Manager Finance - Financial Planning & Analysis

Manager Finance - Financial Planning & Analysis

Bangalore, KA

About Reshamandi

RESHAMANDI is enabling Indian Silk Farmers, Reelers, and Weavers to improve their quality and quantity, via technology. At Reshamandi, once-in-a-century disruption is happening. As India’s only Digital Supply Chain for Silk, we are bringing cutting-edge technologies into the lives of millions, and getting Indian Silk back to its heydays. The impact of Reshamandi’s tech is so dramatic that in just 9 months, we have a waitlist of thousands of silk-related businesses that want to partner with us and hundreds that we have onboarded. You will have an opportunity to be a part of this story.

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This role is an extraordinary opportunity for a mature leader with a few years (5 Years) of financial planning & analysis related experience, ideally beginning in accounting & auditing, followed by experience in gathering, evaluating, presenting and auditing financial information to executive teams and external stakeholders.

You will be working with a team that has an audacious mission, crazy enthusiasm, and that almost always thinks outside the box.

Does the below sound like you?

• You are a creative problem solver. Preparation of Company Policies and Procedures can be challenging and requires you to think out-of-the-box.

• You are a process-oriented person, and need everything done within timelines.

• You have an intensive attention to detail, and can see things through the numbers which are not visible to common people.

• You like to think way ahead, and are always looking at potential problems and downside protection while taking financial decisions.

• You are exceptionally good with numbers. Your peers think of you as a math wizard.

Responsibilities will include:

• Analyse the trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), especially relating to financial metrics such as sales, expenditures, gross margin and EBITDA.

• Working closely with the leadership team to formulate the businesss medium to long term financial and strategic plan.

• Work with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts.

• Conduct analyses and reporting for corporate functions including, monthly financial analysis, reforecasting, variance analysis, pipeline analysis, and graphical summaries of business unit financial performance.

• Producing models to project long term growth and determine the impacting business factors.

• Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections and operating forecast.

• Ad-hoc business performance reporting

• Present the monthly and quarterly financial reports of various units and departments.

• Reviewing operations and recommending new productivity or cost saving initiatives.

• Short-term & long-term cash flow analysis and forecasting.

• Anticipating questions about the company’s cash flow and financial projections, and providing pre-emptive answers to company higher-ups.

• Consistently analysing of financial data and presenting financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements; monitor progress, changes and keep the Senior Manager Finance / Director Finance abreast of the financial status.

• Assisting leadership in the annual budgeting and planning process; administering and reviewing all financial plans and comparing to actual results with a view to identifying, explaining and correcting variances as appropriate.

• Performing analysis of financial and operational information including an analysis of key performance indicators, historical trends, business drivers and operating metrics.

• Communicating results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reduction, revenue generation and streamlining operations.

• The role will partner with the Senior Manager Finance, Director Finance, Senior Leadership, Human Resources (HR) and Technology (IT) team to enhance and better integrate Finance, HR, and IT functions.

• Develop and monitor a long-term financial strategy.

• Supporting the Senior Manager Finance / Director Finance in engaging the board’s audit and finance committees around issues and trends in financial operating models and delivery.

• Providing leadership in strengthening internal communications & controls with teams at all levels throughout the organization; creating and promoting a positive & supportive work environment.

• Monitoring the financial health of the organization.

• Managing a team of Financial and Business Analysts.

• Preparing MIS & required analytical summary with reasoning & corrective actions from respective business unit representative / expenses owners.

Core skill sets ideally include, but are also not limited to:

1. Excellent excel and financial modelling skills; have produced long-term forecasts, 5 years + in to the future and demonstrated career progression and track-record to date.

2. Solid experience coordinating audit activities and managing reporting, budget development, financial planning & analysis with Strong quantitative abilities.

3. Commitment to recruiting, mentoring, training, and retaining a diverse team, with a foresight and ability to delegate accordingly.

4. Keen analytic, organization and problem-solving skills which allows for strategic data interpretation versus simple reporting.

5. Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to senior management, board or other outside partners.

6. A proactive, hands-on strategic thinker who is able to prioritize multiple responsibilities to meet internal and industry deadlines.

7. Ability to work well in a fast paced, high volume atmosphere.

8. Attending to all the statutory assessments and notices.

9. Deep understanding of business principles and practices.

Technical fluency

• Knowledge on FP&A & IGAAP.

• Utilising Tableau / BI tools to delivery meaningful insights into business performance.

• Advance Excel with macros for reporting.

• Loves dealing with a fast pace, changing needs and limited resources.

• The ability to set a high bar for your team and empower them to achieve great results

• A "driver" personality - constantly pushing toward clarity and delivery while balancing the need for great collaboration.

Preferences:

• A minimum qualification of MBA/MCOM/BCOM with a minimum of 5 years of work experience.

• Tools certification (BI / Tableau) will be an additional plus.

• Should have prior experience work with any product based, or Start-up company.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Flexible on timings.