Clearwater Analytics

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Noida, UP, IN

14 days ago
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Summary

Key Responsibilities

Reporting and Planning

  • Prepare management reporting packs in a timely and clear fashion, with risks, opportunities, and insights identified
  • Provide comprehensive review and commentary at the cost-center level
  • Provide senior leadership monthly financial metrics spanning revenue, P&L, customer margin, product margin, cash flow - covering forecast, actuals, and budget comparisons
  • Drive annual budgets and forecasts, including roll-out of regular reforecasting cycles and processes
  • Manage financial aspects of special projects by determining key drivers, driving the right analyses, and presenting the conclusions
  • Produce models to project long-term growth and determine the impacting business factors

Leadership

  • Manage team of FP&A analysts
  • Build cross-functional excellence among departments
  • Be a trusted source of truth to business leaders, partnering to support business needs
  • Drive understanding of business metrics across both revenue and expense trends
  • Present to senior leadership, sharing analysis to enable superior business decisions

Process Improvement

  • Support the FP&A transformation agenda with a focus on continuous improvement in efficiency through automation, standardization, and optimization, including choice of tools and methodologies
  • Develop and implement process improvements that scale and amplify the impact of the team’s workstreams
  • Actively participate in the implementation and adherence to new finance requirements, systems, and processes

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business-related field with a minimum of 7 years of experience in financial analysis, financial planning, forecasting, or related roles.
  • Experience leading and coaching FP&A teams
  • Intellectually curious with enthusiasm for solving problems and working collaboratively
  • Superior analytical skills and attention to detail, with experience in complex financial modelling
  • Excellent business partner who can build advocacy with stakeholders then drive implementation and track you / your team’s progress
  • Critical thinker who is able to identify solutions to complex problems both independently as well as part of a team.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present findings clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
  • Capability to lead global projects and initiatives, meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to excel in a highly matrixed organization
  • Experience with automation and data visualization tools

Preferred Qualifications

  • CA, CPA or CIMA financial qualifications.
  • Experience in the SaaS or technology industry.
  • Knowledge of securities, financial markets, or fintech, or a strong desire to learn.
  • Experience with accounting software (NetSuite, SAP, etc.), and cloud-based financial planning software (Adaptive Insights), or a willingness to learn.
  • Knowledge of SQL and database querying, or an eagerness to develop these skills.

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