Business Financial Analyst (Associate)

Role Overview

Accountabilities

• Assist with annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range financial planning.
• Prepare recurring reports, dashboards, and analyses covering revenue, expenses, margins, headcount, utilization, and operating metrics.
• Support monthly financial close and variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Investigate financial variances and communicate findings to Finance and business stakeholders.
• Support cost analysis, expense tracking, profitability analysis, and financial performance reporting.
• Assist with investment analysis, return-on-investment calculations, payback analysis, and scenario planning.
• Maintain dashboards, financial models, planning templates, reporting files, and documentation.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Delivery, Contracting, Sales, and business leadership teams.
• Improve reporting processes, data quality, automation, and operational efficiency using Excel-based tools.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline, or an MBA with a relevant specialization.
• MBA Finance candidates and MBA Tech candidates are eligible.
• 0–2 years of relevant internship, academic-project, or professional experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, numerical, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, charts, and basic financial modeling.
• Familiarity with financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Experience with large datasets or Excel-based analyses is advantageous.
• Exposure to ERP, financial planning, business intelligence, or reporting tools is desirable.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles is preferred; US GAAP familiarity is a plus.
• Ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines, collaborate, and handle sensitive information discreetly.
• Ability to work the 2:00 PM–11:00 PM IST shift.

Benefits

• The role offers exposure to budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, profitability analysis, investment evaluation, Excel, financial modeling, reporting, and data analysis.
• The position may include salary, healthcare, leave, and employee benefits according to the partner company's policies.

Work Location

• The description states that the role is based in Bangalore or Indore, India.