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Role: Financial Analyst Reports To: Director of Finance & Business Analytics Location: Remote Shift: Night Shift (7:30 PM – 4:00 AM IST Job Description The individual will be responsible for supporting the following: budgets, forecasts, consolidations, and FP&A. Within 5 business days following the release of each month’s financial statements by the Accounting Department, work with the Director of Finance and Business Analytics to: (i) analyze and report actual financial results against the current year’s plan/forecast and the prior year’s actual results for each business unit; and (ii) update the full ROY forecast of the company’s performance to incorporate the month’s actual results with the division leaders. Will be directly involved in preparing full-year plan/forecast of revenue, COGS, and other operating expenses with division leader(s) and top management personnel. Provide analytical support for operations, expenditure analysis, ad hoc analysis, trend analysis of revenue recognition, and cost analysis as requested by the supervisor. In-depth business analysis and efficiency improvements, where the individual will be responsible for developing, analyzing, and interpreting statistical and accounting information to appraise operating results in terms of profitability and performance against plan/forecast and other matters bearing on the fiscal soundness and operating effectiveness of the organization. Financial writing: Develop the company’s responses to the financial, accounting, and pricing-related questions in proposals and assist the proposal writing team in the maintenance of a database of prior responses to such questions. Please note that the financial writing component of this job requires excellent written communication skills. This person will be responsible for coordinating, conducting, and documenting financial analysis projects and providing top-level financial assistance to supervisors and executive management. Duties and responsibilities: Develops methodology to measure profitability to improve management's ability to make decisions. Analyzes various cost elements and overhead. Prepares and develops ad-hoc management reports for decision making. Creates and modifies financial forecasting models. Prepares analysis of new business, revenue improvement, and cost saving opportunities. Ability to solve problems and think strategically. Must have excellent knowledge of forecasting, planning, and variance analysis. Ability to explain variance analysis and its drivers and provide possible scenarios on how to minimize the big variances miss. Possess significant experience performing financial planning and analysis in a multi-site business. Must have strong proficiency with MS Excel (i.e., V-Look Ups, Pivot Tables, INDEX-MATCH, IF statements etc.) and MS PowerPoint. Must be experienced in analyzing and interpreting complex data, including data modeling. Must be able to prepare information and communicate with all levels of management. Must be able to work as a team player and manage tight deadlines. Performs other duties as assigned by management. Skills Highly skilled in using Microsoft Excel and/or other software to create and update financial statements for all the divisions, conduct variance analyses comparing actual results to forecasts, develop pricing analyses for proposals (among other purposes), and create graphs and/or charts to communicate key research findings. Excellent mathematical and analytical problem-solving skills Able to communicate the results of your research both in writing and orally to business executives in a succinct and compelling manner. Comfortable interacting with top executives of business organizations to learn and understand their agenda and determine what research will be of most use to them in solving business problems. An ability to investigate and answer unfamiliar questions through original and creative analyses that generate perceptive value-added insight. Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or a related business major with significant Financial Analysis Experience. MBA or master’s degree in finance or accounting preferred. Microsoft POWER BI experience is a plus. Staffing industry experience is a plus. Interested candidates can connect with me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-mukherjee-head-talent-acquisition-professional/ or can apply here.
