Description:
This is a high-visibility role that requires someone equally comfortable building granular financial models and presenting insights to senior leadership. You will work directly with Admin, HR, Facilities, IT, and other corporate departments to plan and control both operating expenditure (OpEx) and capital expenditure (CapEx), ensuring Arcesium's footprint is managed efficiently and transparently.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end OpEx and CapEx planning for India locations, covering facilities, infrastructure, IT assets, and office operations.
- Collaborate with Admin, HR, Facilities, IT, and other teams to develop annual budget, quarterly forecast etc.
- Track actual spend versus budget at country and office level; investigate variances and work with stakeholders to course-correct in-year.
- Act as the primary finance business partner for assigned department, translating business plans into financial forecasts and providing clear budget guidance.
- Support headcount planning cycles — model hiring plans, attrition scenarios, and the associated cost implications (compensation, benefits, seat costs) at department and location level.
- Prepare and present monthly/quarterly budget reviews, forecast updates and ad-hoc analysis to Finance leadership and other relevant stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports that gives visibility into expenses, headcount, and key financial KPIs.
- Contribute to Finance transformation initiatives — tools, automation, and process improvements that increase speed, accuracy, and self-service capability.
What You'll Need
- CA/MBA Finance from reputed institute, with 2-5 years of relevant FP&A or Finance Business Partnering experience.
- Prior experience in budgeting and forecasting OpEx, CapEx, and headcount in the Technology industry (SaaS, Enterprise software, or FinTech) strongly preferred.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise planning and reporting tools: Anaplan, Oracle, Power BI, or equivalent.
- Familiarity with data science concepts (data wrangling, statistical analysis, visualization) and comfortable working with large datasets.
- Experience with automation and process improvement (Python, SQL, or BI scripting is a plus).
- Exceptional attention to detail combined with the ability to zoom out and communicate the strategic picture.
- Strong business partnering and influencing skills — able to build credibility and trust with senior stakeholders across Finance and non-Finance functions.
- Proactive, self-driven, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global environment with shifting priorities.