Senior Financial Analyst

Develops, interprets and implements financial concepts for financial planning and control. Performs technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance. Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial plans, acquisition activity, trended future requirements and operating forecasts.

Position Summary:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the India COE team as we continue to shift to drive the business through data-driven forecasts and providing influential insights. This Senior Financial Analyst position will partner with the Finance Manager at HQ to support reporting and analysis for one of the verticals in the CXO organization. In this role, you will be responsible for a wide range of projects in support of key business decisions and fiscal deliverable. You will develop and maintain frameworks for quarterly & annual budgets, drive consolidation of in-quarter outlook forecast, analyze and report on financial data, partner with geographically dispersed finance colleagues, and provide recommendations to management.

Responsibilities include:

• Prepare reporting for annual/quarterly budgets and weekly/monthly forecasts, ensuring a high level of headcount and expense predictability for the identified organization, review for completeness and summarize key variances

• Prepare trended analytics for key areas such as headcount attrition, employee costs, and travel spend

• Generate outlook and controller's letter reporting

• Leverage Power BI/Tableau to create and maintain centralized and common reporting and analytical solutions

• Prepare journal entries, reconcile balance sheet accounts and quarterly international charge outs

• Drive continual process improvements, framework enhancements in support of generating meaningful data-driven insights

• Collaborate with finance controllers/consolidators to drive fiscal deliverable, gain comprehension of variance drivers, and challenge assumptions/methodologies employed

• Ad-hoc analysis as required, and self-initiated projects encouraged

Requirements:

• Positive attitude and comfort in an environment subject to change as the business evolves

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance or related field CPA/MBA/Chartered Accountant preferred, but not mandatory

• 10+ years of FP&A (or related) experience required, preferably with a US-based company

• Strong analytical and accounting skills must understand key business drivers, ability to communicate financial implications/business impact and provide recommendations with attention to detail

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to take charge, set objectives, drive to results

• Exceptional follow-through capabilities

• Willingness and ability to quickly master new tools and processes

• Advanced Excel skills are essential, and experience in Tableau and Anaplan are preferred. SFDC, SAP, TM1 and PowerPoint are also useful.