Team Lead

Job Summary

The Analyst will be responsible for developing financial forecasts, monitoring business performance, managing monthly accruals, and performing detailed variance analysis to provide actionable insights for decision-making. Looking for a strong financial and analytical skills, a solid understanding of accrual accounting principles, and the ability to partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to drive financial discipline and forecast accuracy.

Key Responsibilities

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support annual budgeting, quarterly/half yearly reforecasting.
• Collaborate with various department leads to gather financial inputs and assumptions.
• Develop and maintain financial models to forecast expenses, headcount, and other major operational metrics.
• Analyse historical trends and process drivers to improve forecast accuracy.
• Year over year comparison reports.
• Uploading finalised values into Vena (Financial tool).

Financial Analytics & Reporting

• Create dashboards and reports using Power BI, Excel, vendor portals, etc.,
• Perform monthly variance analysis to identify and explain key drivers impacting financial results, including volume, rate, head count and operational factors.
• Callout immediately when unusual expenses or incorrect entries.
• Track forecast-to-actual accuracy and identify areas for continuous forecast improvement.
• Validation of high $ vendor invoices.
• Maintain month on month vendor spend against the budgeted numbers.
• Initiate Purchase Requisitions based on the approved budget on behalf of reviewers.
• Manage PO change orders and onboarding vendors.

Accrual Management

• Prepare and review monthly accrual calculations for various department.
• Ensure expenses are recorded in the correct accounting period in accordance with accrual accounting standards.
• Coordinate with Collections team for gathering pending and current commission expenses.
• Communication to the stakeholders and coordinate with FR for the final entry.
• Identify opportunities to improve accrual accuracy and streamline close processes.
• Identify missing invoices and coordinate with vendor/requestor.

• Stakeholder Management

  • Support business reviews by providing financial insights and recommendations.
  • Present findings and financial analyses to senior leadership.
  • Partner with Finance, Operations, Procurement, and AP teams.
  • Prepare cost impact during contract renewal and price amendment.

Skill Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• 2-3+ years of experience in FP&A.
• Strong understanding of Forecasting and Accrual accounting concepts.

• Technology Requirements

  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
  • Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, Charts, VLOOKUP, Macros, etc., preferred).
  • Any ERP and Workflow tools

Other Requirements