Lead Analyst- FP&A

- The Lead Analyst - FPA serves as a strategic finance partner supporting Corporate Functional leaders through financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business performance analysis. The role drives actionable insights, supports informed decision-making, promotes financial governance, and leads continuous improvement initiatives through automation, standardization, and data-driven solutions. The incumbent is expected to influence stakeholders, challenge the status quo, and collaborate across global teams to deliver business value.

- This position would be an Individual Contributor.

- Lead budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, and financial planning processes for assigned functions.
- Partner with business leaders to provide insights on financial performance, cost drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Deliver meaningful variance analysis and recommend actions to improve financial outcomes.
- Develop and enhance management reporting, dashboards, and financial models to support decision-making.
- Drive process simplification, automation, and standardization to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
- Support strategic initiatives, business cases, and cost optimization efforts through financial analysis and scenario planning.
- Ensure compliance with financial controls, governance requirements, and reporting standards.
- Collaborate effectively with global finance teams and stakeholders to deliver shared business objectives.

- Accounting major (B.Com) CA/ICWA/CFA/MBA (Finance), preferably.
- 9-10 years of FPA and accounting experience.

- Excellent Analytical skills to interpret financial data, Written and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency with MS-Office - particularly Excel, Power Point, Word and other reporting tools
- Working Knowledge of Business Intelligence Tools - ORACLE, SAP, EPBCS, etc..
- Experience with Oracle Financials and SAP preferred

- Adaptable to varying cultures.

- Continuously seeks opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and leverage automation.
- Demonstrates learning agility and embraces new tools, technologies, and best practices.
- Anticipates future needs and develops scalable solutions.
- Challenges existing processes and drives positive change through data-driven insights.
- Takes ownership of outcomes and proactively addresses business challenges.
- Builds trusted partnerships across functions, regions.
- Collaborates effectively, shares knowledge, and contributes to team success.
- Good interpersonal skills - ability to work with all levels of the organization.
- Systematic process orientation, strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Commitment to compliance
- Be a self-starter be able to operate without close supervision
- Drive for result, enthusiasm, transparent, Customer focus
- Influencing skills with relationship building with the customers and stakeholders