Associate Financial Analyst

Key Responsibilities:

• Our FP&A team acts as financial sparring partners to Global Product heads, enabling data-driven decision-making and performance improvement across the business.
• As a Finance Business Partner, you will provide analytical insights and improvement scenarios to the L&S Product teams, focusing on customer profitability (Gross Profit and EBIT) and performance against Budgeted targets. In addition, you will:-
• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to Regional, Area, Global finance teams, driving profitable revenue growth through strategic financial support.
• Business partnering: Contribute to form business decisions and enable follow-up. Drive scenario analysis towards senior leadership and perform ad-hoc analysis and insights to business based on business needs.
• Our FP&A team acts as financial sparring partners to Global Product heads, enabling data-driven decision-making and performance improvement across the business.
• As a Finance Business Partner, you will provide analytical insights and improvement scenarios to the L&S Product teams, focusing on customer profitability (Gross Profit and EBIT) and performance against Budgeted targets. In addition, you will:-
• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to Regional, Area, Global finance teams, driving profitable revenue growth through strategic financial support.
• Business partnering: Contribute to form business decisions and enable follow-up. Drive scenario analysis towards senior leadership and perform ad-hoc analysis and insights to business based on business needs.
• Performance management: Drive accurate, timely and aligned reporting of financial and operational performance indicators. Act as the analytical anchor point for performance reviews and drive follow-up.
• Financial planning: Manage and model input from stakeholders, working across the organisation ensuring high quality in communication of performance.
• Continuous improvements: Drive simplification of reports, analytics tools and automation of reporting.
• Lead Monthly Performance Reviews (MPR), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR), and Annual Planning cycles with clear performance narratives and actionable recommendations.
• Translate L&S product commercial strategy into financial plans, ensuring alignment of growth priorities, targets, and resource allocation.
• Provide customer-level Revenue-to-Gross Profit analysis to identify profitability drivers, risks, and margin improvement opportunities.
• Support target setting, budgeting, and long-range planning across verticals, channels, and growth initiatives for respective L&S product.
• Analyse revenue, Gross Profit, EBIT, customer, and product performance to identify key growth and value creation opportunities.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and decision support to Product teams and senior stakeholders as required.
• Act as the key interface between L&S Product team, Regional Finance, Global FP&A, and data analytics team, ensuring alignment across planning and accurate reporting processes.
• This role works closely with Global FP&A teams, Product teams, and Senior Management as a strategic finance partner. It supports decision-making through value-added financial insights, deep-dive analysis, performance reporting, and planning support. Clear and effective communication of insights to stakeholders and decision-makers is essential.

Required Experience and skills:

• Masters and Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field; Chartered Accountant (CA) or equivalent qualification preferred.
• Minimum 4+ years of post-qualification experience in Finance, FP&A, or Business Partnering roles within a commercial organization or consulting environment.
• Strong exposure to Business Finance, FP&A team and accounting principles is a distinct advantage.
• Strong understanding of Business Finance, Product P&L management, and global business operations
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for financial analysis, modelling, and executive reporting
• Exposure to BI tools (Power BI/Tableau) and financial systems is an added advantage
• Strong financial acumen with expertise in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and performance management
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to work with complex datasets and derive insights
• Proven ability to partner with business stakeholders and influence decision-making in a matrix environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to simplify complex financial information for senior leadership
• Self-driven, proactive, and adaptable in fast-paced, dynamic environments with strong ownership mindset and continuous improvement orientation