Lead FP&A

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Roles & Responsibilities

•    Support annual budgeting and forecast cycles

•    Maintain and update financial models, including scenario and trend analysis.

•    Perform variance analysis and identify key business drivers.

•    Assist in preparing monthly/quarterly/annual financial reports for leadership.

•    Track cash flow performance and support project-level cash conversion analysis.

•    Analyze indirect rate variances and assist with rate impact assessments.

•    Partner with business and functional teams to gather inputs and validate assumptions.

•    Support process improvements and reporting automation (Excel, Power BI, EPM tools).

•    Basic understanding of FAR, CAS, or government contracting environments

•    Experience with Costpoint, COBRA, EPM, Excel or Power BI

•    Ability to work with large datasets and automate reporting processes

• Subject matter expert / Single point of contact role for the responsibilities assigned
• Should be willing to take transition and/or work on process stabilization
• This role will need to liaise across teams for information; being a team player is a must
• High stakeholder engagement at Senior levels in a global environment
• Qualified professionals with relevant experience have an added advantage
• Should have done continuous improvement initiatives in earlier roles
• Should possess analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities under tight timelines
• Team handling experience is preferred
• Interpersonal skills including fluency in communication and presentation
• Expected to be assertive in interaction with various stakeholders at senior levels

Qualifications – Skill Requirements – Experience Levels (Additional Requirements)

• Recognized professional qualification (CA/CWA/ACCA or CIMA) with relevant work-experience of 10+ years or Semi-qualified professionals / undergraduate / Post graduate degree in commerce with minimum 10-12 years of relevant FP&A work experience
• Strong accounting knowledge - provide full spectrum of accounting support including handling of full set of accounts; management financial reporting, budgeting & forecasting
• Experience in project accounting activities for MNC engineering and construction companies or experience in F&A of multinational companies including F&A shared services preferred
• Candidates with hands on experience in Costpoint, EPM/FCCS, AI Tools usage, etc. preferred
• Expected to be flexible with interest to learn and to be able to take up any given role in one or more of Billing / Account Reconciliation / Accounts Receivables / Cash Application / Accounts Payables / General Accounting / Project Accounting / Tax / Corporate Accounting that is best suited for the employee and as per the business needs
• Should be flexible for job rotation on business needs and / or as determined as per the career progression plans
• Expected to have continuous improvement mindset and to drive the team to achieve process improvements
• Should be flexible regarding work from home vs work from office to be determined based on business requirements
• Should be flexible to work under tight timelines