Private Assets Finance VP - P&L and investment management
MSCI · Mumbai
The Private Assets Finance team partners with business and finance leadership across the Real Assets and Private Capital Solutions segments, providing the financial rigor that underpins strategic and operating decisions. The team owns segment P&L reporting, forecasting and budgeting, investment analysis, and the reporting that gives business leaders a transparent view of performance and margins. As MSCI builds out its Mumbai-based finance capability, this team plays a central role in delivering high-quality analysis and insight to globally distributed stakeholders.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual P&L close for Private Assets, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely reporting
- Drive the forecasting and budgeting cycles, including revenue, cost, and headcount planning
- Deliver variance analysis (actuals vs. budget, forecast, and prior periods) with clear commentary on drivers
- Partner with accounting on revenue recognition, accruals, and month-end adjustments
- Evaluate investment and business cases — new products, hires, and growth initiatives — with disciplined ROI and payback analysis
- Model the financial impact of strategic decisions and scenario-plan across a range of outcomes
- Track investment spend against approved cases and report on realized returns
- Act as a key finance point of contact for segment stakeholders, providing analysis and recommendations that influence decisions
- Prepare materials for leadership and board-level reviews
- Contribute to process improvement and automation across reporting and planning routines, and mentor junior team members as the function grows
Your skills and experience that will help you excel
- 8–12 years of progressive finance experience spanning FP&A, business partnering, and investment/P&L analysis
- Chartered Accountant (CA), MBA (Finance), CFA, or equivalent qualification
- Strong command of financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Experience supporting a global business or segment P&L, preferably in financial services, data/analytics, or SaaS
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis for senior, non-finance audiences
- Advanced Excel; experience with enterprise planning and reporting systems (e.g., Oracle, Anaplan, or similar) preferred
- Proven ability to work across time zones and partner with globally distributed teams