Assistant Manager - FP&A

About Company

The company operates in the logistics technology industry, providing digital solutions that help businesses manage and optimize freight transportation and supply chain operations.

Job Description

About the Role: 
The Assistant Manager - FP&A will primarily support business finance, financial planning & analysis, and investor reporting functions. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, MIS reporting,and delivering actionable financial insights to aid decision-making. The individual will work closely with cross-functional teams to track performance, support planning cycles, and ensure timely,accurate reporting for management and investors, while contributing to process improvements and strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities 
1. Financial Planning, Forecasting & Analysis 
● Support the preparation of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and variance analysis. 
● Track actual vs. budgeted expenses and revenue; provide timely insights to management. 
● Support financial planning activities and help identify areas for cost optimization. 
● Update financial models promptly to reflect the latest actuals and projections, supporting timely and informed decision-making. 
● Support management with ad hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, and business cases as needed for decision-making. 

2. Investor Relations 
● Compile, validate, and distribute monthly MIS reports, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow summaries within two business days of month-end close to align with management review cycles. 
● Ensure accuracy and completeness of data inputs to avoid delays and ensure reliability of reports as this needs to be shared with the Board of Directors and Investors. 

3. Month-End Closures 
● Coordinate with the accounting team to ensure timely completion of accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries as per the monthly close calendar. 
● Validate that all closing activities are completed and financials are review-ready within the prescribed closing window. 

4. Cross-Functional Collaboration 
● Partner with internal, sales, and product teams to gather inputs and validate assumptions early in the planning cycle to prevent last-minute delays. 
● Facilitate planning meetings and checkpoints to ensure all stakeholders meet agreed timelines. 

5. Process Improvement & Automation 
● Identify opportunities for process improvement (e.g., centralized templates, automation of data pulls, streamlined workflows) to reduce turnaround time. 
● Monitor close cycle KPIs to drive ongoing improvements in efficiency and reporting timelines. 

7. Ad Hoc Analysis & Special Projects 
● Support management with ad hoc analysis, ensuring a quick turnaround without compromising insight quality. 
● Contribute to strategic initiatives (e.g., business cases, scenario planning) with well-defined deliverables, schedules, and milestone tracking. 

What We're Looking For 
● Chartered Accountant with 0-2 years of experience with article-ship in either Statutory Audit/ Internal Audit/ Risk Advisory from Big 4 firms. 
● Open to consider, CA Internship with Big Four in Taxation (GST), provided strong post qualification experience in FP&A of 2 years. Strong Class X, XII marks and not many attempts to clear CA. 
● Excellent MS Excel skills and working knowledge of accounting tools (Zoho/QuickBooks/Tally). 
● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
● High attention to detail as the individual is expected to work on critical investor/ board queries with a sense of ownership. 
● Good verbal and written communication skills. High on energy. 
● Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks under tight timelines.

Mandatory Requirement

Primary Job Profile : Financial Planning And Analysis (FP&A)

Technical Skills : Budgeting and Forecasting, MIS, Variance analysis

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