Manager, Finance (FP&A)

Role: Manager, Finance (FP&A)

Industry Sector: SAAS

Location: Pune

About the Role

As part of a growing SaaS company, the FP&A role will drive financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis, while also acting as a trusted advisor to business teams. The candidate will partner closely with leadership on decision-making, investments, and growth strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide entity-wise and consolidated monthly reporting on financials with insights and present to management.
• Own the budgeting and forecasting cycle (annual, quarterly).
• Build and maintain SaaS financial models for existing and new businesses, including ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV, gross margin, unit economics, etc.
• Track key SaaS metrics and provide insights into growth, retention, and profitability drivers.
• Develop management dashboards and board-level/ investor reporting.
• Support fundraising and investor reporting as needed.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations teams to provide financial insights and decision support.
• Evaluate new initiatives, pricing models, product launches, and GTM strategies through financial lens.
• Drive ROI analysis on marketing campaigns, product investments, and hiring decisions.
• Act as a bridge between finance and business, enabling data-driven decision making.

Operational Excellence & Controls:

• Strengthen financial processes, systems, and reporting as the company scales.
• Support compliances with internal controls and provide recommendations to improve efficiency.

Qualifications/ Skills

• CA or MBA (Finance) from a reputed institution.
• 57 years of experience in FP&A and/or business finance, preferably in SaaS or subscription-based companies.
• Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Deep understanding of SaaS metrics, revenue recognition, and ARR/MRR mechanics.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills ability to influence non-finance leaders.
• Team management skills
• Strong business acumen and a proactive, strategic mindset.
• Hands-on with Excel/Google Sheets; exposure to BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.) preferred.