Finance Business Advisor

**Finance Business Advisor - AVP**:
**Job ID**:R0397403

**Full/Part-Time**:Full-time

**Regular/Temporary**:Regular

**Listed**:2025-07-30

**Location**:Pune

**Position Overview**:
**In Scope of Position based Promotions (INTERNAL only)**

**Job Title: Finance Business Advisor - AVP**

**Corporate Title: AVP**

**Location: Pune, India**

**Role Description**
- You will work in the **CFO Infrastructure**team. The team are responsible for managing, reporting, annual planning, re-statement and challenging costs for all Infrastructure functions in bank partnering with the business to achieve strategic financial targets and outcomes. The role will be aligned to an ‘Infrastructure Finance - CFO Finance Director (FD) team.

**What we’ll offer you**

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy
- Best in class leave policy
- Gender neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
- Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
- Accident and Term life Insurance
- Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

**Your key responsibilities**

**Business lead FD**:

- Providing cost insights & analysis to support decision making on strategic initiatives for divisions,
- Providing monthly analysis of spends, perform independent cost analysis, monthly control of MECC / Flash, Actual movements, review of aged purchase orders, as required vendor analysis
- Forecast guidance to COOs, reporting and driving quarterly divisional performance review discussions on financials.
- Support for division submission for Planning / R&R / PPA cycles.

**FD for central function -**Automation initiatives, Cost deep dive
- Deliver on continuous improvement initiatives, driving process efficiency through automation, report optimization and book of work rationalization - this is critical to create capacity to manage the growing book of work (Control focus, SVA topics etc)
- Key focus on cost deep dives and ongoing monitoring

**Control champion for CFO FD**
- Ensuring controls & validations process for the CFO FD are compliant and implemented
- Responsible for review and provide sign off for Balance sheet

**Your skills and experience**
- Professionally qualified person (Postgraduate, ACA or Tier I MBA) with >10 years of post-qualification experience
- Management of high performing teams in a fast-moving environment
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to develop and maintain effective relationships
- Strong knowledge of Month end financial processes, Financial Analysis and Budgeting processes with experience ideally gained from within Financial Services
- Strong knowledge of CFO Financials, Balance sheet cost drivers, transfer pricing aspects etc
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- Excellent knowledge of the relevant DB financial systems and -processes (e.g. GGL, SAP etc.).
- Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment, prioritizes multiple tasks, and meets strict deadlines.
- Strong Communication skills required. Ability to converse clearly with regional and global stakeholders/clients

**How we’ll support you**
- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Coaching and support from experts in your team
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

**About us and our teams**

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