Associate, Financial Planning

Description

About this role

Business Unit Overview:
BlackRock recognizes the importance of quality and accurate business intelligence needed to make critical business decisions at all levels of the organization. The BlackRock FP&A team is aligned to the firm’s overall organizational structure in order to appropriately engage with each business unit to deliver key financial management activities. The FP&A mission is enabling the firm to achieve its strategic and business goals from a financial perspective. Specifically, FP&A is responsible for driving:
Effective Business Planning - providing relevant and timely financial intelligence to business partners across the firm through a standardized and consistent set of performance measurements linked with common decision support tools, business standards, language, and rules.

Strategic Resource Allocation - helping to link operations and financial performance, tightly managing performance against strategic goals, and enabling execution of business strategies.

Management of Business Performance - developing and communicating business strategies by curating the definition and measurement of metrics for success.

Job Purpose:
Responsible for supporting regional APAC FP&A Team in India, which include Management and Business Reporting, Data analytics, Budgeting, Forecasting, Adhocs & Project Support.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead a strong team of 1/2 analysts/senior analysts
- Lead the team to provide both management and functional oversight to ensure timely and accurate BAU delivery
- Ability to influence decision making for the team and for driving initiatives in the India teaM/Function
- Driving business partnership and supporting partners in deriving business insights/solutions
- Hands-on with creating existing/new management reports (Financials covering flows, revenue, expenses etc.), including partnering on budgeting/forecasting and sharing financial results with global FP&A/businesses teams
- Find opportunities to drive standardization and automation to generate efficiency
- Build strong governance around the processes
- Show desire to work in a constantly evolving, changing and challenging environment
- Drive the BlackRock principles

Skills and Qualifications:

- MBA or equivalent degree with proven experience of experience in FP&A (7+ years), covering Variance Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Management Reporting
- Experience of team management & performance Management
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience in preparation of flash report / dashboards and management review packs
- Experience of working on advanced Excel required. Knowledge of MS Access will be added advantage
- Experience with TM1, Hyperion, Essbase or similar multi-dimensional analytical tools
- Proven ability to constantly evaluate systems, processes and procedures for inefficiencies, making recommendations for improvement, creating back-ups for existing processes and ability to guide the team
- Work and deliver under general guidance or mínimal direct supervision
- Ability to handle large data and derive meaningful information
- Analytical bent of mind combined with financial acuity. Well-versed with Finance terminologies
- Ability to quickly understand and connect business drivers
- Ability to establish relationship with multiple stakeholders
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment (not only FP&A team but also across Finance)
- 'Can-do' attitude - willing to contribute at all levels in a small but high performing team environment with tight deadlines and multiple demands

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 3 days in the office each week, with the flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week; some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. Beginning in September, all employees will shift to at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for the