Director - Real Estate Budget & Financial Planning (India & APAC)
Tamil NaduFull-time12–22 yrsPosted 1 week ago
Leadership finance role at Cognizant in Tamil Nadu. Needs 12+ years and a B.Com, BBA or CA.
About the role
Director - Real Estate Budget & Financial Planning ( India & APAC) Director - Real Estate Budget & Financial Planning ( India & APAC) This is a Leadership role at Cognizant. Cognizant leaders at every level: Drive our business strategy and inspire teams around our future. Live the leadership behaviors, leading themselves, others and the business.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute financial strategies aligned with long-term real estate, workplace, and portfolio objectives across India and APAC
- Drive multi-year portfolio financial planning, footprint transformation, cost optimization, and scenario analysis including consolidation, expansion, lease-versus-buy
- Own annual OPEX and CAPEX budgeting, quarterly forecasts, variance analysis, rolling cost projections, and adherence to corporate finance policies
- Lead capital expenditure planning, investment evaluation, ROI analysis, business case validation, funding approvals, cost estimation governance
- Deliver executive dashboards, KPIs, investment summaries, and data-driven insights to support portfolio optimization, vendor performance decisions, Board reviews
What you need
- Financial modelling
- FP&A
- Budgeting
- Reporting
- Variance analysis
- CFA
Good to have
- Dashboarding