Specialist Assistant Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

Looking to enhance your leadership and project management skills? As an Assistant Manager, you will play a key role in coordinating and managing financial projects, guiding team members, and ensuring the quality and accuracy of deliverables. You will collaborate with global stakeholders, drive process improvements, and contribute to the development of best practices within the finance function.

Work you’ll do

Service delivery

·                Business acumen: Manages the complete budgeting and forecasting process for assigned profit centers, leveraging advanced analytical and quantitative skills to conduct in-depth variance and driver analyses that provide actionable insights to leadership. Oversee month-end and year-end activities, including identifying reclasses and accruals to ensure financials are accurate and completed on time.

·                Reporting and automation: Creates, automates, and maintains executive dashboards, presentations, and recurring reports using tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI/Tableau, VBA, and macros.

·                Financial modeling and analysis: Designs and refines complex financial models and conduct ad-hoc analyses to support strategic decision-making and scenario planning.

·                Project and process management: Leads small to medium projects and continuous enhancement initiatives, aligning efforts with business priorities, optimizing resources, and driving process efficiency to achieve desired outcomes within set timelines.

·                Prioritization and accuracy: Manages several time-sensitive priorities, applying rigorous analytical and research skills to ensure accuracy and attention to detail in all deliverables.

·                Team leadership: Delegate roles and responsibilities to Analysts and Senior Analysts, leveraging the strengths of team members while providing guidance and support, empowering team members, overseeing and ensuring timely delivery while maintaining accountability.

·                Quality and risk management: Ensures adherence to quality and risk standards, monitoring team processes and driving improvements to enhance capabilities, system knowledge, and service levels.

·                Stakeholder engagement: Provides timely, data-driven insights and recommendations to stakeholders, independently resolving queries and cultivating strong client relationships. Builds strong relationships across the organization, developing stakeholder management and influencing skills.

·                Business continuity: Ensure business continuity by being a backup for the Deputy Manager, Team Lead, or Controller for seamless finance operations.

Leadership competencies

·                Communication and executive presence: Deliver clear and concise messages, articulate ideas/thoughts with clarity and demonstrate professional demeanor and confidence.

·                Team cohesion and shared accountability: Build a cohesive and positive team environment, promote a sense of unity and shared ownership and accountability; encourage open communication; conduct / initiate / lead knowledge sharing sessions; promote a culture of continuous learning and development within the team and guide the team through transitions and uncertainties, address conflicts within the team promptly and constructively.

·                Analytical thinking and problem-solving mindset: Break down complex problems into manageable components for analysis and problem solving; apply a deep understanding of business/financial concepts to identify challenges, assess scenarios and potential outcomes, propose efficient recommendations and drive influential conversations for further implementation.

·                Conflict management: Learn techniques for handling conflicts within the team, mediating disputes, and promoting constructive dialogue to achieve resolutions that benefit everyone involved. 

·                Individual development: Cultivate a professional network within the organization i.e. Global Finance / USI global, represent GF in various forums, contribute to larger global programs / initiatives through volunteering; embrace a growth mindset and actively seek opportunities to expand knowledge and skills through training, workshops, and self-study.

·                People development: Clearly communicate goals, expectations, and feedback; provide guidance and support to team members, actively participate in their professional development; conduct regular check-ins with team members, address issues, provide regular feedback and progress to the team / business leaders; acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of team members and cultivate a culture of encouragement and recognition.

The Team

The DTTL Global Finance Group supports DTTL and member firms globally with financial reporting, analysis, and related strategic projects. Our team culture is collaborative and encourages team members to take initiative and seek on-the-job learning opportunities. Our Finance professionals are committed to excellence and to enhancing the trust of DTTL and member firms. Quality is our top priority, and by focusing on innovation, we continue to raise the bar on quality and deliver greater value to our internal clients.

Qualifications required:

• 6+ years of experience in FP&A, accounting and operations, preferably within multinational or other global organizations.
• Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related discipline (MBA, CMA, or equivalent) from an accredited institution.
• In-depth knowledge of accounting principles and expertise in financial reporting, financial statement analysis, KPIs/metrics, budgeting and forecasting cycle
• Advanced technical skills, including mastery of Excel (complex formulas, pivots, macros, executive dashboards), PowerPoint, and data visualization platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including recruiting, coaching, and developing talent while fostering a high-performance culture.
• Strong executive presence and influencing skills, with the ability to confidently engage senior stakeholders and steer conversations toward actionable outcomes.
• Robust project-management skills combined with rigorous quality- and risk-management discipline to deliver initiatives on time and within scope.
• Strategic thinker, able to connect financial insights to broader business objectives and long-term value creation.
• Demonstrated experience managing small to medium projects; ability to foster continuous learning and upskilling within the team.
• Experience with process improvement and digital transformation initiatives is preferred.

Work location: Hyderabad

Timings: 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM; 02:00 PM – 11:00 PM