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About the position:
This is a remote role based in India.
Reporting to the VP FP&A and working closely with the finance team and business partners, the FP&A analyst adds value by developing and presenting accurate financial insights. The FP&A Analyst will leverage various tools & systems to provide timely and accurate financial insights and help support:
- Research significant variances from planned or forecast by helping to identify, understand and share drivers effectively with VP FP&A, finance team and business partners
- Track resources for new onboards, exits compared to planned or forecasted results
- Help develop robust assumptions to support the annual operating plan and ongoing projections
- Helping to implement ongoing process improvements to drive business insights
- Participate in ad hoc business analysis for partnerships, strategic investments, etc.
What you’ll do:
- Working closely with VP, FP&A, collective finance team and business partners to help drive insights and ensure alignment with business objectives
- Monthly reporting packs with What Really Matters metrics delivered timely and accurately
- Monthly rolling forecasts, budgets with analysis of variances and implications
- Headcount Tracking for adds, exits vs budget, forecast, prior year across various dimensions (business unit, function, title, location)
- Tracking expenses by vendor engagement and partnering with procurement, business to understand projected expenditures, tracking variances, monitoring changes in contractual terms, etc.
- Support individual business unit reporting including cost allocation methodology
- Support Board meeting preparation
- Ad hoc business analysis to support decision framework, procurement planning
- Help continuously improve FP&A processes, tools, and systems to support dynamic business needs and improve forecasting accuracy
What you’ll need:
- Combination of a bachelor’s degree and 2-5 years of relevant experience
- Proficiency in excel and expense management software
- Experience in industries that involve product management or significant investment planning (e.g., technology, SaaS, manufacturing)
- Proven experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) with a focus on headcount and spend forecasting
- Analytical skills with ability to research & interpret financial & business data, identify trends, understand drivers of variances
- Strong business partnering skills with ability to collaborate across both finance & with business leaders
- Passion for helping to build, maintain templates, calendars and robust processes
- Manage competing priorities in fast moving environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and present findings to stakeholders and collaborate with teams
- Accounting knowledge with understanding of general ledger, cost allocation & budget principles
- Ability to manage multiple tools (NetSuite, Adaptive Planning) & processes
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