Senior Associate Finance

Overview

The Sr Associate supports financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, consolidation, and continuous-improvement initiatives, acting as a finance partner to advance planning excellence, automation, and data-driven decision-making. This role reports to the Manager Finance.

What you'll do

• Ensure day-to-day reporting and forecasting for responsible functions is handled properly and according to internal guidelines, accounting principles, applicable laws and ethical business practices.
• Execute planning-cycle activities for forecasts, actuals, budgets, long-range plans, quarterly business reviews, and leadership outlooks, including data collection, consolidation, reasonableness checks, and commentary preparation.
• Prepare template alignment, Anaplan inputs, Hyperion loading, and master-data maintenance.
• Support the monthly close process, complete management/project reports, perform variance analysis, and present results and recommendations to Senior Management.
• Gather and analyze business performance and prepare financial commentary on growth investment trade-offs, forecast risks and opportunities, and market trends.
• Prepare management reporting materials, including Power BI dashboards, weekly sales reporting, PowerPoint presentations, and components-of-growth reviews.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis as needed.
• Support budget coordination and expense-management activities, including purchase orders, SPOC and non-PO accruals, actuals tracking, and OPEX and T&E monitoring.
• Perform finance reviews of distributor claims, margins, free goods, royalties, profit-share arrangements, sales reconciliations, pricing set-up, contract-management activities, and related data validation.
• Identify and implement opportunities to standardize, automate, and continuously improve FP&A processes, templates, reporting tools, and data quality.
• Build trusted working relationships with global finance stakeholders; share knowledge and provide day-to-day support to colleagues.
• Ensure assigned deliverables are completed accurately and on time, escalating issues promptly and communicating clearly with stakeholders.

What you'll need

• Chartered accountant, Cost Accountant, Certified public accountant or a Master's degree in Economics, Finance or Business & Administration.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, G&A Finance, Technology Finance, Project Controls, or a related finance discipline.

Nice to have

• Pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry experience.
• Experience collaborating effectively across functions and multiple time zones.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, management reporting, consolidation, and quarter-close activities.
• Strong expertise in financial modeling, scenario planning, and advanced analytics.
• High digital fluency, including familiarity with AI tools, automation platforms (RPA), and large data concepts.
• Experience with ERP/EPM/BI systems (e.g., SAP S4, Anaplan, Power BI, Tableau) and data-driven decision support.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate data into clear strategic insights.
• Strong project and change management skills in cross-functional, matrixed environments.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate with a sense of urgency.
• Experience working within a local affiliate in a global matrix organization.
• Strong understanding of commercial finance and analytics.
• Familiarity with affiliate budgeting cycles (Plan, Forecast, LRS, Scenarios) and regional reporting requirements.
• Experience partnering closely with Business Unit leads and General Managers.
• Exposure to launch planning, lifecycle management, or portfolio re-prioritization at affiliate level.
• Analytical, interpersonal, collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including explaining financial insights clearly to finance and business stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.
• High degree of initiative, accountability, and self-motivation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet demanding deadlines.
• Collaborative, with a focus on achieving team goals.

Details

• Location: India - Hyderabad.