Financial Analyst, Business F&S
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Own end-to-end delivery of monthly and quarterly reporting packages for Group Business F&S, including headcount actuals, opex budget vs. actual, forecast variance commentary, and trend analysis for MBRs, RTBRs, and board-level reviews. Design, build, and maintain standardized dashboards and data packs that provide a clear, consistent, and audit-ready view of financial and workforce health across planning orgs, cost centers, functions, and geographies. Establish a single source of truth for Group Business F&S data by driving cross-system integrity across Workday, planning systems, and Oracle, defining data quality standards, and owning resolution of discrepancies. Support annual budget and quarterly forecast processes by maintaining and updating financial and headcount models in Anaplan or equivalent enterprise planning systems. Lead documentation and standardization of reporting and planning processes by building SOPs, data dictionaries, and process playbooks to ensure consistency, continuity, and auditability. Mentor junior analysts on reporting standards and analytical rigor. This role sits within F&S Bengaluru, a high-impact team focused on enabling the company to "Grow for Free" through process efficiency and resource optimization.
Required Qualifications
- 7–14 years of progressive experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or financial analysis
- meaningful hands-on experience in financial reporting, planning, and process standardization
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- Strong FP&A fundamentals: you have owned reporting cycles, built and maintained financial models, and managed budget and forecast processes with precision and without supervision
- Proven track record of building and standardizing reporting processes, with a demonstrated ability to bring structure, consistency, and automation to previously manual or fragmented workflows
- Experience in headcount reporting and workforce analytics as part of a broader FP&A or Corporate Finance remit
- Command of enterprise planning systems such as Anaplan or any equivalent tool for financial and headcount planning
- working knowledge of Workday for position and people data
- Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, including integrated model design, scenario modeling, and large-dataset manipulation
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial and workforce data into clear, concise narratives for senior leaders
- Strong process orientation with a history of building scalable, structured processes in ambiguous or resource-constrained environments
- High attention to detail with the discipline to maintain accuracy across high-volume, recurring deliverables under tight deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across time zones and with US-based counterparts
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a Finance & Strategy, FP&A, or Corporate Finance function at a high-growth technology or fintech company
- Hands-on experience building planning models in Anaplan or any other enterprise planning system (model design and configuration, not just data entry)
- Proficiency in SQL or data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, Hubble, or similar) for building self-service reporting and analytics
- Familiarity with payroll-to-finance reconciliation, headcount-to-opex bridging, and how HC flows into the P&L
- Experience leading process standardization or automation initiatives within an FP&A or centralized finance team
- Exposure to company-wide planning processes including annual planning cycles, board reporting, and forecast submissions
- MBA or professional certifications (CA, CMA, CFA, CPA, CPIM etc.)
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