Manager/Sr Manager – FP&A

Manager/Sr Manager -FP&A

Key Roles:

• Work profile involves closing and reporting at various levels of Financial Statements for one of the Business Unit of Keysight.
• Monthly HFM reporting, management reporting including P&L Narratives, Working Capital.
• Monthly preparation of Balance Sheet deck. reviewing, reconciling and highlighting risks and opportunities to business partners.
• Detailed P&L analysis & comment writing. variance analysis of financial statements providing precise commentaries for the differences of actual with budgeted numbers as per management requirements and operational activities.
• Preparation of detailed budgeted and forecasted numbers, also comparing the actual numbers and explaining reasoning to variances.
• Detailed analysis of Balance Sheet as to deep dive into ageing and release action plan for items standing for long in BS.
• Performing month end process and finalizing the first level numbers to be reported by discussing and agreeing with business partners.
• Handling a gamut of routine account operations like:
• Preparation of Balance sheet and its reconciliation to highlight risks and opportunities to business partners.
• Preparation of Final management reporting packs.
• Handling the responsibility to enhance the business knowledge of the contracts.
• Supporting period-end JVs (for accruals, prepayments, deferments and other allocations) Intercompany adjustments, Reconciliations and all other period-end activities.
• Other adhoc activities. (Preparing SOPs for process handled, MIS reports, proving support to onshore team during auditing, etc)
• End to end hands on and knowledge of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger processes.

• Conduct Research (both primary & secondary)
• Track Policies and various Regulations issued by the regulatory commissions related to Environment / Revenue (Tax) sector
• Regulatory Impact Assessment and Assessing trend of regulatory reforms.
• Undertake various studies in energy sector and suggest measures for promoting competition, efficiency, and economy in activities being regulated by authorities
• Preparation of Concept note/Discussion paper related to regulatory or policy issues
• Conduct policy research & analysis in Environment / Revenue (Tax) and allied sectors
• Engage with key stakeholders for the execution of project tasks
• Assist in organizing workshops/meetings/stakeholders meet
• Contribute in execution of assignments (data and industry research, analysis, modeling, report writing etc.)
• Any other work assigned from time to time

Desired Candidate Profile

Requirements

• Thorough understanding of Environment / Revenue (Tax) & related sectors
• Strong research, analytical, problem solving & quantitative skills
• Excellent communication (written & verbal) and collaborative skills.
• Networking abilities across stakeholders and insights into action research
• Experience in liasoning with both national and international organisations/agencies/institutions/ think-tanks
• Excellent project and organizational management and communication skills

• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Financial reporting to director including reporting for different legal entities and lines of business.MIS periodic reporting and review of financial trends by providing variance analysis of actual expenses with respect to the budgeted and forecast figures.
• Month End Closing and Accounting Controls: Monthly closing and finalization of financial statement for all Entities. Establishing checkpoints for accruals accounting and internal controls to ensure that the firm's accounting policies and practices are followed, ensure the KRAs of teams & vendor payment & resolve issues
• Cost Modeling: Developing expense models using assumptions and scenarios for financial decision making and establishing controls in the business process re-engineering, Tracking, Monitoring & Controlling of all Expenses (Opex).
• Project Profitability: Review project profitability for the company in line with budgets. Weekly and Monthly review of key performance indicators viz. revenue pipeline, cash collections, expenses.
• Financial Modeling: Preparing financial models to present business implication and decision support for the leadership. Preparation of Project Reports, Business Plans, Financial Projections, Cash Flows, P&L, Ratio analysis, NPV/IRR.
• Internal Audit: Preparing audit plan, program & reports, understand complex business situations, risk, identify gaps and suggest leading practices, checking all accounting processes are as per standards and meeting all statutory requirements & liaising with external auditors.
• Invoicing: Preparing, checking and managing the invoices and guide the invoicing team to follow the instruction of concerned department and follow the invoicing process and manage escalations, identify issue/cause and improve the process and put checks points to control the cause.
• Banking & Insurance: Liaising with the banks for raising working capital, term loan & getting bank guarantee. Preparation of bank proposal notes, CMA data for submission to banks for funding requirement. Tracing & timely do documentation of foreign inward & outwards remittance. Ensure vehicle, group health and life insurance of company employees.
• Projects: works with projects leader to analyze needs & gaps across locations.
• Budgeting: Budgeting and forecast accuracy by developing and implementing a functional Sales & Operations Planning process.
• Statutory- TDS, GST & other compliances