Finance Analyst - Kalyan Nagar

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Analysis & Insights

 Perform monthly variance analysis (Actual vs Budget vs Prior Period) and clearly explain drivers

 Analyze revenue streams, cost structures and margins at a granular level

 Identify leakages, inefficiencies and anomalies in financial and operational data

 Translate data into actionable insights and flag and recommend corrective actions for business and finance teams

2. Budgeting & Forecasting

 Build and maintain financial models for budgeting and forecasting

 Track actuals against budgets and highlight risks or overspending

 Support departments in understanding and managing their budgets

3. Accounting Validation & Control

 Review financial transactions to ensure correct GL mapping, cost center allocation and expense classification

 Validate Opex vs Capex classification and identify mis-postings impacting financial reports

 Ensure invoices, accruals and journal entries are recorded accurately

 Work closely with accounting teams to resolve discrepancies and improve data accuracy

4. Reporting & Automation

 Prepare management reports and dashboards (Excel / Power Query)

 Automate recurring reports and improve reporting efficiency

 Standardize reporting formats for consistency and accuracy

5. Cross-Functional Collaboration

 Work with operations, admissions and finance teams to validate data and assumptions

 Ensure alignment between operational data and financial reporting

Mandatory Skills (Non-Negotiable)

Candidates must demonstrate ALL of the below:

Advanced Excel (Hands-on, not theoretical)

 Pivot Tables (multi-level)

 XLOOKUP / INDEX-MATCH

 SUMIFS / COUNTIFS

 Data cleaning, structuring, and reconciliation

 Ability to work with large datasets (10,000+ rows)

Financial & Analytical Understanding

 Strong understanding of P&L structure

 Clear grasp of revenue vs cost drivers

 Understanding of margins, growth and variance analysis

 Ability to interpret numbers and explain business impact (not just compute)

Budgeting & Forecasting

 Practical exposure to budgeting cycles and variance tracking Accounting & Control Awareness

 Understanding of Opex vs Capex classification

 Ability to independently review, question and validate journal entries, invoice postings and expense allocations

 Working knowledge of Tally or similar accounting systems

 Ability to identify incorrect postings and their impact on financials

Good to Have (But Not Mandatory)

Power BI / Tableau

Experience in education or service-based organizations

Exposure to automation tools (Power Query / basic data modeling)

Important Note (for screening clarity)

This role requires strong analytical capability along with practical accounting understanding.

Candidates limited to data entry, basic reporting, or purely accounting operations without analytical exposure will not be considered.

Pay: ₹500,000.00 - ₹700,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Have you gone through the Job Description ?
• Where do You stay ? Are your comfortable working in Kalyan Nagar Location ?
• What is your qualification ?
• How many years of hands-on experience do you have in financial analysis, budgeting, MIS, or FP&A?
• How would you rate your Excel skills? Please mention the functions/features you regularly use ?
• Have you worked with large datasets (10,000+ rows)? If yes, what type of analysis/reconciliation have you performed?
• Have you performed Actual vs Budget vs Prior Period variance analysis? Please briefly explain your experience.
• Have you independently worked on budgeting and forecasting? Please describe your involvement.
• Have you independently reviewed GL mapping, cost centre allocation and expense classification and identified incorrect postings?
• What is the difference between Opex and Capex? Please provide an example of each.
• Have you worked on P&L analysis? Which revenue/cost heads have you analysed?
• Have you worked on Tally or any other accounting/ERP system? Please specify your experience.
• Have you performed financial/operational reconciliations and investigated discrepancies?
• Have you automated any recurring reports using Excel, Power Query, VBA or similar tools? If yes, please explain.
• Have you worked with non-finance teams to validate financial/operational data and assumptions?

Work Location: In person