Lead Financial Analyst

About Lowe's

Lowe’s India, the Global Capability Center of Lowe’s Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience. From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform, Lowe’s India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability. For more information, visit Lowes India

About the Team

The Technology Finance team partners with the CIO org to drive technology goals towards business outcomes in a financially prudent manner. It is responsible for providing analyses, insights and reporting that help identify drivers of performance and guide appropriate actions to improve financial outcomes. The Tech Finance team partners with the business to deliver insightful and proactive financial analysis that drive fact-based, data-driven decision making for the Technology business.

We are looking for a Lead Analyst – FP&A who will be responsible for delivering operational and financial insights & recommendation to Technology leaders and drive business decisions.

This role requires a self-starter with strong analytical acumen and problem-solving skills. The candidate should have a proven track record of influencing and supporting decisions in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.

Roles & Responsibility

• A subject matter expert in FP&A/ Corporate Finance
• A self-starter who is independently able to handle complex problem statements
• Able to use & collect data from multiple BI / reporting tools and synthesize summaries / surface insights
• Have an affinity for the Technology business with a sound financial lens and a strong analytical foundation
• Comfortable with presenting & reporting consistent & accurate financial information to leadership
• Drive productivity initiatives & simplification projects to optimize tech spend
• Build scenarios and financial models to support decision-making, raise awareness, and visualize key trends.
• Build business cases and create metrics to measure business impact of Technology projects
• Understand and be able to translate operational & Technology metrics into financial impact.

Primary skill

• Own periodic & ad hoc financial reporting of technology P&L, forecasting & insights
• Working knowledge of financial modelling using MS Excel or related tools
• Track & drive productivity initiatives & other analytical projects for Technology
• Drive development of long term and short-term plan/ forecast strategies and build driver-based budgeting and forecasting processes
• Proactively flag potential risks to spend and propose actionable solutions to mitigate these risks.
• Track & measure business outcomes from Technology deliverables & products
• Own the design, maintenance & development of new metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, etc. to drive key business decisions.
• Identify ways to automate processes to make reporting easier and spend more time on analysis & recommendations
• Develop business case as and when new technology investment is needed
• Track, analyze & report business impact of technology products / features by designing OKRs and financial measurement

Years of Experience:

• 6+ years of prior experience in FP&A / finance.
• Strong understanding of Finance / accounting concepts
• 3+ years experience working as a member of a technology or cross-functional team
• 3+ years experience analyzing data to detect trends and make recommendations
• Overall, 6-11 Years of work Exp only