Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst
Jobgether India
Internet Marketplace Platforms · 11-50 employees
About the role
The analyst will own critical financial models, reporting packages, and month-end close activities to support senior leadership. They are responsible for maintaining forecasts, EBITDA bridges, and KPI scorecards while ensuring data accuracy across business lines.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have 3+ years of relevant FP&A or corporate finance experience and expert-level Excel financial modeling skills. Proficiency in financial planning platforms like Pigment and data visualization tools like Power BI is required.
Benefits
Full description
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst based in India.
This is a high-impact FP&A role supporting a US-based finance organization in a fast-paced, transaction-focused environment.You will own critical financial models, reporting packages, dashboards, and month-end close activities.Your work will directly support senior finance leadership and inform strategic and investor-facing decisions.The role requires exceptional precision, strong financial modeling capabilities, and disciplined reporting standards.You will work extensively with Excel, Pigment, Power BI, and financial data from enterprise systems.Operating asynchronously across time zones, you will deliver reviewed, decision-ready outputs for the US team each morning.This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical finance professional seeking meaningful ownership and exposure to high-stakes FP&A work.
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Accountabilities:
- Own the monthly rolling forecast process, including actuals ingestion, model updates, reforecasting, sensitivity analysis, and preparation of assumptions for senior leadership review.
- Build and maintain EBITDA bridges comparing actuals against budget and prior-year performance, including waterfall analyses and detailed variance commentary.
- Prepare monthly business-line reporting packages covering revenue, costs, headcount, and budget variances while maintaining consistent formatting and reporting standards.
- Maintain budget-versus-actual templates and ensure commentary is complete, accurate, and consistently applied across business lines.
- Prepare initial drafts of investor reporting packages using data from planning systems and ensure outputs meet high standards of accuracy and presentation.
- Maintain monthly KPI scorecards covering revenue, EBITDA, DSO, cash, and close-cycle metrics, using clear RAG indicators to highlight performance.
- Maintain and refresh Power BI dashboards supporting Collections, Analytics, and FP&A stakeholders.
- Own the financial close checklist, monitor accounting deliverables and service-level timelines, and proactively escalate delays or risks.
- Partner with Accounting to review and validate monthly accruals before the books are closed.
- Identify discrepancies, data-quality issues, or process gaps early and communicate them clearly to relevant stakeholders.
- Work effectively with US-based finance colleagues across time zones, ensuring deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of relevant FP&A, financial analysis, management reporting, or corporate finance experience, ideally in a complex or high-growth environment.
- Expert-level Excel financial modeling skills, including the ability to build integrated three-statement models covering the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
- Demonstrated experience producing EBITDA bridges, rolling forecasts, variance analyses, and waterfall reporting in a real FP&A environment.
- Experience with Pigment, Adaptive, Anaplan, or a comparable financial planning platform; hands-on Pigment experience is a strong advantage.
- Experience developing high-quality management reporting packages suitable for senior leadership, investors, or private-equity stakeholders.
- Strong Power BI or Tableau skills, with the ability to build and maintain dashboards using structured financial and operational data.
- Excellent PowerPoint skills and a strong eye for formatting, presentation quality, and financial reporting consistency.
- Familiarity with Oracle EPM/FCCS data exports and their use in financial reporting is an advantage.
- Solid understanding of month-end close processes, including trial balances, accruals, journal entries, and accounting timelines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with exceptional attention to financial accuracy and detail.
- Excellent written and spoken English, particularly for preparing financial commentary reviewed by senior executives and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and asynchronously with international teams, proactively communicating risks and escalating issues before they affect deliverables.
- Strong organizational skills, ownership mindset, and the ability to manage recurring deadlines in a high-accountability environment.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation aligned with the local Indian market, with total compensation potentially including base pay and bonus opportunities.
- Paid time off, including Casual, Earned, Sick, Special Leave, and applicable holidays.
- Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities, including training and education reimbursement programs.
- Wellness programs designed to support employee wellbeing and work-life balance.
- An inclusive and diverse workplace where employees are encouraged to learn, grow, and collaborate.
- Opportunity to work with a mission-driven, globally distributed team.
- Remote work arrangement based in India.
- Exposure to senior finance leadership, investor-facing reporting, and high-impact FP&A activities.
\nHow Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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