Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

E2404319-2

Job Description

ROLE TITLE: Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis – Grade L9

Company Overview

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services

company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our

experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital,

health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #5 among India’s Best Companies to Work for 2023, #21 under LinkedIn Top Companies in India list, and received Top 25 BFSI recognition from Great Place To Work India. We have been ranked Top 5 among India’s Best Workplaces in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Top 10 among India’s Best Workplaces for Women in 2022.
• We offer 100% Work from Home flexibility for all our Functional employees and provide some of the best-in-class Employee Benefits and Programs catering to work-life balance and overall well-being. In addition to this, we also have Regional Engagement Hubs across India and a co-working space in Bangalore.
  
  

Organizational Overview

Synchrony Finance Centre of Excellence team broadly supports the areas of FP&A, Controllership, Treasury, Finance Analytics and Sourcing and carries out Direct ownership & accountability for Planning, Pacing, R2R and P2P activities

ROLE SUMMARY/PURPOSE: Responsible for financial planning & analysis processes in support of the Synchrony Enabling organization. Partner with Senior Leader to provide financial management and analysis to optimize efficiency and support innovation and growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct ownership of financial planning & analysis processes relating to annual budget for specific enabling functions.
• Support and execute annual Op Plan budgeting, weekly pacing estimation, variance analysis, and quarterly & monthly close responsibilities
• Partner with Office of Agile and BS&D Finance teams on reporting, forecasting, and planning throughout the Strategic Planning process
• As part of the Enabling Finance team, drive functional initiatives, evaluate investment decisions and influence strategy to ensure cost effective servicing, compliance, productivity & profitability.
• Provide strategic financial decision support to the functional SLT’s / Staff and advocate for functional resource needs.
• Drive and manage cost out efforts
• Partner with respective SLT staff members to drive financial decision making, monitor and forecast expenses.
• Provide financial analysis and summaries, including identification of key drivers of the results, and areas of opportunity and risks in the respective functions.
• Drive completion of monthly accounting entries to properly state month end accruals.
• Partner with sourcing to review contracts, SOW’s and purchase orders for compliance with company policy, legal entity requirements, and accounting distribution
• Support and maintain strong controls around project approval, spend & reporting
• Advise and coordinate with cross functional project teams.
• Assist with ad hoc analysis as required.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.
  
  

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Experience in Annual operating plan (AOP), Forecasting approaches
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, multi-tasking capabilities are a must
• Ability to lead projects, assignments and ad hoc requests
• Sound Decision making skills
• Knowledge of Advanced Excel & Macros
• Financial Modelling
• Knowledge of Oracle/Hyperion

Desired Skills/Knowledge

• Strong analytical and process skills and experience analyzing data to provide meaningful results
• Knowledge of Tableau/Power BI
• Excellent organizational, planning and prioritization skills
• Experience in a service oriented captive business environment preferred – other experiences in KPO may also be preferred
  
  

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• CA/ MBA (Finance) / CA-Inter / CWA-Inter / M.Com with 2 – 4 Years of relevant work experience or 4 - 6 years in lieu of graduation
  
  

Work Timings

The role requires the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST. The remaining hours are flexible, and would typically not exceed 01:30 AM EST, unless there is an exceptional business need.

For Internal Applicants

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying.
• Inform your Manager or HRM before applying for any role on Workday.
• Ensure that your Professional Profile is updated (fields such as Education, Prior experience, Other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)
• For levels 4 - 7, Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible
• For Level 8+, Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible
  
  

Job Family Group

Finance