Role & responsibilities

Job Title: Financial Planning Analyst

Location: Embassy Square, Infantry road, Bangalore

Department: Finance / Accounts

Reporting to: CFO

We are looking for a dedicated FPA to join our Finance team at Group Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bangalore

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Finance/Commerce preferred
- 1- 3 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Corporate Finance, or Business Finance
- Robust understanding of financial statements and accounting principles.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, Power Query, Power Pivot, financial modeling).
- Experience with any ERP systems
- Experience with planning and reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar is preferred.

About the job

Margin Analysis & Profitability Reporting

- Perform detailed account-level margin analysis to evaluate customer profitability and identify margin improvement opportunities.
- Analyze gross margin performance by customer, product, service line, and business segment.
- Monitor margin trends and investigate key drivers of variances against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Prepare recurring profitability reports and dashboards for management review.
- Partner with business teams to provide recommendations for improving revenue quality and margins.

Cost Analysis & Expense Management

- Conduct detailed analysis of operating expenses, with a primary focus on travel and entertainment (T&E;) spending.
- Monitor travel budget utilization and identify cost-saving opportunities.




- Analyze travel expenses by department, employee group, project, and geography.
- Support policy compliance reviews and provide insights on travel cost optimization.
- Track spending trends and explain budget-to-actual variances.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning

- Prepare annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
- Develop and maintain financial models to support business planning and investment decisions.
- Analyze monthly financial results, identify variances, and provide recommendations to management.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports and dashboards.
- Monitor key financial and operational performance indicators (KPIs).
- Partner with business units to understand financial performance and identify improvement opportunities.
- Support strategic initiatives by conducting profitability, pricing, and cost-benefit analyses.
- Perform scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for business decisions.
- Assist in preparing presentations for executive leadership and board meetings.
- Ensure data accuracy and integrity across financial reports.
- Support month-end and year-end closing activities from an FP&A; perspective.
- Drive process improvements and automation of financial reporting and planning activities.
- Collaborate with Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, HR, and Operations to align financial planning with business objectives.

Support ad hoc financial analysis and special projects as required

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