Business Finance

Associate – Business Finance

Vahan is a YC-backed, AI-powered hiring marketplace connecting blue-collar talent to jobs at scale. We're looking for an Associate – Business Finance to join our Finance team and support financial planning, business analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.

This is a great fit for someone with 1–2 years of FP&A or business finance experience who's sharp with numbers, fluent in Excel, and comfortable working across teams to turn financial data into decisions.

What you'll do

• Assist in preparing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly financial plans
• Support financial models and business performance reports
• Analyse revenue, costs, margins, and key financial metrics to surface trends and variances
• Prepare periodic MIS reports and dashboards for management review
• Partner with business teams to evaluate initiatives through financial analysis and profitability assessment
• Support pricing, incentive calculations, and cost optimization efforts
• Track departmental budgets, monitor spend against plan, and run variance analysis
• Support cash flow tracking, working capital reporting, and liquidity planning
• Coordinate with Accounting, Operations, HR, and Business teams for timely, accurate reporting
• Contribute to finance projects and process improvement initiatives

What we're looking for

• MBA (Finance) or CA, with 1–2 years of relevant experience in Business Finance, FP&A, Financial Analysis, MIS Reporting, or Corporate Finance
• Strong grasp of FP&A fundamentals, budgeting, and forecasting
• Excellent Excel and Google Sheets skills; basic financial modelling ability
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail
• Solid understanding of financial statements and business metrics
• Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination skills
• Exposure to Zoho Books or another ERP/accounting system (SAP, Oracle, etc.) is a plus