Finance Business manager will be responsible for managing and reviewing key deliverables related to budgeting, cost management, client management, SLA, Governance, Reporting, Efficiency tracking, driving reengineering projects, for ISPL Finance shared services, Mumbai

Individual must possess strong expertise in the area of Finance, Stakeholder management, Communication Management and preparing presentations for senior management

Business Management

• Support the Business management function for the Financial Shared services (FSS) business line within BNP Paribas.
• Conduct quarterly and half-yearly Governance calls for the business with the onshore clients. (Hosting the call, giving resource updates, assist in finalizing the dashboards and sharing Minutes of the meeting.)
• Prepare Corporate and Visitor packs for the Region and Country heads.
• Prepare Townhall decks for the internal and external meetings
• Seats Management for the entire department (FMS tool upload and changes & BCP seats calculation)
• Track Contractor cost on monthly basis (tenure of contract, internalization of resources and post budget requests)
• Restructuring and maintenance of organization unit (movement in Refog, Sailpoint and Peoplemine systems) for entire department
• Assist in RCSA and IG control process framework for the team

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Steering the entire Budgeting & Forecasting process for FSS
• Prepare FSS Budget calendar, schedule review meetings with work stream heads and FSS HOD Standard Template presentation to ISPL CEO
• Tracking of discretionary cost across teams
• Prepare Travel Calculator for budgeting Travel & Entertainment expenses
• Prepare necessary variance analysis supporting documents for tracking movements across teams, regions, hc type etc.
• Review for successful Headcount & Cost load into the tool
• Prepare Budget packs for regional heads and schedule review for clarifications on any transitions
• Discussions with Regional CFOs and their teams to state the regional numbers and consensus on predictions for both the parties
• Deep dive of cost analysis to track forecast numbers closely
• Prepare region wise efficiency report across teams in accordance with long term plan
• Prepare consultancy report across projects and tracking of consultants against budget and seeking necessary approvals for any extensions or changes
• Involve in Interplatform budgeting tool testing for actuals and predictive HC and cost
• Involved in budget transfer of headcount & cost across teams, inter platforms and CIB entities

Cost Management

• Analyze and interpret cost reports and provide commentaries on monthly basis
• Conduct Variance analysis and provide commentaries to management
• Manage and Review Invoices vs. Budget (Resources, Cost and Variances)

Recruitment Dashboard management

• Approvals of requisition for all the Workstreams in the department
• Tracking of requisition and actuals movement of resources
• Approval tracking for requisition summary to Finance COO

Contributing Responsibilities

Resource Management

• Timesheet management
• Headcount tracking and allocation across entities, regions and teams
• Prepare and distribute reports to different stakeholders (PPM, Business Owners, Project Managers, and Senior Management).

Invoice Management

• Review of monthly input file preparation for Quarterly Invoicing
• Review and tracking of movements in SLA and Invoices as per the client request
• Review of recipient mapping for distribution of invoices
• Liaise with Finance team to calculate and track invoices on quarterly basis.
• Query resolution on invoices from onshore.

Governance

• Review the governance packs for GSO, CFO, ISPL CEO and Finance COO
• Changes in the template and structure of governance packs
• Tracking of action items and completion follow up for every quarter

SharePoint Management

• Maintain SharePoint for the Workstreams and Department at large (updating the SharePoint on regular intervals and attending governance meetings)

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Must be efficient in MS Office
• Hands on experience on MS Project
• Working knowledge of Tableau, Power BI and SharePoint
• Strong knowledge on SAP and Vinci

Specific Qualifications (if Required)

• MBA in finance is preferable

Skills Referential

• Behavioural Skills : (Please select up to 4 skills)
• Client focused
• Decision Making
• Ability to deliver / Results driven
• Communication skills – oral & written
• Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
• Ability to manage a project
• Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…
• Analytical Ability
• Ability to develop and leverage networks
• Ability to understand, explain and support change

Education Level

• Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

• At least 10 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if Required)

• MBA in finance is preferable