Role & responsibilities

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented FP&A; Analyst to support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and business performance analysis. The candidate will partner with cross-functional teams to provide meaningful financial insights and support management in making informed business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

- Own and support the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts.
- Develop financial models for revenue, costs, profitability, and business scenarios.
- Perform scenario and sensitivity analysis to support business decisions.

Management Reporting & Analysis

- Prepare monthly MIS and management reporting packs.
- Analyze actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Identify key variances, business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Provide actionable insights to business and finance leadership.

Business Partnering

- Work closely with Sales, Operations, HR, Procurement, and other business teams to understand financial performance.
- Support stakeholders with financial analysis and decision-making.
- Challenge assumptions and provide recommendations to improve profitability and cost efficiency.

Financial Modelling & Data Analysis

- Build and maintain financial models for business planning and performance analysis.
- Analyze trends in revenue, margins, operating expenses, working capital, and other KPIs.
- Support long-range planning and strategic initiatives.
- Perform ad-hoc analysis and business cases as required.

Process Improvement





- Improve and automate recurring financial reports and planning processes.
- Develop dashboards and reports using Excel, Power BI, or similar tools.
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of financial data.

Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in FP&A;, Financial Analysis, Corporate Finance, or Management Reporting.
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling.
- Advanced MS Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, and financial modelling.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar.
- Working knowledge of Power BI or other business intelligence tools is preferred.
- Robust analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications
- CA / CMA / ACCA / MBA Finance or equivalent qualification.
- Experience in business partnering and presenting financial insights to senior management.
- Exposure to Power BI, SQL, or financial planning tools.
- Experience in process automation and reporting transformation.

Key Deliverables / KPIs
- Timely and accurate budgeting and forecasting.
- Forecast accuracy and quality of financial projections.
- Timely monthly MIS and management reporting.
- Quality of variance analysis and actionable business insights.
- Effective stakeholder/business partnering.
- Improvements in reporting efficiency and automation.

Preferred candidate profile

Perks and benefits

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