Lead Analyst- FP&A

What you’ll do:

• The Lead Analyst – FP&A serves as a strategic finance partner supporting Corporate Functional leaders through financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business performance analysis. The role drives actionable insights, supports informed decision-making, promotes financial governance, and leads continuous improvement initiatives through automation, standardization, and data-driven solutions. The incumbent is expected to influence stakeholders, challenge the status quo, and collaborate across global teams to deliver business value.

• This position would be an Individual Contributor.

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, and financial planning processes for assigned functions.

• Partner with business leaders to provide insights on financial performance, cost drivers, risks, and opportunities.

• Deliver meaningful variance analysis and recommend actions to improve financial outcomes.

• Develop and enhance management reporting, dashboards, and financial models to support decision-making.

• Drive process simplification, automation, and standardization to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

• Support strategic initiatives, business cases, and cost optimization efforts through financial analysis and scenario planning.

• Ensure compliance with financial controls, governance requirements, and reporting standards.

• Collaborate effectively with global finance teams and stakeholders to deliver shared business objectives.

Qualifications:

• Accounting major (B.Com) & CA/ICWA/CFA/MBA (Finance), preferably.
• 9-10 years of FP&A and accounting experience.

Skills:

• Excellent Analytical skills to interpret financial data, Written and oral communication skills.

• Proficiency with MS-Office – particularly Excel, Power Point, Word and other reporting tools

• Working Knowledge of Business Intelligence Tools – ORACLE, SAP, EPBCS, etc..

• Experience with Oracle Financials and SAP preferred

• Adaptable to varying cultures.

• Continuously seeks opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and leverage automation.

• Demonstrates learning agility and embraces new tools, technologies, and best practices.

• Anticipates future needs and develops scalable solutions.

• Challenges existing processes and drives positive change through data-driven insights.

• Takes ownership of outcomes and proactively addresses business challenges.

• Builds trusted partnerships across functions, regions.

• Collaborates effectively, shares knowledge, and contributes to team success.

• Good interpersonal skills – ability to work with all levels of the organization.

• Systematic process orientation, strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Commitment to compliance

• Be a self-starter & be able to operate without close supervision

• Drive for result, enthusiasm, transparent, Customer focus

• Influencing skills with relationship building with the customers and stakeholders