About this role
Associate – FP&A will support the FP&A function in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis and financial performance reviews. The role will be responsible for preparing actionable financial insights, supporting business planning and working closely with cross-functional stakeholders to strengthen reporting, forecasting accuracy and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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.
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