Financial Analyst - SAP

Job Purpose: [ FINANCIAL ANALYST- Whitefield, Bangalore]- WORK FROM OFFICE

The Finance Analyst plays a key role in supporting the company's strategic and operational objectives. Working closely with the FP&A Manager, the analyst will provide insightful financial analysis, assist in budgeting and forecasting processes, and contribute to management reporting.

Job Responsibilities:

- Budgeting & Forecasting: Support the planning cycle by building, maintaining, and improving Excel-based financial models to consolidate budgets and forecasts.

- Advanced Excel Analysis: Use advanced Excel functions to analyze financial and operational data. Create robust, scalable models that provide meaningful insight into business performance.

- Reporting: Prepare and automate monthly management reports and dashboards using Excel and/or Power BI. Ensure accuracy and consistency across datasets.

- Business Partnering: Work closely with department heads to gather assumptions, explain variances, and translate financial data into business actions.

- Performance Monitoring: Track key financial and operational KPIs; highlight risks, opportunities, and trends.

- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance current tools and FP&A processes. Help drive a culture of data accuracy and financial discipline.

Key Performance Indicators:

- Forecast accuracy: maintain +/-5% forecast accuracy on revenue, gross margin, OPEX

- Budget timeliness: finalize AOP 2026 cycle by January 1st, 2026

- Balance Sheet and Cash Flow forecast: implement a planning process by Sep 30th (start of AOP cycle)

- Provide monthly variance analysis reports within 3 working days after month-end close

Requirement:

Education : Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting or related field and MBA

Experience :

- 3 to 5 years of finance and accounting experience with progressive responsibility, especially with exposure to multi-entity multi-country trading businesses.

- SAP experience - Knowledge of International Accounting Standards

Competencies / Skills :

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel

- Proficiency in PowerBI and Powerpoint

- Strong communication skills and ability to present complex information in a clear, concise manner.

- Attention to detail; Relationship building

Additional or Desirable

Qualifications : CA is a plus