Manager - FP & A at Pentland Brands in Bengaluru, IN

We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego.

Design cycling apparel built for movement, endurance and the ride ahead.

At Pentland Brands, every role helps move our brands forward. Whether you’re supporting our people, improving our systems, growing our commercial performance, strengthening operations or shaping better ways of working, your impact reaches across a portfolio of iconic brands used by consumers around the world.

The FP&A Manager will lead and develop the GCH FP&A team, own the planning and reporting cadence, improve analytical capability and ensure the Bangalore and London teams operate as one joined-up function. Our purpose is to help Pentland make better decisions by turning data into meaningful insight, connecting the numbers to the business story and helping stakeholders understand what is happening, what is coming next and what their options are.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead, coach and develop the Bangalore-based FP&A team, building capability, confidence and accountability.

• Own the planning, forecasting and reporting cadence, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery.

• Oversee monthly actuals, variance analysis, rolling forecasts, budgets and weekly performance reporting.

• Turn financial and operational data into clear insight, recommendations and actions.

• Identify and communicate risks, opportunities and emerging trends early.

• Partner closely with London-based Finance Business Partners to deliver one joined-up Planning & Analysis team.

• Build strong relationships with senior Finance, commercial and functional stakeholders.

• Drive continuous improvement across reporting, planning, systems and ways of working.

• Maintain and improve reporting infrastructure across SAP BW, OneStream, Power BI and Excel.

• Standardise templates, processes and definitions across regions.

• Ensure data integrity across SAP actuals and planning and reporting systems.

• Create a no-surprises environment through proactive communication and timely escalation.

What you’ll bring:

• CA or equivalent fully qualified with 9+ years of relevant experience; with years of relevant finance experience.

• Strong FP&A, commercial finance or business performance-management experience.

• Previous experience leading and developing an FP&A or finance-analysis team.

• Excellent budgeting, forecasting, reporting and variance-analysis capability.

• Experience working in a multinational, matrixed or geographically dispersed organisation.

• The ability to turn complex financial information into clear commercial insight.

• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills.

• Advanced Excel and financial-modelling capability.

• Experience of enterprise planning and reporting systems.

• Experience of SAP, SAP BW, OneStream and Power BI would be advantageous, as would experience working within a Global Capability Hub, shared-services environment or international consumer business

• Commercially curious - asks why, understands the wider business and connects numbers to business drivers.

• A strong people leader - coaches well, gives honest feedback and helps others develop.

• Proactive and dependable - takes ownership, follows through and flags issues early.

• Collaborative and low-ego - works across locations and functions and prioritises collective success.

• Comfortable challenging constructively - questions assumptions while maintaining strong relationships.

• Pragmatic and decisive - uses judgement and moves forward without waiting for perfect data.

• Improvement-focused - consistently looks for ways to simplify, automate and improve.

Why Pentland Brands?

Pentland Brands is the name behind some of the world’s best-known sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Ellesse, Kickers and Mitre.

We are a global family business with a clear purpose: pioneering brands that make life better. Across our teams, functions and locations, we work together to create products, experiences and partnerships that help people live more active, confident and positive lives.

Joining Pentland Brands means becoming part of a business where your work can have real reach, across multiple brands, markets, teams and disciplines. It is a place for people who want to contribute, collaborate, improve how things are done and help build the future of brands with heritage, ambition and global impact.

Perks & Benefits

Alongside a competitive salary and discretionary bonus, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, flexibility, and life outside work. This includes generous holiday allowance, hybrid and flexible working, employee transportation, pension and gratuity contributions, wellbeing support, medical, personal accident & term life insurance cover.

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:

1. Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.

2. Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.

3. Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see Pentland Brands in action.