Associate - Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support preparation of annual budgets, rolling forecasts and periodic business plans, including validation of key assumptions with business teams.
  
• Prepare monthly financial performance reports covering actuals vs. budget/forecast, revenue trends, and key variance drivers.
  
• Analyse financial and operational trends and convert complex data into clear insights for management review.
  
• Partner with business teams to gather inputs, understand business drivers, validate assumptions and challenge data inconsistencies.
  
• Develop and maintain financial models (both recurring and ad-hoc) to support budgeting, forecasting, and business decision-making.
  
• Contribute to process improvement, automation and standardization of FP&A reporting, dashboards and planning templates.
  
• Ensure accuracy of FP&A outputs and alignment with accounting principles, internal controls and financial reporting requirements.
  

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Advanced Excel, including lookups, logical formulas, pivot tables, and advanced analytical functions, along with strong working knowledge of MS PowerPoint and MS Word.
  
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret financial and operational data, identify trends, and highlight key business drivers. 
  
• Good understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, accruals, variance analysis and management reporting.
  
• Ability to prepare clear reports and present financial insights concisely to finance and business stakeholders.
  
• High attention to detail, ownership mindset, process orientation and ability to manage recurring reporting timelines with accuracy.
  
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills. 
  
• Candidate should be comfortable working in a growing FP&A setup with evolving processes and high expectations on accuracy and turnaround time.
  
• Prior exposure to technology-enabled businesses, SaaS, private credit, financial services or analytics-led businesses will be an added advantage.
  
• Working knowledge of Power BI, ERP systems or finance automation tools will be an added advantage.