Director, Finance  

 

Job Title: Director, Finance  

Role: Corp FP&A 

Location: Bengaluru 

 

Job Summary: 

We’re seeking a strategic and driven Director, Finance Corporate FP&A, to join our dynamic Global Finance Team. This is more than a numbers role – it’s a chance to shape the financial future of a fast-growing company. The successful candidate will be a senior member of the Corporate FP&A organization, supporting the US counter parts with ownership of enterprise financial consolidation, Board of Directors reporting, forecasting, long-range planning, planning governance, and strategic financial analysis. 

The role will provide high-quality financial insights to senior leadership, strengthen enterprise planning and reporting processes, and build scalable Corporate FP&A capabilities in Bengaluru through process standardization, knowledge transfer, and team development. 

This is your chance to be part of a high-impact team where your insights will shape strategy and fuel growth. We value innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning—and we’re excited to grow with you. 

 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Enterprise Consolidation & Reporting: Lead consolidation and analysis of enterprise P&L, revenue, expenses, headcount, EBITDA, and key financial metrics across Actuals, Forecast, Budget, and LRP. 

• Board & Executive Reporting: Lead preparation and review of Board of Directors and executive financial materials, ensuring accuracy, consistency, clear financial narratives, and actionable insights. 

• Forecasting & LRP: Drive enterprise forecasting, annual planning, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning, consolidating functional inputs and challenging assumptions, risks, and opportunities. 

• Planning Governance: Own FP&A calendars, assumptions, templates, submission requirements, review standards, reconciliations, controls, and reporting timelines. 

• Performance Insights: Deliver variance analysis, financial bridges, trend analysis, scenario modeling, and forward-looking insights to support executive decision-making. 

• Strategic Finance: Support enterprise strategic initiatives through financial modeling, scenario analysis, resource-allocation analysis, business cases, and performance tracking. 

• Reporting Integrity: Ensure strong financial controls, reconciliations, data validation, and consistency across planning and management-reporting outputs. 

• Cross Functional Partnership: Serve as a senior Bengaluru partner to the Global FP&A team, ensuring timely execution of critical planning, reporting, and analytical deliverables. 

• Capability Development: Build and develop Corporate FP&A capabilities in Bengaluru through team leadership, process documentation, knowledge transfer, cross-training, and succession planning. 

• Process Improvement: Drive standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement across Corporate FP&A processes and partner with Finance Technology & Analytics on automation and system enhancements. 

 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• CA / CPA / CMA and MBA/PGDM Finance, or equivalent advanced qualification preferred.  

• 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. 

 

Technical Skills & Competencies: 

• 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. 

 

Preferred Attributes: 

• 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. 

 

Why Join Us? 

At Bottomline, we are transforming the way businesses pay and get paid. As a global leader in business payments and cash management, we provide secure, comprehensive solutions that modernize payments for businesses and financial institutions worldwide. With over 35 years of expertise and more than $16 trillion in payments processed annually, we are committed to delivering innovative financial solutions that add to the bottom line. 

Bottomline is a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, one of the largest software private equity firms in the world, with more than $166 billion in assets under management. Our success is driven by our passionate, motivated, and resourceful team members who collaborate, innovate, and push boundaries to create world-class financial products and experiences. 

We operate as One Global Team, empowering one another through our Guiding Principles, which shape our culture and drive our customer-centric approach. By joining us, you will be part of a dynamic environment where ideas are valued, leadership is encouraged, and your contributions help reshape the future of business payments. 

• Be part of a high-growth FinTech company disrupting the industry with innovative solutions. 

• Work closely with global leadership and gain cross-functional exposure. 

• Lead a high-performing FP&A team and shape the financial strategy of the organization. 

• Competitive compensation and career growth opportunities.