UPL - Lead - Financial Planning & Analysis/Central MIS

Job Title : FP&A & C Lead Central MIS

Location : Thane
Reporting to : Global Head - FP&A & Consolidation
Role Purpose :
Lead and drive the Groups Central FP&A and MIS function, responsible for delivering high-quality financial planning, analytics, and management insights to support strategic decision-making at Group CFO and leadership levels. The role will act as a single point of ownership for FP&A processes, MIS governance, and analytics transformation, ensuring standardization, automation, and high-quality insight generation across all regions and platforms.
Key Responsibilities :
1. FP&A Leadership & Governance :
- Lead Central MIS team to ensure timely delivery of all monthly, quarterly and yearly deliverables, consolidation of Budget, Forecast, and Long Range Planning.
- Ensure strong governance, timelines, and alignment with Group assumptions.
- Establish robust connect with regions and platforms.
- Act as key FP&A business partner to Group CFO.
2. Central MIS Ownership & Excellence :
- Own end-to-end Group MIS delivery (monthly / quarterly performance).
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of financial reporting.
- Drive standardised MIS formats, KPIs, and definitions across entities.
- Enhance quality of management reporting with sharper insights and narratives.

3. Performance Analytics & Decision Support :
- Lead variance analysis, driver-based insights, and profitability analytics.
- Provide actionable recommendations on revenue, margin, and cost performance.
Support CFO and leadership with :
1. Strategic reviews.
2. Board-level analytics.
3. Business case evaluations.
4. FP&A Transformation & Digitisation :
- Drive transformation from Excel-based processes to system-driven FP&A (SAC / BI tools).
- Lead automation initiatives across planning, reporting, and analytics.
- Partner with IT / GBS on data architecture and reporting pipelines.
- Implement advanced analytics (predictive forecasting / scenario modelling).
5. Data Governance & Control :
- Establish strong data governance framework across regions and platforms.
- Ensure data consistency, validation controls, and reconciliation discipline.
- Work closely with Controllers / GBS to enhance data quality.
- Embed audit-ready processes in FP&A workflows.
6. Stakeholder Management & Alignment :
- Collaborate closely with Regional & Platform Controllers, Business Finance teams, and IT / GBS / Data teams.
- Act as bridge between Central FP&A and business teams.
- Drive alignment on assumptions, outputs, and insights.
7. Team Leadership & Capability Building :

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- Lead and manage Central MIS & FP&A team.
- Build next line of leadership and strengthen team capability.
- Drive performance culture, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications & Experience :
- MBA Finance / CMA / CA.
- 15 years of experience in FP&A / Business Finance.
- Strong exposure to multi-country, central FP&A environments.
- Experience in leading teams and managing stakeholders globally.
Key Skills & Competencies :
- Strong financial planning & modelling expertise.
- Advanced analytics & business insight generation.
- SAP tools (SAC / GR / Qlik / Power BI).
- SAP / ERP ecosystem exposure.
- Strong governance & controls mindset.
- Executive communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders (CFO / leadership teams).
Key Success Metrics :
- Timeliness & accuracy of Group MIS.
- Forecast accuracy and planning effectiveness.
- Automation / system adoption metrics.
- Quality of insights delivered to CFO / leadership.
- Stakeholder satisfaction (regions / controllers).