Manager - Financial Performance chez Mgpru

We are M&G Global Services Private Limited (formerly known as 10FA India Private Limited, and prior to that Prudential Global Services Private Limited). We are a fully owned subsidiary of the M&G group of companies, operating as a Global Capability Centre providing a range of value adding services to the Group since 2003.

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. 

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

M&G Global Services has rapidly transformed itself into a powerhouse of capability that is playing an important role in M&G’s ambition to be the best loved and most successful savings and investments company in the world.

Our diversified service offerings extending from Digital Services (Digital Engineering, AI, Advanced Analytics, RPA, and BI & Insights), Business Transformation, Management Consulting & Strategy, Finance, Actuarial, Quants, Research, Information Technology, Customer Service, Risk & Compliance and Audit provide our people with exciting career growth opportunities. Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

Job Description

Job Title

Manager – Financial Performance

Grade

2C

Level

Colleague

Job Function

Finance

Job Sub Function

Financial Performance and Cost management

Reports to

Senior Manager/AVP/VP  - Financial Performance and Cost management

Location

Mumbai

Business Area

M&G Global Services

Overall Job Purpose

To own and manage the delivery of requisite output / analysis to stakeholders involving multiple areas/teams within the Insurance and Investment business.

Managing and facing off to senior Stakeholder independently and supporting them with any Adhoc requirements/analysis through the team or self.

Ensure adequate cross training, process documentation, process controls and work flow management

Could include People management and related responsibilities like training, development and growth in the Organisation.

Primary Key Responsibilities (Top 3-5 KRA)

• Accountability and Ownership of delivering accurate Management information as per agreed timelines both BAU and Ad hoc.
• Engage with Senior Stakeholders independently to support with Adhoc MI requirement/Analysis
• Financial analysis of regular MI to develop key messages/insights that are concise and clear to support decision making
• Provide Project support as a Subject matter expert/Process owner and ensure seamless transition into BAU.
• To demonstrate a positive risk, compliance and control culture through the identification, assessment, monitoring and management of risks and issues within the business area, alongside ensuring timely and appropriate resolution of control weaknesses, actions and failures that arise.

Additional Responsibilities:

MI Reporting

• Deliver scheduled reporting tasks
• P&L Reporting for various areas with the Investment business.
• Management reviews and value added analysis.
• Provide insights on positive and negative trends and anomalies associated with performance and communicate to business stakeholders
• Develop, implement and maintain support documentation regarding operations, functionality, framework, policies and procedures
• Ensuring back-ups are in place such that there are no key man dependencies
• Conduct regular reviews of MI and its production to ensure fitness for purpose, recommending and implementing improvements
• Work with relevant teams to drive process efficiency through Automation / MI Rationalisation

Forecasting and Budgeting

• Support Stakeholders with Forecasting and Budgeting including analysing the forecasts and giving value added insights on variances.

Data integrity management

• Validating the financial data received from key systems for accuracy and completeness
• Proactively identify and highlight any anomalies and work with relevant teams to fix the issues to ensure accurate reporting
• Deal with queries on data from Finance team and business stakeholders independently

Ad Hoc

• Working on ad hoc request received from internal and external stakeholders
• Explanation the key movements and trends of MI figures to stakeholders

Key Stakeholder Management

Internal

• FP&A Team UK and Business Areas - for hand offs, co-ordination, reporting
• Business Areas, Mumbai - provide/seek information
• Finance Systems -  applications support
• IT – Systems access
• Financial Accounting – Inputs for MI
• HR – recruitment and training

External

• External Auditors
• Third Party Vendors

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Educational Qualification

Knowledge & Skills (Must Have) :

• Hands-on experience in FP&A
• Strong financial analysis skills with attention to detail
• Experience in engaging with business discussions
• Confidence & excellent communication
• Excellent Stakeholder management skills
• Good knowledge of Office 365, Business Objects (Web intelligence), Forecasting tools like Oracle EPM, Power BI
• Good Presentation skills (verbal and written)
• Flexibility, able to react quickly to changing priorities and timelines
• Takes responsibility and demonstrates ownership of issues
• Function as a motivated, self-starting, and independent individual
• Ability to effectively absorb information from various sources, then analyse and examine data in detail, and draw appropriate conclusions.
• Ability to work and deliver in pressure situations

Knowledge & Skills (Additional) :

• People management skills

Experience:

4-6 years

Educational Qualification:

• Part /Qualified Accountant, MBA in Finance  or Graduate/Post Graduate in Commerce / BMS with FP&A experience

M&G Behaviours relevant to all roles:

Tell it like it is : Respectfully speaking up to create better ways forward- both direct and empathetic 

Own it now: Putting your name on things with confidence to drive progress and result quickly

Move it Forward Together: Forming cross- functional teams to seize the right opportunities and solve real problems

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.