Job Summary
The Analyst will be responsible for developing financial forecasts, monitoring business performance, managing monthly accruals, and performing detailed variance analysis to provide actionable insights for decision-making. Looking for a strong financial and analytical skills, a solid understanding of accrual accounting principles, and the ability to partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to drive financial discipline and forecast accuracy.
Key Responsibilities
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Support annual budgeting, quarterly/half yearly reforecasting.
- Collaborate with various department leads to gather financial inputs and assumptions.
- Develop and maintain financial models to forecast expenses, headcount, and other major operational metrics.
- Analyse historical trends and process drivers to improve forecast accuracy.
- Year over year comparison reports.
- Uploading finalised values into Vena (Financial tool).
Financial Analytics & Reporting
- Create dashboards and reports using Power BI, Excel, vendor portals, etc.,
- Perform monthly variance analysis to identify and explain key drivers impacting financial results, including volume, rate, head count and operational factors.
- Callout immediately when unusual expenses or incorrect entries.
- Track forecast-to-actual accuracy and identify areas for continuous forecast improvement.
- Validation of high $ vendor invoices.
- Maintain month on month vendor spend against the budgeted numbers.
- Initiate Purchase Requisitions based on the approved budget on behalf of reviewers.
- Manage PO change orders and onboarding vendors.
Accrual Management
- Prepare and review monthly accrual calculations for various department.
- Ensure expenses are recorded in the correct accounting period in accordance with accrual accounting standards.
- Coordinate with Collections team for gathering pending and current commission expenses.
- Communication to the stakeholders and coordinate with FR for the final entry.
- Identify opportunities to improve accrual accuracy and streamline close processes.
- Identify missing invoices and coordinate with vendor/requestor.
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Stakeholder Management
- Support business reviews by providing financial insights and recommendations.
- Present findings and financial analyses to senior leadership.
- Partner with Finance, Operations, Procurement, and AP teams.
- Prepare cost impact during contract renewal and price amendment.
Skill Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
- 2-3+ years of experience in FP&A.
- Strong understanding of Forecasting and Accrual accounting concepts.
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Technology Requirements
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
- Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, Charts, VLOOKUP, Macros, etc., preferred).
- Any ERP and Workflow tools