Financial Planning Analyst

Job Description:

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes for multiple verticals
• Monthly review of vertical costs with relevant Department Heads
• Perform project accounting, including revenue recognition, cost allocation, and variance analysis along with headcount analysis.
• Prepare Annual forecast for the vertical by working with relevant stakeholders
• Coordination with accounting team for monthly book closure activities
• Monthly allocation entries for vertical.
• Various MIS & cost reporting for vertical along with Review of GLs and trend analysis of month-on-month costs and revenue.
• Prepare and Maintain relevant Master Data for MIS reporting
• Assist in preparation of various Monthly review decks for CEO/CFO review

Profile Description:

• Chartered Accountant 2- 4 years or MBA Finance with 4 to 5 years from reputed institutions, experience in FP&A/Business Finance domain from IT/ITES/Shared services or Third-Party services organizations
• Very good communication skills as the role will require coordination with various stakeholders.
• Ability to handle customer/vertical wise projections by using forecast drivers and obtaining inputs from operations & functional teams
• Prior experience in handling of billing/chargeback tool and liaison with commercial team and provide monthly/quarterly billing inputs along with adequate backups for new work approvals, passthrough charges, travel etc.
• Should be able to identify and implement Continuous Improvement Projects to improve team's productivity and efficiency and overall quality of processes
• Well versed with MS Office – Excel, Power Point
• Working knowledge of SAP is mandatory. Knowledge of tools such as Tableau / Power BI would be an added advantage
• Ability to handle pressure and work in an environment of tight timelines
• Strong domain expertise, analytical skills and logical reasoning and ability to work independently
• Very good communication skills as the role will require coordination with various stakeholders