Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Functions, Bangalore

Overview

Senior Financial Analyst in the global India Finance COE in Bangalore, delivering finance process activities including budget, forecast, closing, actuals reporting and ad-hoc analysis in partnership with the FP&A leader and commercial functions.

What you'll do

• Own and operationalize the monthly closing and forecast processes for select business functions, providing in-depth analytics and commentary of actual vs forecasted performance, ensuring adherence to targets and highlighting potential overruns and trends.
• Apply zero based budgeting techniques and other best practices to drive continuous improvement in spending across functions.
• Facilitate headcount forecast and overall people cost analysis and proper cost allocation by cost centers.
• Support Commercial stakeholders with financial modeling, suggest ways to be a more cost-effective function and help with cost-control measures, if any.
• Drive standardization and process improvements in forecasting and reporting, including best practice sharing.
• Identify and resolve gaps in reporting which add value to the business.
• Serve as a trusted partner to business stakeholders and leaders, clearly communicating complex financial processes and results to non-financial audiences.
• Assist senior leadership with analytical requests or ad hoc reporting as required.

What you'll need

• B.Com, CA, CMA or MBA qualification.
• 4-8 years of progressive finance experience.
• Previously worked in a global business environment with experience of global processes.
• Excellent analytical skills: able to analyze large quantities of data, identify trends and drivers, link financial results to operational performance and distil them into insightful analysis.
• Strong PC skills with financial systems/applications such as Oracle, SAP, Hyperion, One stream, Qlik sense or any reporting tools, along with strong Excel skills in data compilations and aggregation (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS etc.).
• Self-motivated, with strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work in ambiguous situations, adaptable and open to change in response to new information, different roles or unexpected circumstances.
• Strong in taking process improvement initiatives and ready to support during resource crunch or pitch in for interim transition due to staffing shortage.

Nice to have

• Experience working in a global environment with sound understanding of global processes and transaction flows.
• Proven financial leadership in supporting multiple and complex organizations.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with remote stakeholders and teams.
• Clear thinking and problem solving, having successfully led projects or process improvements within operations or finance functions, and able to quickly grasp new ideas.
• Adaptable and flexible, open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or working in ambiguous situations.
• Confidence and assertiveness, with strong influencing skills across business functions.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India (on-site).
• Working hours: 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM.
• Reports to the Manager, FP&A, Functions.
• Open to internal and external candidates.