Urban Ladder - Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

This role will work closely with CFO and leadership team to provide stakeholders with forecast data, analysis and recommendations to realise the business's strategic goals.

The work streams led by the candidate will cover three key areas:

1. Stakeholder Reporting

2. Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis

3. Special Projects

Responsibilities

Stakeholder Reporting:

- Management of monthly financial closing and quarterly Board report preparation.

- Responsible for coordinating operational lead contributions, reviewing and challenging actual versus forecast analysis provided and assisting in ensuring clear messages are communicated to the Management.

- Contributing to the production of special project presentations and other types communication to external stakeholders (including lenders, shareholder and potential new investors)

Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis:

- Working closely with the leadership team determining robust assumptions to drive the rolling forecast model

- Managing and coordinating the business's rolling operational forecasting process and annual budgeting process - Ensuring the rolling forecast model and budget accurately reflects the operational assumptions of the leadership team

- Running scenario analysis using the business's forecasting model

Special Projects:

- Special projects like implementation of ERP, automation of various financial and operational processes, cost and operational bench-marking projects. Presentation of findings and recommendations to the leadership team

Qualifications/Experience:

- Qualified chartered accountant with 3-5 years post qualification experience or MBA from premier institute

- Strong excel / modelling skills

- Self-starter, highly motivated

- Experienced: in owning and modifying a financial model for re-forecasting and scenario analysis purposes

- Presenter of financial information both orally and written (PowerPoint)

- Prior exposure to preparation of financial forecasts for external stakeholders

- Excellent communicator

This position is based in Bangalore and reports into CFO

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