Senior FP&A Analyst (Bangalore, India)

Join Skillz and Level Up Your Career!

If you want to build, solve challenging problems, and see the direct impact of your work, join Skillz and level up your career!

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million-dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we are expanding our India team to support our global growth strategy. We are looking for exceptional talent who thrive in fast-moving, high-impact roles and want to build from the ground up.

Life @ Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value and make a difference in the world.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with competitive benefits, including health insurance for you and your dependents. Take advantage of tax-saving options like the Flexible Benefit Plan (FBP) to convert expenses such as fuel, drivers salary, internet, and phone bills into non-taxable components, and the National Pension System (NPS) for long-term savings and tax benefits.
• Time off: Our leave policy includes paid time off, national and festival holidays, and a company-wide holiday shutdown between Christmas and New Year's to help you recharge and pursue your passions.
• Recognized Success: Skillz has been named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, and Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups.
• Development Opportunities: We encourage professional growth, operating like a startup where every employee has a voice in shaping the business.

Why Skillz?

• Pioneers of Skill-Based Competition: Skillz is not just any company in the gaming industry; we are the pioneers of skill-based competition, partnered with industry titans like UFC, NFL, T-Mobile, Buzztime, Bowlero, while also hosting renowned events like the Game Developer Conference (GDC). Join us in transforming the way people play games and building the home of competition for all.
• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.
• Talent Magnet: Join a team of talented professionals who are passionate about what they do. Our team includes experts from Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, and more.

The Future of Gaming Awaits!

The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books combined, with over 3 billion active gamers playing monthly and over 25 million active developers worldwide. Mobile gaming, in particular, is the fastest-growing segment, projected to reach $300 billion by 2025. At Skillz, you have the opportunity to be at the forefront of this exciting industry and shape its future.

As a Senior FP&A Analyst at Skillz India, you will play a critical role in shaping our business decisions by translating strategy into numbers. You will build robust models, analyze KPIs, and partner with leaders across the business to drive financial rigor, accountability, and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain detailed financial models, including DCF and cohort-based frameworks, to forecast business performance.
• Translate strategic initiatives into predictive KPIs and actionable financial plans.
• Retrieve, analyze, and automate data flows using SQL and Snowflake; build dashboards in Tableau to track KPIs.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring accountability to financial plans.
• Evaluate new investment opportunities and confidently challenge assumptions or say "no" to bad investments.
• Partner with business leaders to raise the bar on financial planning and ensure discipline in resource allocation.
• Create, document, and improve processes to scale financial planning and analysis across the organization.
• Drive impact by solving complex problems with intellectual curiosity, resilience, and a hands-on approach.

Key Qualifications:

• 3–6 years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, or product FP&A roles.
• Strong background in financial modeling and valuation; ability to build new models from scratch.
• Familiarity with DCF valuation and/or cohort-based modeling.
• Proven ability to quickly understand new businesses or units and translate them into predictive KPIs.
• Proficiency in SQL is a must; ability to retrieve and analyze data from Snowflake.
• Experience with Tableau or other BI tools is a plus.
• Track record of impact and progression demonstrated through results and career growth.
• Durable and resilient: thrives in ambiguity and enjoys building from the ground up.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills; not afraid to challenge assumptions and hold stakeholders accountable.
• Impact-driven and motivated by creating value, both for the company and for personal growth.

Work Location: Skillz, 7th Floor, Table Space Towers, 4th Cross Rd, Kaveri Nagar, Krishnarajapuram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560048

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming!

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. Join our team and be part of the journey. We look forward to having you on board!