**What you'll do:** The role is responsible for supporting month-end close activities, forecasting, financial analysis, invoice processing, vendor management, reporting, and asset retirement processes. The successful candidate will work closely with budget managers, vendors, shared service teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accurate financial reporting, timely invoice processing, and effective financial operations support. + Month-End Close, Forecasting & Financial Analysis. + Coordinate month-end close activities, including communication of timelines, accrual deadlines, and forecast submission requirements to budget managers. + Review and validate accrual submissions, resolve queries, and ensure timely posting of approved accruals. + Consolidate, review, and upload forecast updates into financial planning systems. + Perform variance analysis against budget and forecast, prepare financial commentary, and support management reporting requirements. + Partner with business stakeholders to ensure accurate financial planning, forecasting, and reporting. + Support annual budgeting and profit planning processes. + Invoice Processing & Payment Support + Review vendor invoices to validate receipt of goods/services and ensure invoice accuracy. + Provide appropriate accounting coding and invoice routing instructions to shared service teams. + Monitor invoice approval workflows and payment status to ensure timely processing. + Resolve invoice, payment, and approval-related queries from vendors and internal stakeholders. + Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and accounting guidelines. + Plant Queue Management (Plant/Ledger 0078) + Manage invoices received under Plant/Ledger 0078, ensuring accurate review, documentation, and routing to the appropriate approvers.



+ Track pending invoices and proactively follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely resolution. + Maintain visibility of queue status and escalate issues as necessary to avoid processing delays. + Vendor Management & Stakeholder Coordination + Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors regarding invoice, payment, and operational inquiries. + Build and maintain effective working relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders. + Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and support smooth business operations. + Drive timely communication and follow-up to ensure closure of outstanding items. + CAR Reporting & Data Maintenance. + Review monthly CAR reports and maintain supporting project documentation. + Analyze and validate report data to ensure accuracy and completeness. + Prepare and distribute finalized reports to stakeholders. + Support continuous improvement of reporting and data management processes. + Asset Retirement Support. + Review Fixed Asset Reports (FAR) and identify assets eligible for retirement. + Prepare required retirement documentation and obtain necessary approvals. + Coordinate with the Asset Retirement team to ensure timely and accurate asset retirement processing. + Maintain proper documentation and compliance with asset management policies. **Qualifications:** - Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a related field. - Fresh Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, CMA, ACCA,



or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred. - 1-3 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A;), General Accounting, Finance Operations, Accounts Payable, or Shared Services environment. **Skills:** - Strong understanding of accounting principles, accruals, forecasting, and financial analysis. - Experience working with ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, or similar financial systems. - Experience with invoice processing, forecasting, budgeting, and financial reporting. - Familiarity with Power BI, Power Automate, Excel Power Query, or financial reporting tools. - Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, data analysis). - Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting. - Variance analysis and management reporting. - Invoice processing and accounts payable operations. - ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, or similar). - Power BI, and financial reporting tools (preferred). - Knowledge of process automation tools such as Power Automate is an added advantage. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Excellent attention to detail and accuracy. - Effective verbal and written communication skills. - Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities. - Ability to influence and collaborate across functions. - Customer-service mindset with a proactive approach to issue resolution. - Robust organizational and time management skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines. - Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on process efficiency. - Ability to work independently while being an effective team player. - High level of accountability, ownership, and professionalism. - Adaptability and willingness to learn new systems and technologies.

📌 Associate Finance Analyst (Pune)
🏢 Eaton
📍 Pune