IN-Senior Manager_FP&A_Business Finance - Advisory_IFS_Gurgaon

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in finance focus on providing financial advice and strategic guidance to clients, helping them optimise their financial performance and make informed business decisions. These individuals handle financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management.

Those in financial strategy and planning at PwC will focus on developing and implementing strategic financial plans to drive business growth and profitability. Your work will involve analysing financial data, forecasting future trends, and providing recommendations for optimising financial performance.

*Why PWC

At PwC, you will be part of a vibrant community of solvers that leads with trust and creates distinctive outcomes for our clients and communities. This purpose-led and values-driven work, powered by technology in an environment that drives innovation, will enable you to make a tangible impact in the real world. We reward your contributions, support your wellbeing, and offer inclusive benefits, flexibility programmes and mentorship that will help you thrive in work and life. Together, we grow, learn, care, collaborate, and create a future of infinite experiences for each other. Learn more about us.

At PwC, we believe in providing equal employment opportunities, without any discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnic background, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, religion or other beliefs, perceived differences and status protected by law. We strive to create an environment where each one of our people can bring their true selves and contribute to their personal growth and the firm’s growth. To enable this, we have zero tolerance for any discrimination and harassment based on the above considerations. "

Job Description & Summary: A career in Finance, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC in all aspects of our Finance internal function including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy. You’ll focus on recording and analysing financial transactions, paying and receiving invoices, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analysis and reconciliations of bills to detect fraud.

Our Financial Analysis and Reporting team is responsible for managing PwC’s financial risk through financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and tactical consulting. As part of the team, you’ll help with budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting, shared services and financing.

Responsibilities:

Accurate Leadership Reporting

• Preparation of Indian reporting ensuring accuracy along with highlighting additional trends or observations to be included as qualitative inputs in the deck
• Reviewing overall revenue and other financials to identify discrepancies, if any and get the same rectified
• Proactively preparing monthly overheads analysis/details before releasing the P&L to business teams and ensuring all details/schedules are available for leadership decision making
• Handling any form of exceptions during month ends (provisions, adjustments etc.) to ensure timely and accurate month end reportings.
• Execute reconciliation between MIS books and Statutory books
• Being comfortable with reported details by monitoring any wrong booking of GL entries like wrong Cost Centre, GL, Location etc. and getting it rectified from AP, GL and other relevant teams.

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting

• Working as business partner to teams to consolidate budgets along with appropriate back-ups and highlighting the need for the same, if not available
• Track and maintain any changes to the budgets and forecast to ensure the latest version is available for management review at all times
• Trend Analysis of budget at the time of initiating budgeting exercise to ensure better understanding of input submission which can drive more qualitative analysis
• Preparing and analyzing key KPIs of LoS/SBU to ensure full understanding and visibility at the time of budget submission to ensure better understanding of input submission which can drive more qualitative analysis.

Business Value-Addition

• Identify key focus areas and provide relevant analysis for metrics such as Working Capital, Revenue etc.
• Carry out extensive analysis on Partner KPIs and highlight any trends or observations on platforms of senior leadership reporting

Process Improvement

• Maintaining repository of past year trends of key metrics and KPIs
• Work with e-Finance & Innovation team in implementing business intelligence tool and dashboard reports
• Proactively participate in process improvement measures for Finance
• Automation of Monthly operating results (MOR) submitted to Global along with Quarterly investment reports
• Developing exception reporting, predictive modelling and scenario analysis
• Developing a robust budget application to take inputs from business with version control, user friendly with India IT
• Development, maintenance and automation of the Partner KPI dashboard
• Analysing headcount/FTE and pyramids vis-a-vis budgets and reporting exceptions
• Preparing a log of issues with operations team and sharing with them on a monthly basis to bring efficiencies in finance team
• Updating SOPs and manuals to ensure the latest version is communicated to any new joiner
• File restructuring and process optimization in BAU reports

Team Coaching and Empowerment

• Chalking out a training plan for self and discussing training needs with the manager
• Enable all team members to settle in and be conceptually clear with major concepts
• Contributing in creation of a high performing Team
• Contributing to improve the culture and image
• Enabling team mates to deliver regular BAU activities by providing them support, as and when needed

Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Building & maintaining effective working relationship with leaders, stakeholders and team members
• Maintaining and building relationships with other Finance process teams to ensure end to end process efficiency achieved

Mandatory skill sets:

FP&A, variance analysis, financial planning

Preferred skill sets:

Financial planning and analysis, budgeting

Years of experience required:

8 years

Education qualification:

CA, B.Com, BBA, MBA, M.Com, PGDM

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required: Bachelor of Commerce, Chartered Accountant Diploma, Bachelor in Business Administration, Master of Business Administration

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Financial Planning

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Balance Sheet Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Escalation Management, Financial Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Financial Management, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning, Financial Policy, Financial Review, Financial Risk Analysis, Financial Statement Modeling, Financial Strategy, Inclusion, Influence {+ 17 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date