Associate Lead Consultant - Financial Planning & Analysis Job

YASH Technologies is a leading technology integrator specializing in helping clients reimagine operating models, enhance competitiveness, optimize costs, foster exceptional stakeholder experiences, and drive business transformation.

At YASH, we’re a cluster of the brightest stars working with cutting-edge technologies. Our purpose is anchored in a single truth – bringing real positive changes in an increasingly virtual world and it drives us beyond generational gaps and disruptions of the future.

We are looking forward to hire Financial Planning & Analysis Professionals in the following areas :

Job description:

Experience required:  10+ years

Principal – ERP Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Location: Global Capability Center (Offshore)
Department: Business Technology – Global Capability Center (GCC)

Overview

Client Corporation is seeking an experienced Principal – ERP R2R - Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to join the Global Capability Center (GCC) and provide functional leadership for enterprise planning, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting solutions supporting global Finance operations, ERP transformation, and mergers & acquisitions.

This offshore leadership role will serve as the primary SAP R2R - FP&A functional expert within the GCC, partnering closely with Global Finance, Corporate FP&A, Business Technology, Enterprise Architecture, and implementation partners to deliver scalable planning and reporting capabilities across the enterprise.

The Principal will support the BD integration program and future acquisitions by helping standardize planning processes, financial reporting, and performance management while leveraging SAP S/4HANA, Group Reporting, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and related planning technologies.

Key Responsibilities

FP&A Solution Leadership

• Serve as the Global Capability Center functional lead for ERP R2R - Financial Planning & Analysis solutions.
• Partner with Global FP&A, Finance leadership, and Business Process Owners to define and implement future-state planning and performance management processes.
• Drive global standardization of budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, management reporting, and financial performance analysis.
• Support ERP transformation initiatives and finance process improvements aligned with SAP best practices.
• Recommend scalable planning and reporting solutions that improve forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and decision support.

SAP Planning & Reporting

Lead functional design, configuration, and support for enterprise planning solutions including: SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning, SAP S/4HANA Finance integration, Financial Planning and Forecasting, Annual Budgeting, Long-Range Planning, Driver-Based Planning, Profitability and Margin Analysis, Cost Center Planning, Profit Center Planning, Capital Planning, Workforce Planning, Management Reporting, Financial Dashboards and KPI Reporting, SAP Group Reporting integration

Financial Data & Analytics

• Design planning models and reporting structures supporting enterprise performance management.
• Ensure alignment between planning data and SAP S/4HANA Finance actuals.
• Collaborate with Finance teams to define KPIs, reporting hierarchies, planning dimensions, and business drivers.
• Support financial data governance, master data alignment, and planning data integrity.
• Develop standardized reporting and analytics to support executive decision-making.
• Own the end-to-end R2R process design and architecture within S/4HANA with a focus on FP&A

M&A Integration

• Support FP&A integration activities for acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs, including the BD integration program.
• Harmonize planning models, organizational structures, cost center hierarchies, profit centers, and reporting dimensions.
• Support financial reporting integration across acquired businesses.
• Participate in data migration, validation, reconciliation, and planning model conversion activities.
• Support financial close and planning transition during integration projects.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Tax, Treasury, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales Operations, and Master Data teams.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Data & Analytics teams to ensure reporting consistency across platforms.
• Support integration between SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, Group Reporting, Data Warehouse, and reporting tools.
• Participate in solution reviews, design workshops, and governance activities.

Delivery & Continuous Improvement

• Lead functional design, testing, deployment, and production support activities.
• Support System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and Hypercare.
• Develop functional specifications and collaborate with technical teams on enhancements and integrations.
• Identify automation opportunities and continuously improve planning and reporting processes.
• Mentor analysts and consultants within the GCC while promoting SAP planning best practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience implementing enterprise R2R and Financial Planning & Analysis solutions.
• At least 5 years of experience supporting SAP S/4HANA Finance and enterprise planning solutions.

• Strong expertise in: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Budgeting, Forecasting, Long-Range Planning, Management Reporting, Driver-Based Planning, Cost Center Planning, Profit Center Planning, Capital Planning, Workforce Planning, Financial Performance Management

• Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning or comparable enterprise planning platforms.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA Finance, Universal Journal, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Margin Analysis (COPA), and Group Reporting.
• Experience integrating planning solutions with ERP Finance.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or enterprise transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of financial master data, organizational structures, hierarchies, and planning dimensions.
• Experience with financial reporting, dashboards, KPI development, and executive reporting.
• Knowledge of SAP Datasphere, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, or enterprise reporting platforms is desirable.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Experience working in a Global Capability Center (GCC) or offshore delivery organization supporting global stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline.

Success Factors in Year One

• Successfully support the FP&A workstream for the BD integration program and future M&A initiatives.
• Deliver standardized enterprise planning and reporting solutions aligned with the Client global finance template.
• Improve planning efficiency, reporting consistency, and forecast accuracy through SAP best practices.
• Establish strong partnerships with Global FP&A, Finance, Business Technology, and implementation partners.
• Deliver high-quality planning solutions, testing, and production support with minimal business disruption.
• Contribute to building a high-performing SAP Planning and Performance Management capability within the Global Capability Center.

At YASH, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. We leverage career-oriented skilling models and optimize our collective intelligence aided with technology for continuous learning, unlearning, and relearning at a rapid pace and scale.

Our Hyperlearning workplace is grounded upon four principles

• Flexible work arrangements, Free spirit, and emotional positivity
• Agile self-determination, trust, transparency, and open collaboration
• All Support needed for the realization of business goals,
• Stable employment with a great atmosphere and ethical corporate culture