SKF India | Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

Responsibilities

• Reports To: India Industrial Controller.
• Coordinate the planning and monthly outlook processes for the Industrial Business.
• Consolidate, review, and analyse forecasts in Anaplan or other approved reporting tools.
• Provide clear actual-versus-forecast analysis by month and quarter.
• Partner with business stakeholders to evaluate strategic options through scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis.
• Assess price, mix, and volume movements by segment, SKU, and customer against the prior year, including PS and LPC impacts.
• Analyse the order book and operating margin by segment.
• Track OEM price increases by segment.
• Maintain a central repository of customer ARCs and monitor price-escalation clauses and related commercial exposure.
• Review dead and slow-moving stock, assess the adequacy of obsolescence provisions, and coordinate liquidation actions with KAMs and segment heads.
• Develop and monitor targeted inventory-reduction initiatives.
• Deliver profitability analysis by segment, product, and customer.
• Investigate errors affecting India results and coordinate corrective action with the relevant stakeholders.
• Review revenue, operating margin, and net working capital performance with segment heads, highlighting successes, risks, and required actions.
• Prepare the presentation deck in accordance with management guidelines.
• Forecast accuracy: Submit the monthly forecast by WD5.
• Maintain revenue and operating-profit forecast variance within ±5% of actual results.
• Prepare the annual forecast template and circulate it monthly for segment inputs.
• Assess all identified dead- and slow-moving inventory and complete at least 90% of agreed reduction or liquidation actions by the due date.
• Pricing governance: Support the business with pricing and margin analysis and simulations.
• Document the causes of material deviations and agree corrective actions with segment heads.
• Pricing governance: Track all approved OEM price increases by segment.
• Escalate overdue or unimplemented actions within five working days and report realised versus planned impact monthly.

Education & experience

• Strong experience in business controlling, FP&A, and commercial finance.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI, SAP/ERP.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-management, networking, and influencing skills.

SKF India

SKF India is an employer hiring in India.

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Pune.