Senior Manager - Finance Business Partner

Role Summary

Lead financial planning, performance analytics, and business partnering for Sulzer Business Services (SBS), Pune Hub.
This role will go beyond traditional planning and reporting to build a forward-looking, insight-driven finance capability that supports global leaders with meaningful decision support.
The position combines enterprise planning, performance management, business partnering, and cost visibility, while ensuring robust financial governance, scalable analytics, and disciplined cost management across SBS functions.
The role also supports cost transparency, allocation governance, and value realization, contributing to a financially sustainable and outcome-driven SBS operating model

Key Responsibilities

Finance Business Partnership
Act as a trusted finance advisor to SBS functional leaders and global stakeholders across regions.
Support structured decision-making through data-backed insights, scenario analysis, and financial modelling.
Partner with operations, functional teams, and hub leadership to improve planning quality, resource deployment, and cost discipline.
Enable leadership teams to evaluate trade-offs across capacity, growth, delivery priorities, and efficiency initiatives.

Cost Governance, Allocations & Value Realization
Support transparent and consistent governance of SBS cost allocations and chargeback methodologies in partnership with controlling, tax, and business stakeholders.
Maintain cost pools, allocation drivers, and supporting assumptions to ensure clarity and consistency in cost recovery.
Contribute to transfer pricing and intercompany cost documentation by coordinating with relevant finance, tax, and legal teams.
Quantify and track value realization across productivity, automation, sourcing, and footprint initiatives with credible supporting evidence.
Support vendor and functional cost analytics to identify trends, optimization opportunities, and financial improvement actions.

Controls, Data & Governance
Ensure strong oversight on financial accuracy, reporting timelines, and adherence to governance requirements.
Maintain reporting integrity through disciplined data management, mapping logic, and process documentation.
Support compliance with corporate finance policies, internal control standards, and audit expectations where relevant.
Drive accountability, transparency, and ethical financial practices across planning and reporting activities.

Performance Tracking & Business Insights
Build and publish periodic performance reporting including Flash, MBR/QBR, and executive summaries for leadership.
Strengthen KPI frameworks and performance dashboards to improve visibility into cost, productivity, delivery, and value creation.
Analyze cost trends, spend drivers, and performance gaps; recommend corrective actions and business interventions.
Drive cost-to-serve, unit economics, and functional performance views to support decision-making.

Enterprise Planning & Financial Performance
Lead the annual operating plan (AOP), periodic forecasts, and long-range financial outlook for SBS Pune Hub.
Build robust financial scenarios to assess risks, opportunities, and business choices.
Translate business developments, operating changes, and growth priorities into financial implications and actions.
Maintain forecast bridges, risks/opportunities, and key assumptions to support leadership decision-making.
Support month/quarter/year-end financial reviews by providing meaningful variance analysis and financial commentary.

Analytics, Systems & Process Improvement
Enhance decision support through advanced financial models and analytical tools
Promote adoption of automation and digital solutions to improve efficiency and quality of output
Drive standardization, streamline workflows, and strengthen data management practices

Experience and Key Skills Required
CA / CMA / MBA (Finance) with 7-10 years of relevant experience in business finance, finance partnering, or related roles in GBS / GCC organizations.
Strong knowledge in financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and business economics
Prior experience working with global stakeholders across multiple geographies
Demonstrated people leadership, managing and developing teams at scale
Ability to simplify complex financial information for senior leadership
Experience in management reporting, KPI development, scenario modelling, and executive-level insights.
Good understanding of cost governance, allocation principles, and financial controls; exposure to intercompany / transfer pricing support is an advantage.
Hands-on experience with SAP, Advanced Excel, Power BI or similar analytical/reporting tools.
Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving structured problem-solving
Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability
Analytical mindset with a focus on actionable outcomes
Awareness of global business and economic drivers

Core Competencies
Strategic finance and business acumen
Financial planning, analytics, and storytelling
Business partnering and stakeholder influence
Cost visibility, performance discipline, and governance
Process improvement and automation mindset
Structured problem-solving and decision support
Collaboration across functions, regions, and cultures
Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive outcomes in a GCC environment