Financial Plan & Analysis Analyst

Skill required: Financial Planning & Analysis - Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
Designation: Financial Plan & Analysis Analyst
Qualifications:BCom/MCom/Chartered Accountant
Years of Experience:3 to 5 years
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 699,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com What would you do? You will be aligned with our Finance Operations vertical and will be helping us in determining financial outcomes by collecting operational data/reports, whilst conducting analysis and reconciling transactions. Financial planning, reporting, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) refers to the processes designed to help organizations accurately plan, forecast, and budget to support the company s major business decisions and future financial health. These processes include planning, budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and performance reporting. You will be aligned with our Finance Operations vertical and help us in performing Financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, variance analysis activities, collecting operational data/reports, conducting analysis and reconciling transaction, preparation of standard & Adhoc management reports for region, country, product, Service type etc., providing standardized/adhoc and insightful level of analyses.
What are we looking for? Commerce Graduate •• Domain Expertise in FP&A (Budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis & reporting) • Good understanding of P&L, B/S and Cash flow statements • Good knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles • Strong experience in working on key planning & forecasting tools (including but not limited to Onestream & Anaplan) • Experience developing financial reports and metrics • Good in Interpersonal and communication skills • Excellent in MS Office (especially MS Excel) • Experience in working on key analytics applications such as Power BI/ Power query including creation of dashboards will be preferred • Comfortable to work in Flexi / Night Shifts • Required to do analysis and solving of increasingly complex problems • Your day to day interactions are with peers within Accenture • You are likely to have some interaction with clients and/or Accenture management • You will be given minimal instruction on daily work/tasks and a moderate level of instruction on new assignments • Decisions that are made by you impact your own work and may impact the work of others • In this role you would be an individual contributor
Roles and Responsibilities: •• Support Annual Operating Plan & regular forecast exercises • Planning, Creating and managing reporting data and report out from various database systems • As required, manage client communication, responding to queries, investigating irregularities and anomalies • Responsible for Financial planning, reporting, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting, preparation & analysis of P&L, forecast accuracy & SG&A expense analysis • Preparation of Working Capital & Cost of Sales reports is to support the business • Use a diverse range of applications and understand the business and technical functionality of each application and its relevance to the business community • Provide support to all business units across the region/brands, including product understanding, validation, problem/query resolution and coordination of communications • required to do analysis and solving of increasingly complex problems