Business Analyst P&L; & Cost Analytics

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly analytical Business Analyst with around 1 year of experience to support Profit & Loss (P&L;) management, cost analysis, financial performance tracking, and business planning.

The role will involve analyzing financial and operational data, understanding key P&L; drivers, performing variance analysis, identifying cost optimization opportunities, and providing actionable insights to business and finance stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

- Analyze monthly P&L; performance across revenue, operating costs, manpower costs, overheads, and profitability.
- Perform detailed actual vs. budget vs. forecast variance analysis and identify key drivers of financial performance.
- Prepare monthly and periodic P&L; reports, management reports, MIS, and financial dashboards.
- Analyze revenue, cost, contribution margin, operating expenses, and profitability trends.
- Identify major cost drivers and opportunities for cost optimization and productivity improvement.
- Support manpower cost analysis and workforce planning, including headcount, utilization, productivity, and employee-cost analysis.
- Conduct budgeting and forecasting analysis and support business planning activities.
- Develop financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate the impact of business decisions on profitability.
- Track and analyze key financial and operational KPIs and highlight deviations from targets.
- Partner with Finance, Operations, HR, and Business teams to understand financial performance and underlying business drivers.
- Convert complex financial and operational data into transparent business insights and recommendations.
- Build and maintain Power BI/Tableau dashboards for P&L;, cost, manpower, and operational performance.
- Automate recurring reports and improve the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting.
- Support management with ad-hoc analysis, business cases, cost-benefit analysis, and profitability studies.

Key Areas of Ownership




- Profit & Loss (P&L;) Analysis
- Cost & Expense Analysis
- Actual vs. Budget Analysis
- Actual vs. Forecast Analysis
- Variance Analysis
- Revenue & Profitability Analysis
- Manpower Cost & Workforce Analytics
- Cost Optimization
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Financial Modeling
- KPI & Performance Reporting
- Data Visualization & Dashboards

Required Skills
- Around 2+ year of experience in Business Analysis, Financial Analysis, FP&A;, Management Reporting, or Data Analytics.
- Strong understanding of P&L; statements and financial performance metrics.
- Good understanding of revenue, operating expenses, gross/contribution margin, EBITDA/profitability, and cost drivers.
- Strong experience in Excel, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, financial models, and data analysis.
- Experience with Power BI/Tableau for dashboarding and data visualization.
- Working knowledge of SQL for data extraction and analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to identify financial trends, anomalies, and key business drivers.
- Robust communication skills with the ability to present financial insights to stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Business, or a related field.
- NIT/IIT or other reputed engineering/business institution preferred.

Preferred Experience
- Exposure to FP&A;, management reporting, or business finance.
- Experience in cost reduction or cost optimization initiatives.
- Exposure to manpower planning and workforce cost analysis.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
- Knowledge of financial modeling and scenario analysis.
- Experience working with large datasets and building automated dashboards.
- Knowledge of Python/R is an added advantage.

Ideal Candidate Profile An analytical professional who can go beyond reporting numbers and answer “Why did the P&L; move?”, identify the underlying revenue and cost drivers, quantify the financial impact, and recommend actions to improve profitability and cost efficiency.

📌 Business Analyst-Bangalore (Immediate Joiner preferred) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Shadowfax Technologies
📍 Bengaluru