Analyst- FP & Accounting

Purpose:

Provide organisation-wide planning, forecasting, management information and decision support by consolidating project and functional plans into an integrated financial outlook. Own day-to-day financial administration of assigned grants from award set-up through close-out; translate grant agreements into budgets, reporting calendars and controls; monitor restricted-fund utilisation and provide donor-ready financial information.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain forecast models; consolidate inputs; analyse actual vs budget/forecast; update dashboards/KPIs; prepare management reporting and scenario analyses.
• Act as finance partner to programme/project teams by building budgets, translating delivery plans into forecasts, monitoring utilisation and supporting delivery within approved funding.

Core Skills / Technical Capabilities

• Financial modelling; budgeting/rolling forecasts; P&L, balance sheet and cash-flow; advanced Excel; Power Query/Power BI; variance decomposition; scenario modelling; KPI design; data visualisation.

KPIs to be Handled

• Forecast typically within ±5%; 100% planning milestones on time; management pack within SLA; near-zero material errors; 100% material variances explained; year-on-year efficiency improvement.

Qualifications:

Mandatory

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline.

Preferred

• M.Com / MBA (Finance), CA/CMA Inter or equivalent is advantageous for finance-heavy roles

Experience

Mandatory

2–5 years of relevant experience at Analyst/Officer level.

Advantageous

• FP&A/management reporting experience; NPO funding restrictions/project portfolio exposure; Power BI/analytics advantageous.

Personal Qualities & Skills

Specific

• Analytical curiosity; concise communication; presentation; comfort with ambiguity; collaboration; independent judgement.

General

• Integrity; accountability; confidentiality; documentation discipline; collaboration; commitment to organisational mission and policies..

Level & Band

Analyst / Officer – Individual Contributor

Why TRYST:

TRYST offers the substance of mission-driven work, the intellectual environment of IIT Bombay, and the pace and agency of an early-stage institution.