & Automation
• Build and maintain advanced Excel models (costing, AOP, forecasting, dashboards) with strong version control and audit trail discipline.
• Drive automation of recurring reporting and reconciliation processes to reduce manual effort and turnaround time, using Excel-based tools (macros/Power Query/Power BI or similar) and cross-functional data feeds.
• Continuously improve reporting templates and MIS structures to keep pace with business complexity (multi-client, multi-vertical, multi-entity).
5. Cross-Functional Interaction & Communication
• Work closely with Operations, Delivery, Sales, and HR teams to gather and validate data, understand business context, and ensure numbers reflect ground reality.
• Present financial analysis and recommendations confidently to senior management and the Board, adapting the level of detail to the audience.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to business heads — someone they consult before making pricing, staffing, or investment decisions, not just someone who reports after the fact.
• Build strong working relationships across functions to ensure data flows smoothly and reporting cycles stay on schedule.
Desired Candidate Profile
Experience & Background
• Mandatory: CMA / MBA (Finance) with 3–5 years of experience, preferably within the service sector / BPO / ITES.
• Strong hands-on experience in costing, pricing analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Proven track record of preparing AOP and tracking actuals vs. plan with meaningful variance analysis.
• Experience building periodic (weekly/fortnightly/monthly) review decks for senior management and Board audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to track lead indicators and translate operational data into forward-looking business insight.
• Experience with profitability analysis across process, client, LOB, and vertical dimensions — comfortable slicing data multiple ways.
Education
• CMA or MBA (Finance) – mandatory qualification.
Key Skills & Competencies
• Excellent command of Excel (advanced formulas, data modelling); working knowledge of automation/BI tools (Power Query, Power BI, macros, or similar) strongly preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills — able to tell a clear story with data and hold their own in front of leadership.
• Comfortable operating cross-functionally, with the confidence and interpersonal skill to work with business teams who may not have a finance background.
• High attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and a bias toward proactive insight over reactive reporting.
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