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Your Role

• The FP&A; Lead Analyst – Headcount Planning & Controlling is responsible for planning, monitoring, and analysing workforce costs and headcount. The role provides accurate financial insights to support workforce decisions, budget control, forecasting, and business performance management.
• Lead the annual headcount planning, budgeting, and forecasting process.
• Monitor actual headcount and personnel costs against budget, forecast, and prior-year results.
• Prepare monthly management reports and explain key variances and cost drivers.
• Partner with HR, Finance,



and business stakeholders to validate workforce plans and assumptions.
• Support workforce scenario modelling, cost-saving initiatives, and business cases.
• Ensure data accuracy, reporting consistency, and compliance with financial controls.
• Improve reporting processes and automate recurring analyses where possible.
• Present transparent financial insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and support to junior analysts and contribute to FP&A; improvement initiatives.
• Beyond technical competence, success in this role depends on how the work gets done:
• Proven experience managing senior business and finance stakeholders, including at leadership level, with confidence and credibility.
• Ability to unbox complex, ambiguous problems and structure them into clear, actionable solutions.
• Strong collaboration skills, working effectively across Finance, HR, and business functions

📌 FP&A Lead Analyst (Bengaluru)
🏢 Merck Group
📍 Bengaluru