Manager, Project Finance
Cytel (company site, opens in a new tab)PuneOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 12–20 LPA
Posted on 22 Sept
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Job description
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About This Role
- Provide financial management and operational decision support for an assigned project portfolio, focusing on revenue, profitability, cash flow, forecasting accuracy, and financial risk mitigation.
- Lead and develop the India-based Project Financial Analyst team, coordinating workload, ensuring quality, and enhancing team capabilities for independent project finance management.
- Serve as a trusted financial advisor across Project Management, Business Unit, and Finance leadership, delivering timely analysis, variance explanations, risk escalation, and corrective action facilitation.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field mandatory.
- Experience in project finance, financial planning and analysis, project accounting or related finance discipline required; experience within Clinical Research Organization or project-based consulting preferred.
- Prior leadership experience with finance professionals or project analysts, with 2+ years of people management or equivalent team leadership preferred.
- Working knowledge of revenue recognition and project-based accounting is required; familiarity with ASC 606 is a plus.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in managing project finance with strong business acumen relating project operations and commercial decisions to financial performance.
- Capable of balancing detailed financial analysis, decision support, and remote people leadership in a multi-geography, cross-functional environment.
- Effective communicator and influencer able to build trusted relationships, lead through influence, set priorities, and drive accountability remotely.