As Senior Analyst, Enterprise D&D; Planning, you will support the core planning and forecasting operating rhythm for D&D.; You will assist in structuring timelines, templates, inputs, assumptions, and follow-ups so finance partners and business leaders can plan with greater accuracy, consistency, and accountability.

- Support the planning and forecasting calendar across D&D;, including annual plan, rolling forecast, monthly updates, and key submission achievements.
- Assemble and synchronize inputs across Finance, Studios, Product, Technology, People & Culture, Group Finance, and RCOE to support alignment and timely delivery of planning assumptions.
- Keep transparent trackers for forecast submissions, open items, risks, delayed inputs, approvals, and follow-up actions.
- Help prepare planning outputs that are consistent, comparable, and ready for D&D; Finance and leadership review.
- Develop, sustain, and enhance headcount planning templates across D&D;, incorporating role-level, location, cost center, hiring, attrition, and transfer inputs.
- Help establish a more structured operating rhythm for planning across D&D;, reducing last-minute churn and improving transparency.
- Partner closely with People & Culture and Finance teams to align headcount assumptions, open roles, hiring timing, compensation inputs, and workforce changes.
- Create repeatable processes and controls that improve data quality, reduce rework, and make headcount planning easier to manage across cycles.
- Support clear variance explanations for headcount, compensation, and related cost movements across plan, forecast, and actuals.
- Find opportunities to simplify, standardize, and improve planning and forecasting processes across D&D.;
- Maintain planning documentation, process maps, templates, and operating guides to support consistency and knowledge transfer.




- Build trusted relationships by being responsive, organized, and clear on ownership and next steps.
- Support alignment across collaborators by bringing structure, clarity, and follow-through to complex, multi-participant planning cycles.

What Were Looking For

- 7+ years of experience in FP&A;, planning, forecasting, business operations, finance transformation, project management, or related analytical roles.

- Experience supporting or partnering with India-based Global Capability Centers (GCCs), including ownership of budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, capacity management, and financial support for globally distributed teams and shared services operations.

- Proven track record of partnering with global business leaders across multiple regions, aligning financial plans, workforce investment decisions, and operational priorities to support business growth and strategic objectives.

- Working knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, headcount planning, and recurring finance operating rhythms.

- Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage timelines, dependencies, collaborators, and follow-ups across multiple workstreams.

- Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint, paired with a focus on detail and the talent to generate explicit, accurate, and logically arranged work products.

- Are very organized and enjoy simplifying complex planning processes to make them more predictable.

- Can balance detailed data work with project management, collaborator coordination, and executive-ready communication.

- Have strong communication skills and can make timelines, asks, risks, and decisions clear to different audiences.

- Build credibility through accuracy, responsiveness, ownership, and strong follow-through.

- Bring a continuous improvement outlook and look for ways to reduce rework, standardize inputs, and improve the planning experience for partners.

📌 Senior Analyst, Enterprise D&D Planning (Noida)
🏢 Aristocrat
📍 Noida