FP&A Senior Associate

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world's largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That's why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply 'empower' you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we'll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Financial Planning & Analysis

PUNE, INDIA

Department: Finance Employment Type: Full time

About the Company

Apex Group Ltd., established in Bermuda in 2003 is one of the world's largest financial service providers with c.10,000 employees operating out of c.85 offices in 42 countries. The Group has c.$3 trillion assets under management and has delivered strong growth of >10% year on year for the last 3 years. Apex Group offers a single source solution to customers for financial services as it has the broadest range of services amongst its competitors. These services include fund administration solutions, digital on-boarding of bank accounts, depositary, custody and super ManCo services, corporate and family office services, business services including HR and payroll and a pioneering ESG ratings and advisory service for private companies.

Pune Global Service Centre FP&A Team

India is growing as an Apex Group finance hub as it provides intelligent, enthusiastic, and energetic professionals to compliment a strong global finance team. This is a great opportunity to join the Global FP&A Team who have chosen Pune as their FP&A Global Service Centre (GSC). The FP&A Pune Team started with a 7-member team in 2021 in Phase 1. Following early successes of the Pune team and the need for increased reporting to stakeholders following a high number of recent business acquisitions, the team grew to 25 members in 2022 in Phase 2. We now have a team of technically strong and energetic employees and middle management professionals delivering an increasing number of data sets, standardised deliverables, and improved analytical reporting to assist the Global FP&A team in managing reporting for the entire portfolio of Group Companies.

The FP&A organisational structure is relatively flat thereby increasing opportunities for everyone to grow and build a successful career.

Our Phase 3 Pune hiring is now commencing. We are looking to expand the existing team to complement our world class high performing team. These roles are expected to drive data cleansing, standardised processing and be engaging with business, management, and finance teams across the globe.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Finance professional to join a high performing Global FP&A team operating in a fast growth Global Financial Services organisation.

In this 3rd phase, there are a few openings at all levels (Associate, Senior Associate, Assistant Vice President and Vice President).

The Global FP&A team is functionally structured with Group Reporting (which includes synergy reporting as well), Revenue Partnering, People Cost Partnering and Expense Partnering (all expenses except People Cost) as the main pillars. Recently we have also introduced and working towards setting up a Regional Partnership Team. The Entire Team and each Pillar is led by extremely knowledgeable, experienced, dedicated, and professional leaders. With organisational growth there is a need to expand the existing FP&A team by creating a Global Service centre (GSC) which will help enhance the overall functionality of the FP&A profile.

Basis the specific function the activities may differ but an overall list of activities covered under the various roles are as below:

• Close partnership with the FP&A HR Business Partner
• Understand the main drivers while performing various activities under the different pillars (functions) of the Global FP&A Team to help perform better
• Perform and own day to day, monthly BAU activities and ad hoc requests
• Perform the yearly Forecast and Planning activities
  • Actual vs Plan
  • Role Relocation / Target Operating Model Tracking
  • Synergy Tracking
• Do a Deep dive analysis of the P&L with detailed commentary for various Stakeholders
  • The Leadership team(Global FP&A)
  • Group Segment / Product Leads and Group Regional Heads
  • Group CFO
  • Group COO
• Assist the seniors in preparing various reports and dash boards (e.g: Reports related to Profitability, revenue growth, trend analytics etc)
• Help in new system implementation (Workday)
• Work within the team to create a robust team culture with proper back up for processes, SOP & documentation
• Work towards automation (basis requirement), systemtransformation, innovation projects, enhancing the processes for better control and analytics
• For Leadership roles, the leads will need to drive, own and work towards creating a robust structure functionally and administratively

Skills Required:

• Minimum of 2-15 years Financial Planning & Analysis experience (Depending on the position)
• Proficiency in Microsoft package (Word/Excel/Power Point/Power BI)
• Knowledge of Workday/Adaptive Planning (Group Management Reporting system) preferred
• Project Management Skills, Self-starter, Ability to multitask, good team player
• Take accountability and end to end ownership of the tasks managed
• Decision making capability and Attention to detail
• Customer Centricity (Stakeholder Centricity)
• Good Communication & Stakeholder Management skills
• Strong Time Management skill, ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrable use and management of large data sets
• Data analytics and visualisation skills
• Knowledge of Prophix (group management reporting system) and Financial Force an added advantage

What you will get in return:

• A high level of visibility within a large organisation which is on an upward trajectory
• Be part of a dynamic and fast-paced team that makes a visible contribution to Management decision making and deliver a tangible impact on the business.
• Exposure to all aspects of the business, cross-jurisdiction and to working with a broad range of internal stakeholders.
• Opportunity to work with a diverse, agile and global finance and management teams.

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experience. We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society, and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

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