Director, Finance

The role

The Director, Finance Corporate FP&A will support US counterparts by owning enterprise financial consolidation, Board of Directors reporting, forecasting, and strategic financial analysis. This role involves building scalable Corporate FP&A capabilities in Bengaluru through process standardization and team development.

What you will do

• Lead consolidation and analysis of enterprise P&L, revenue, expenses, headcount, EBITDA, and key financial metrics.
• Lead preparation and review of Board of Directors and executive financial materials.
• Drive enterprise forecasting, annual planning, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning.
• Own FP&A calendars, assumptions, templates, submission requirements, review standards, reconciliations, controls, and reporting timelines.
• Deliver variance analysis, financial bridges, trend analysis, scenario modeling, and forward-looking insights.
• Support enterprise strategic initiatives through financial modeling, scenario analysis, resource-allocation analysis, business cases, and performance tracking.
• Ensure strong financial controls, reconciliations, data validation, and consistency across planning and management-reporting outputs.
• Serve as a senior Bengaluru partner to the Global FP&A team.
• Build and develop Corporate FP&A capabilities in Bengaluru through team leadership, process documentation, knowledge transfer, cross-training, and succession planning.
• Drive standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement across Corporate FP&A processes.

Required qualifications

• 14-18 years of progressive FP&A / Corporate Finance experience, including leadership responsibilities.
• Strong experience in enterprise consolidation, forecasting, budgeting, LRP, management reporting, and financial analysis.
• Experience preparing financial materials and insights for CFO, Board of Directors, executive leadership, or private equity stakeholders.
• Advanced financial modelling, scenario analysis, variance analysis, and executive financial storytelling capabilities.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing Finance teams.
• Strong experience working with US/global stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, judgment, and ability to constructively challenge assumptions.
• Advanced Excel, financial modelling, PowerPoint, and executive reporting capabilities.
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or comparable EPM/planning platforms.
• Working knowledge of OfficeConnect, Power BI, Snowflake, and enterprise financial reporting environments.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, reconciliations, reporting hierarchies, allocations, and data governance.
• Ability to translate FP&A requirements into clear business requirements for Finance Technology and Data teams.

Nice to have

• CA / CPA / CMA and MBA/PGDM Finance, or equivalent advanced qualification preferred.
• Strong enterprise and strategic mindset with high ownership and accountability.
• Executive presence with the ability to translate complex financial information into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Strong analytical judgment and ability to challenge assumptions and identify risks and opportunities.
• Collaborative leader comfortable partnering across geographies, functions, and seniority levels.
• Strong focus on accuracy, controls, process discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to develop talent and build scalable Corporate FP&A capabilities.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities

About the company

Bottomline is a global leader in business payments and cash management with over 35 years of experience. It is a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo.