- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Mumbai
Main Purpose:
Manage headcount and staff cost related budgeting and forecasting process along with various review on P&L trend, overall, location and department level actual vs budget cost trend. Stakeholder coordination and management on various department related input/feedback.Working on initiatives related to process improvement, automation, efficiency improvement and system change
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:
Knowledge, Skills and abilities
- Education: Master’s Degree in Finance OR relevant Certification
- Experience: 5- 6+ years of experience in FP&A or Records to Report proce
- Experience working with Oracle ERP would be an advantage
- Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis, preferably with a focus on headcount and staff cost reporting and analysis
- Analyse historical data and current trends to make informed projections for future staffing needs and associated costs
- Experience working with large data sets and expert in excel and macros and dashboard reporting
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and draw meaningful conclusions
- Experience in process improvements, automation projects and system migration
- Experience in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
- Detail-oriented and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.
- Stakeholders coordination and relation maintaining across various global department and region
Key Responsibilities:
Headcount Planning & Analysis
- Lead the annual budgeting, monthly/quarterly forecasting/planning, and variance analysis processes.
- Provide detailed headcount insights and analysis to support business decisions.
- Partner with department head / operational teams and HR partners to understand business drivers and improve forecast accuracy.
- Drive continuous improvement in headcount planning processes and tools
Reporting
- Deliver timely and accurate financial reports, dashboards, and KPIs to senior leadership.
- Analyze variances between actuals, forecasts, and budgets; provide actionable recommendations.
- Support monthly and quarterly business reviews with detailed financial commentary.
- Ensure alignment of headcount reporting with global standards and compliance requirements.
Process Excellence
- Lead transformation initiatives to enhance FP&A capabilities, including automation and analytics.
- Standardize and streamline reporting processes across business and functions.
- Implement best practices in forecasting and budgeting process for Headcount analysis process
- Monthly headcount reporting across various division
- Weekly employee movement reporting to CEO and HR head for India location
- Monthly Headcount and staff cost Planning and Forecasting
- Actual vs Budget staff cost and headcount analysis and commentaries
- Reconciliations of payroll data, e.g. against bank payment and accrual accounts.
- Have a complete control on the balance sheet of the entities. To liaise with HR, local accountants etc to understand the balances where ever required.
- Working closely for audit deliverables with the Internal controls team and group audits.
- Working knowledge of Oracle ERP (preferable).
- Analyse payroll accounting data to identify errors, inconsistencies and over or under accruing against actual costs.
- Close partnership with local HR BP’s for various headcount related movement and understanding
- Monthly staff cost trend analysis and reporting
- Leading process improvement projects/initiatives
Key Relationships and Department Overview:
Key Relationships
- Colleagues in Group Cost Management (AP and AR)
- Local HR teams in the relevant payroll ledger countries
- Local HR BP’s for employee related inputs/changes
- Department owners, CEO and CFO
Reporting Structure
- Directly to the Payroll Accounting Manager in TGS Mumbai
