Senior Analyst - Planning and Reporting

This role is part of the overall UK&I FP&A team based out of Bangalore. The responsibilities include supporting the budget, forecasting and month end process for Creative service line revenue and costs. This role will involve preparation of the base budgets and forecasts plus review of same, including detailed variance analysis of revenue and spend. Additionally, this role will be required to analyze client revenue, time allocations and expense trends; and is expected to create and update trackers/ repositories in line with the timetable of the relevant process.
The candidate will support the FP&A Manager Creative practice in driving all key deliverables in relation to financial reporting, analysis, budgeting/ forecasting and Client reporting for the service line in collaboration with Commercial Finance, Operational Finance and Client teams.

Job Description:

Key Accountabilities

This person will be required to perform the following activities:

• Maintain Excel and other templates required by the team
• Submission of Creative practice budgets and forecast to SAC Planning System
• Review and validation of output from above to ensure accuracy, consistency, and provide informed variance analysis
• Co-ordinate, communicate and oversee all FP&A requirements in respect of Creative practice
• Co-ordination, preparation and analysis of all monthly forecasts, quarterly forecasts, and annual budgets
• Submission of Creative practice budgets and forecast to SAC Planning System
• Validation of output from above to ensure accuracy, consistency, and provide informed variance analysis
• Preparation of Power-Point presentations to support Creative practice reviews at Capability / Department / Practice Area level
• Trend analysis including review and validation of Salesforce pipeline to inform analysis and forecasts
• Monthly interaction with Client Accounting teams to understand deviations in actual performance and incorporate into monthly analysis and future forecast impact
• Feed into monthly close process to ensure key accruals and inaccuracies have been resolved in liaison with Financial Control
• Provide monthly commentary analysis to Market FP&A team and resolve any queries
• Produce monthly and other reporting requirements of the Creative practice
• Support and work collaboratively with wider FP&A team, Commercial Finance and Operational Finance

Key Requirements

• MBA Finance / CA Inter or equivalent qualification with 6 - 8 years of experience
• Proficient in Advanced Excel and Financial Modelling; working knowledge of Power BI and Macros is a plus.
• Previous experience of FP&A
• Demonstrable experience of informed review and analysis of results and forecasts
• Problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure
• Excellent communication skills, confident with working across functions and levels

Location:

Bangalore

Brand:

Bcoe

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Consultant