Senior Associate- FPNA (Hybrid)

Role & responsibilities

1. Month End Activities: Supporting the monthly close process. Preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for management.
2. Budgeting and Forecasting: Supporting clients in preparation of budgets and forecast adoptive the Top-Bottom & Bottom-Top approach.
3. Financial Analysis:Analysing financial statements, identifying trends, and conducting variance analysis.
4. Variance Analysis: Conducting variance analysis to explain differences between actual and budgeted performance.
5. Reporting and Presentations:Preparing reports and presentations for management on financial performance, variances, and recommendations.Developing and presenting dashboards and reports to track key financial metrics.
6. Business Partnering:Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and ensure financial plans align with strategic objectives.
7. Process Improvement:Identifying opportunities to improve FP&A processes and systems.
8. Data Analysis:Collecting, cleaning, and analysing financial data from various sources.
9. Transition Management: Committed to smooth transitions by staying actively involved and embracing change with a solution-focused and open mindset. Leading from the front.
10. Decision Support:Provide financial analysis and insights to support operational and strategic decision-making.
11. Compliance:Ensure compliance with financial regulations and reporting standards.
12. Training and Development:Mentor and develop junior team members.
13. Proficiency in financial software and tools:Experience with budgeting and forecasting software, as well as Excel and other relevant tools, such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite, Hyperion
14. Strong communication and presentation skills:Ability to communicate financial information clearly and concisely, and present findings to management.
15. Problem-solving skills:Ability to identify and analyze financial issues and develop solutions.

Key Competencies

1. Analysing financial statements and identifying trends and variances.
2. Preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for management.
3. Supporting the monthly close process.
4. Developing and presenting dashboards and reports to track key financial metrics.
5. Conducting variance analysis to explain differences between actual and budgeted performance

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

1. Data Accuracy and Completeness: The ability to ensure the reliability of the data used in analysis considering factors like completeness, consistency, and quality.
2. Analytical Skills and Contribution: Analysing the data and preparing relevant reports.
3. Meeting Deadlines: Timeliness of monthly close activities.
4. Problem-Solving: The ability to identify and resolve billing discrepancies and other issues is crucial.
5. Continuous Learning & Development: Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning and skill development in areas like data analysis tools and techniques.
6. Teamwork & Collaboration: Measured by the improvement in junior team members' performance and skills under the analyst's mentorship.Positive team collaboration and communication.
7. Preparation of SOP: Proper documentation and sharing best practice.
8. Independent Work: Number of projects completed independently. Proactive problem-solving and identification. Demonstrated initiative and self-direction.

Work Environment and Tools

Tools/Software: Proficiency in tools like SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, Hyperion, HFM, Adaptive thinking, Net Suite, Advanced Excel and Power BI.

Soft Skills:

1. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
2. Client-centric approach
3. Analytical Mind-set.

Preferred candidate profile

Qualifications/ certifications

Essential Qualifications:

1. CA/CA Inter/CMA inter degree with at least 2 - 4 Years experience.
2. M.COM/CMA/MBA in Finance with at least 3+ Years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, preferably from Shared Service industry.
2. Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
4. High proficiency in MS Office preferably data modelling experience and advanced working knowledge of MS Excel.
5. Good Working Knowledge on SAP, Net-suite, Hyperion.
6. Good accounting concepts.
7. Good Interpersonal skills.
8. Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of accounting concepts and interprets them to the junior team members.