Manager – FP&A and Business Finance Partnering

About the role

The role sits at the center of decision making, enabling leadership to make informed, data‑driven decisions by analyzing financial and operational information. We are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner / FP&A professional to partner with business and functional leaders, providing financial insights and analysis to support business growth, profitability, and strategic decision‑making.

Key responsibilities

• Report on monthly performance, analyze actuals vs. budget/forecast, and identify key variances, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Perform monthly profit and cost‑center reviews for accurate revenue and cost reporting.
• Partner with business leaders to analyze revenue, profitability, OPEX, headcount, staff costs, utilization, and resource capacity.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and monthly rolling forecast processes, aligning financial targets with business strategy.
• Develop financial models, scenario analysis, and business cases to support strategic initiatives, investments, pricing, and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with commercial and delivery teams on opportunity pricing, evaluating resource mix, delivery costs, risks, and expected margins.
• Assist resource/capacity planning and grade‑level cost‑rate reviews to ensure competitive and profitable resource pricing.
• Provide senior management with data‑driven insights, dashboards, and executive presentations to support business decisions.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement of MIS, KPI reporting, dashboards, forecasting, and FP&A processes.
• Offer ad‑hoc support on strategic initiatives across the firm.

Required profile

• 10–12 years of experience in FP&A, Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance, or Management Accounting.
• Background in consulting, professional services, Big 4 advisory, IT/technology services, or other project‑based environments.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, profitability analysis, and management reporting.
• Good understanding of project economics, resource planning, pricing, margins, utilization, and cost management.
• Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CMA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent is preferred.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel
• PowerPoint
• Power BI (or other BI tools)
• SAP
• Oracle