Senior Manager - Business Finance & Commercial Strategy

PAYU PAYMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED About the Team The Business Finance and Commercial Strategy team builds a data-driven finance function supporting multiple business units including PG, QR, and POS. We deliver periodic financial reporting, conduct budget vs. actual variance analysis, track performance metrics, and publish management packs. Our team develops frameworks for annual operating plans, supports forecasting processes, and provides analytical insights that directly inform strategic business decisions.

About The Role As an individual contributor, you'll work closely with senior stakeholders to drive P&L performance toward Annual Operating Plan targets. You'll analyze financial results, prepare management packs and review decks, develop financial models, and support monthly/quarterly outlooks. The role involves identifying efficiency opportunities, assisting with month-end activities, and ensuring data accuracy. You'll translate complex financial data into actionable insights, serving as a trusted advisor to business partners while helping optimize organizational performance.

Responsibilities

• In this role, the individual will need to work very closely with senior stakeholder/s and perform activities associated with the MIS
• Reporting and Budgeting, Forecasting activities. This will also involve high degree of on-going analytical support and ad hoc reporting.
• Analyze consolidated results and partners closely with Business Head & Vertical Heads to understand variances to budget and historical trends
• Take ownership of driving the P&L towards Annual Operating Plan
• Provide financial support to Business/Functions and assist them in decision making
• Preparation of various Reports to support the Management needs and ensuring timely adherence to deadlines
• Track and provide insight on business productivity (efficiency saves) and projects driven by business
• Preparation of monthly Management packs, review decks and getting into discussions with Finance Management, as necessary
• Working to create and review monthly and quarterly outlook and annual financial plans, including reporting and analysis to explain changes against given baselines
• Assist in key month end activities including interaction with the Controllers to provide oversight of completeness and accuracy of underlying management information
• Comply with all departmental/financial operations policies and practices
• Prepare financial models; support the data life cycle in the system
• Ad-hoc reporting for end users when required

Requirements

• 4-8 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Business Finance, Financial Consulting, or relevant financial domains
• MBA or CA qualification is required
• Experience collaborating with senior stakeholders
• Strong business acumen with ability to understand business drivers
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Effective consulting skills with excellent communication abilities
• Meticulous attention to detail with focus on data integrity
• Advanced organizational and documentation skills
• Proficient in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Self-motivated with ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines
• Team player who can collaborate effectively in larger groups

What we offer?

• A positive, get-things-done workplace
• A dynamic, constantly evolving space (change is par for the course – important you are comfortable with this)
• An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions.
• Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale
• Access to 5000+ training courses accessible anytime/anywhere to support your growth and development (Corporate with top learning partners like Harvard, Coursera, Udacity)

About Us At PayU, we are a global fintech investor and our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Our expertise in 18+ high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell, and operate online. Being part of Prosus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence and expertise to make a real impact. Find out more at www.payu.com

Our Commitment to Building A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment, for all our people, communities, and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility, and unbiased attention to every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color, or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities, or the LGBTQ communities.