General Manager - FP&A

Job Title: General Manager FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)

Location: Bengaluru

Experience: 712 Years

Education: MBA / CA / CFA from Tier-1 Institutes with strong finance background.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly analytical and business-oriented General Manager FP&A who will partner closely with senior leadership and CXOs to drive strategic financial planning and business decision-making. The role requires a strong finance professional with excellent stakeholder management skills, the ability to challenge assumptions when required, and the confidence to influence leadership through data-driven insights.

The candidate should have strong experience in financial planning, strategic modeling, budgeting, and operational finance from Manufacturing background, any product-based company or GCC.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Planning

• Lead long-term financial planning and strategic forecasting for the organization.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models to support business growth, investment decisions, and operational planning.
• Partner with leadership to evaluate new business initiatives, strategic projects, and capital allocation decisions.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Drive the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts across business units.
• Track financial performance against plans and provide variance analysis with actionable insights.
• Ensure alignment between business strategy and financial plans.

Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a strategic finance partner to CXOs and business leaders.
• Present financial insights and recommendations directly to senior leadership.
• Challenge business assumptions and constructively push back where required to ensure sound financial decisions.

Financial Modeling & Analysis

• Build and maintain advanced financial models for scenario planning, profitability analysis, and investment decisions.
• Conduct Build vs Buy analysis, ROI analysis, and strategic investment evaluations.
• Support M&A, strategic partnerships, and new product or market expansion initiatives where relevant.
• Driving financial reporting excellence, structuring and automating financial data, building dashboards, and optimizing reporting processes

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong expertise in FP&A, strategic finance, and financial modeling
• Strong in creating financial reports, data analytics, creating financial dashboards, process optimization, improvements, etc
• Deep understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Experience with Build vs Buy analysis and investment evaluation
• Exposure to MES / MOM ecosystems
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills
• Ability to engage directly with CXO-level leadership
• Strong business acumen with the confidence to challenge assumptions
• Advanced analytical skills and strong command of Excel and financial modeling tools

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 712 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance
• Background in manufacturing, GCC, product-based company
• Experience working closely with senior leadership or CXO teams
• Demonstrated ability to influence strategic decisions through financial insights
• Strong executive presence and communication skills