FP&A Analyst (Financial Planning and Analysis)

Job Description: FP&A Analyst (Financial Planning and Analysis)

Company type: Global Capability Centre (GCC) Location: Pune (Hinjewadi), hybrid, 3 days in office Department: Finance Reports to: Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis Minimum experience: 2+ years in FP&A, management reporting or business finance Manages a team: No (individual contributor) Target notice period: 30 days Employment type: Full-time, permanent

About the Role

We are looking for an FP&A Analyst to help our finance leaders plan, track and explain the financial performance of the business. You will build budgets and forecasts, explain variances, prepare management reports and support month-end reporting for business units in India and overseas.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the annual budget and rolling forecast cycles with business units and regional finance teams.

• Carry out variance analysis on revenue, cost and margin against budget, forecast and prior year, and explain the drivers.

• Build and maintain financial models to test scenarios, headcount plans and cost changes.

• Prepare monthly management reports (MIS), dashboards and presentations for senior leaders.

• Analyse financial statements and cost data to find trends, risks and savings.

• Support month-end close by reviewing accruals, reclassifications and reporting packs with the accounting team.

• Use Microsoft Excel to consolidate large data sets, build reports and check numbers.

• Work with business partners to understand their needs and answer questions on the numbers.

• Improve reports and processes to cut manual effort and reporting time.

Mandatory Skills

• Financial Planning and Analysis

• Budgeting and Forecasting

• Variance Analysis

• Financial Modeling

• Management Reporting

• Financial Statement Analysis

• Cost Analysis

• Month-end Close Support

• Microsoft Excel

• Stakeholder Communication

Optional Skills (good to have)

• Power BI

• SAP

• Anaplan or Hyperion

• SQL

• CA / CMA / CFA / MBA Finance qualification

Qualifications

• Graduate in commerce, finance or accounting (B.Com or BBA Finance preferred); CA, CMA, CFA or MBA Finance is an advantage.

• Prior experience in a GCC, shared services centre, large corporate or consulting firm is preferred.

Behavioural Skills

• Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail.

• Clear written and spoken English, with the ability to explain numbers simply.

• Ownership of deadlines in a monthly reporting cycle.

• Comfortable working with teams in different time zones.

• Integrity and confidentiality with financial information.

Compensation

Competitive, based on experience (indicative range 7 to 12 LPA).