Springer Nature India | Manager - Financial Planning and Ananlysis

Key responsibilities

• As Finance Manager, you will serve as a strategic business partner to senior leadership, driving financial planning, commercial decision support, and business performance across Sales, Publishing, Editorial, and corporate functions.
• The role combines FP&A, commercial finance, business partnering, and financial analysis, requiring strong financial acumen, data-driven decision-making, and the ability to translate complex financial insights into actionable business outcomes.
• This is a high-visibility role offering the opportunity to influence growth strategy, evaluate new products and business initiatives, and lead finance transformation efforts while partnering closely with the CFO, Managing Director, and cross-functional leaders to drive profitability and sustainable business growth.
• Lead the annual and quarterly planning processes, working closely with functional and business leaders, demonstrating strong stakeholder management, strategic mindset, and effective communication skills.
• Partner with functional heads to understand the key business drivers behind financial performance, leveraging business insights, consulting skills, and financial acumen.
• Analyse historical performance and develop forward-looking insights to support management decisions, utilizing data analytics, quantitative skills, and a strategic mindset.
• Own monthly financial reviews and provide insightful analysis of actuals vs. plan, trends, risks, and opportunities through strong financial acumen, business insights, and data analytics capabilities.
• Support strategic and ad hoc business analysis as required, applying business insights, financial modelling, valuation methodologies, and a global perspective where relevant.
• Provide financial insights to help leadership identify growth opportunities and emerging risks, utilizing financial acumen, strategic thinking, and consulting skills.
• Analyse profitability and margins across products, customers, and business segments using financial modelling, data analytics, and quantitative skills.
• Support management in making data-driven commercial decisions through robust financial analysis, business insights, consulting skills, and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Lead the annual planning process for Publishing Plans and Editorial Budgets, applying financial acumen, stakeholder management, and a strategic mindset.
• Evaluate the financial viability of new products and publishing initiatives using financial modelling, valuation methodologies, and strong business insights.
• Drive feasibility analysis across products, verticals, and business opportunities through quantitative analysis, financial modelling, and strategic thinking.
• Analyse production economics, costs, and margins leveraging financial acumen, data analytics, and business insights.
• Own Gross Margin analysis, including identifying and explaining key drivers and variances through strong quantitative skills, financial analysis, and effective communication.
• Support decisions around product investments, pricing, volumes, and profitability using financial modelling, valuation methodologies, and a strategic mindset.
• Act as the finance partner who connects creative/publishing decisions with commercial outcomes through strong consulting skills, stakeholder management, business insights, and effective communication.
• Act as the Finance SPOC for the Author Engagement Programme, building trusted relationships through strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Manage financial aspects relating to author royalties and contracts, applying financial acumen, quantitative skills, and sound commercial judgment.
• Analyse royalty structures and their impact on product economics and margins through data analytics, financial modelling, and business insights.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to ensure commercial and financial considerations are incorporated into author/content decisions, leveraging consulting skills, stakeholder management, and effective communication.
• Identify opportunities to make commercial finance processes simpler, faster, and more effective through business insights, data analytics, and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Develop and implement robust finance processes across business functions, balancing stakeholder requirements while demonstrating strong consulting skills and stakeholder management.
• Drive standardisation and consistency in financial processes and reporting through strong financial acumen, communication skills, and process discipline.

Springer Nature India

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

• Industry: Technology / IT / BPM