General Manager - Business Finance
9 Months ago • 10 Years +
Finance
Job Description
The General Manager - Business Finance will act as the Business Finance lead for a Business Unit. This critical role involves identifying P&L gaps, impacting revenue and growth, developing performance tracking mechanisms, collaborating with the business team, and supporting the Business Head in data-driven decision-making. Key responsibilities include developing financial plans, analyzing variances, tracking key financials and metrics, jointly owning OKRs and building an AOP, conducting month-end closing reviews, overseeing revenue cycle activities, managing direct reports, performing scenario analysis, handling ad-hoc requests, and driving process efficiency through standardization and automation. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience, including 6+ years in Business Finance, a postgraduate degree in Finance or CA certification, strong analytical and communication skills, and proficiency in MS Office.
Good To Have:
- Scenario analysis & business planning
- Process standardization/automation
- Strong communication & interpersonal skills
Must Have:
- 10+ years experience (6+ in Business Finance)
- Postgraduate in Finance or CA
- Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
- Develop financial plans & analyze variances
- Track key financials and metrics
- Manage direct reports & stakeholders
- Proficient in MS Office
Role Brief:
You will be an acting Business Finance lead for one of the Business Unit. Your role is very critical to the organization as you
will be driving and identifying the gaps in the P&L of the Business unit and directly impacting the organization revenue and
growth. Developing a mechanism to understand and track the performance metrics of the business, collaborating with the
business team and supporting the Business head in calibrating business decision basis data analysis and insights and
keeping the business on track of the operating plan while highlighting and mitigating potential risks will be the core
expectation herein.
Key Responsibilities
• To work closely with the business unit and actively participate in its operations and management
• To develop financial plans along with business team and relevant stakeholders with rigor on bottom’s up approach
• To review the plans vs actuals on regular basis; in depth analysis of variance and communicating the same proactively
creating right visibility and enabling planning of actionable
• To track and measure key financials and business metrics
• To jointly own the OKRs of the respective business unit and build an AOP to achieve the same
• Completes month-end closing reviews, procedures, and corrections as needed
• Directs and oversees the overall policies, objectives, and initiatives of the revenue cycle activities to optimize operations
• Conduct periodic meetings with direct reports to assure staff understand assigned tasks and can manage time constraints
• Do scenario analysis and develop business plans on product enhancement or business initiatives, present top
management with analysis
• Handle Adhoc requests and problem-solving with a short turnaround time and supplement such requests with
appropriate analysis and comments to support decision making
• Participate & Drive standardization / automation projects for process efficiency
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE
• 10+ Years of total experience of which at least 6+ years of experience in Business Finance
• Post-Graduate in Finance or Chartered Accountant
• Strong analytical rigor and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication & Interpersonal skills
• Proficient in MS Office
• Proactive, takes initiative, self-motivated, team player
• Strong collaboration, stake holder management and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to hustle
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