Skill required: Financial Planning Analysis - Financial Planning and Analysis (FPA)

Designation: Financial Plan Analysis Senior Analyst

Qualifications: BCom

Years of Experience: 5 to 8 years

What would you do
Purpose of the role The Senior Analyst plays a pivotal role in the FPA function, delivering high-quality financial analysis, reporting, and business insights to support strategic decision-making. This role is responsible for preparing accurate forecasts and budgets, performing detailed variance analysis, and maintaining robust management reporting. Acting as a key contributor within the FPA team, the Senior Analyst collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders, supports continuous improvement initiatives, and mentors junior team membersensuring operational excellence and value creation for the business.

What are we looking for
Education- Graduate degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline preferred. MBA/CA/CMA is an advantage but not mandatory.
Skills, Competencies, Experience Required-

- Relevant FPA or commercial finance experience, preferably in manufacturing, retail, or CPG.

- Strong grounding in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.

- Good business acumen and understanding of financial drivers.

- Proficiency in Excel; exposure to SAP, SAC, or Power BI preferred.

- Robust communication and stakeholder management skills.

- Ability to work independently on recurring processes and collaborate in a global delivery

- Hands-on FPA, Commercial Finance business acumen with exposure in commercial, retail, wholesale, merchandise, CPG or product-driven environments preferred
Tools-




- Advanced Excel financial modelling, large datasets, pivot analysis, complex lookups

- SAP ECC or equivalent ERP report extraction, cost centre mapping, GL coding (training provided)

- EPM / CPM planning tools TM1, SAP SAC, Anaplan, OneStream or equivalent preferred

- Reporting and visualisation Power BI, Tableau, Palantir or equivalent BI platforms

- Familiarity with Snowflake or data warehouse reporting layers
Team Management Support team coordination; mentor junior analysts and contribute to knowledge sharing.
Actional Insight, Client Facing, Financial Analysis, Financial Management Reporting, Microsoft Excel Data Analysis

Roles and Responsibilities:
FPA Process Delivery
- Prepare forecast and budget inputs with accuracy and timeliness.

- Track key assumptions, risks, and dependencies across planning cycles.

- Support consolidation and validation of submissions from stakeholders.

- Perform detailed variance analysis on revenue, cost, margin, and working capital.

- Prepare monthly and ad hoc reports with clear, insight-led commentary.

- Support decision-making through trend analysis, driver-based insights, and basic modelling.

- Prepare the rolling forecast for revenue and gross margin lines within assigned categories





- Support annual budgeting and long-range planning inputs for the retail vertical

- Maintain KPI trackers and support periodic performance reviews.

- Highlight emerging risks and opportunities to the FPA ASP and business stakeholders.

- Ensure accuracy and consistency of management information.
Business Partnering and Collaboration
- Work with cross-functional teams to understand business drivers and validate data.

- Respond effectively to stakeholder queries and ad hoc analysis requests.

- Build strong working relationships with internal teams and service delivery partners.
Continuous Improvement and Controls
- Identify opportunities to simplify reporting, improve controls, and enhance data quality.

- Support standardisation and documentation of FPA processes.

- Use Excel, Power BI, and finance systems effectively to improve productivity.
Team Leadership and Delivery Governance
- Support team leads with work coordination and quality assurance activities.

- Mentor junior analysts and support onboarding of new team members.

- Contribute to knowledge sharing and documentation of FPA processes.

- Take ownership of assigned deliverables and ensure timely completion.
Stakeholder Management
- Respond effectively to stakeholder queries and support ad hoc analysis requests.

- Build professional relationships with internal teams and service delivery partners.

- Communicate proactively on deliverable status, issues, and timelines.

- Support stakeholder meetings with data preparation and presentation support.

Qualification BCom

📌 Financial Plan & Analysis Senior Analyst (Gurugram)
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