Assistant Manager - Commercial Finance

About the role

Dentsuaegis is hiring an Assistant Manager - Commercial Finance for its Americas Planning & Reporting Centre of Excellence (PRCoE) in Bangalore. The role advises business leaders of a large profit centre on revenue, profit and margin targets, leads a team supporting commercial finance activities, and reports to the Americas Associate Director of PRCoE. It requires availability during partial UK / US hours (3:00 PM IST to 12:00 AM IST).

Key responsibilities

• Review and advise on strategic financial plans and analyse budgets and forecasts to support business decisions.
• Support client and vendor negotiations on pricing, early payment discounts, rebates and volume commitments.
• Analyse client profitability and drive initiatives to improve margin.
• Manage revenue and cost forecasting, variance analysis, margin targets and pricing and staff plan optimisation.
• Support working capital management (WIP/AR/Media Liability reporting), intercompany agreements and cross charges.
• Review contracts with the Legal department and support the RFI/RFPS process.
• Coordinate client audits, support AR and write-off management, and supply ad-hoc financial information.
• Maintain revenue tracking systems, develop ad-hoc reports and financial models, and assist business partners with special projects.
• Manage revenue forecasts in MSFT D365 and pipeline in Salesforce.

Required profile

• Qualified CA / ACCA or CPA with 4+ years of progressive experience in commercial finance, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• CMA / CIMA / CA Inter with 7+ years of similar experience.
• Ability to handle highly confidential information with strict confidentiality and discretion.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas, modelling).
• Familiarity with D365, SAP BPC, Workday, Tableau and Concur.
• Good knowledge of forecasting and reporting.