Specialist Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis - Hyderabad

Specialist Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

As Deloitte Technology’s Technology Finance function continues to scale, this Manager role exists to lead a Center of Excellence (COE): building a high-performing team, driving financial planning and reporting quality, and serving as the accountable leader who connects team execution with global stakeholder priorities.

You will partner with Service Area leaders and technology leaders, manage and grow a team of financial analysts, and ensure that deliverables meet the quality standards expected at Level 5 ITFM maturity. You will also lead your team's journey into AI-assisted workflows — building the capability, confidence, and culture that turns technology curiosity into real efficiency gains. If you are a strong financial professional who leads people well and thrives in a global, fast-paced environment — this is a rare opportunity to build something.

What You'll Do

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis activities for assigned stakeholders and business areas, ensuring accuracy and executive-level clarity in all deliverables.

• Perform and review complex financial analysis, variance reporting, and reconciliations to identify trends, issues, and efficiency opportunities.

• Develop financial narratives that help technology leaders understand cost drivers, including non-controllable factors.

• Prepare clear, polished updates and communications for US and regional leadership on deliverables, risks, team capacity, and operational performance.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with Service Area/Service line/Cost center leaders to provide financial analysis, planning support, and ad hoc insights that enable confident and fact-based decisions.

• Coordinate with cross-functional team members, business stakeholders, and finance partners to address financial questions accurately and promptly.

• Support the preparation of executive-ready financial presentations, translating analytical work into clear narratives for senior technology and business audiences.

Cost Category Management & Governance

• Own end-to-end financial management for an assigned cost category (e.g., labor, cloud, hardware, or software), ensuring accurate tracking, reporting, and accountability across the full budget lifecycle.

• Lead detailed variance analysis, trend monitoring, and cost driver reporting for the assigned category, translating data into actionable insights for technology and finance leadership.

• Govern master data integrity for the assigned cost category, including WBS codes, cost hierarchies, and allocation rules, ensuring alignment to ITFM/TBM standards and reporting accuracy.

Cross-Functional Intelligence

• Collaborate across Technology service areas to gather financial intelligence on activities, contracts, and purchases that could impact cost category budgets — enabling proactive planning and stakeholder readiness.

• Identify and escalate financial risks or data quality issues early, maintaining the reporting integrity expected at Level 5 ITFM maturity.

Local Team Leadership & Development

• Oversee work assignment, delegation, supervision, and quality review for India based analysts supporting the COE Financials function.

• Manage existing team members by setting priorities, providing coaching, monitoring performance, and supporting career development.

• Lead hiring, onboarding, and integration of new team members to build a strong, scalable local delivery capability.

• Establish consistent processes, operating rhythms, and quality standards across the team — creating a delivery model that stakeholders can depend on.

• Identify process improvements that increase consistency, efficiency, and transparency in financial and operational reporting.

AI & Innovation Adoption

Our team is expected to be at the leading edge of integrating AI and automation into its daily work. As Manager, you own that journey for your team.

• Champion AI tool exploration and adoption — identifying where generative AI, automation platforms, and analytical assistants can reduce manual effort in reporting, reconciliation, and data governance workflows.

• Create an environment where experimentation is encouraged and failure is a learning event — build the psychological safety and operational space for analysts to try new tools, share what they discover, and continuously improve how work gets done.

• Identify automation opportunities within local delivery workflows — look critically at repetitive, high-volume tasks (data pulls, format standardization, variance tagging) and develop a plan to eliminate or reduce them through automation.

• Develop your team's AI literacy alongside their financial acumen — ensure analysts are building skills in AI-assisted tools as part of their professional growth, not as a side project. Make it part of onboarding, coaching, and performance conversations.

• Coordinate with senior leadership and peer managers on AI tooling strategy — share learnings, align on tool choices, and ensure the team's adoption contributes to a coherent, firm-appropriate approach across the global team.

• Stay current on AI capabilities relevant to finance and operations — bring informed perspective to conversations about what is emerging, what is ready, and what requires caution.

Who You'll Work With

This role bridges local leadership and global stakeholder service:

• Technology Service Area/Cost center Leaders

• India-based Financial Analysts (direct reports)

• Other TBM teams and COE’s

• Finance & Accounting Partners

• Director, Technology Finance

• TBM CL5 Managers (peers)

• Business Relationship Managers

• Business Leaders

Required

• 10+ years of experience in Technology Finance, FP&A, or technology business management

• Experience leading or managing a team of financial professionals

• Strong financial analysis skills including variance analysis, reconciliations, and cost allocation

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; ability to work effectively with globally distributed stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to build processes, establish operating standards, and drive consistency across a team

Preferred

• ITFM/TBM platform experience (Apptio, ServiceNow ITFM, or equivalent); ATUM certification a plus

• Experience with SAP, Qlikview/Qliksense, Tableau, or similar enterprise financial platforms

• Familiarity with WBS structures, product hierarchies, and TCO modeling

• Experience in a global or cross-border delivery model, supporting geographically distributed stakeholders and leadership teams

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted finance or operations tools — including automation platforms, generative AI writing tools, or data pipeline tools applied to financial workflows

• A genuine track record of curiosity-driven adoption — examples of identifying a tool, piloting it, and scaling it within a team environment

• Ability to coach and develop others in new technology — experience building team capability in tools or processes, not just using them personally