Lead Financial Analyst - Gurugram, India - ETS

Description

Job Description:

The Lead Financial Analyst is responsible for using budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and reporting to ensure that their company's financial status stays on track.

Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, and capital expenditures

Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance

Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools (budget vs actual analysis, deep understanding of KPI metrics)

Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis

Quarterly and monthly financial reports

Implement and work with a Business Intelligence Tool and Dashboard reports

Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI in marketing programs, menu pricing, new store rollouts, as well as new projects

Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives

Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes

Supporting senior management team and department heads with in-depth analysis

Prepare presentations to Board of Directors and senior management team

Unit economics and margin analysis by product/sub product

Provide decision support and work with and support the inter departmental / business units.

Required Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

7+ years' experience in Financial Planning & Analysis.

Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills

Expert in TM1 reporting.

Proven understanding of GAAP in constructing financial modeling and reports

Hands on experience in planning, reporting and data analysis

Prior experience in providing decision support to business unit leadership or/and operations leaders including IT, HR, or Marketing

Experience in analyzing financial data and conducting presentations to leadership

Knowledge of planning systems and advanced use of excel

Attention to details, synthesize, summarize data and present analysis in concise, insightful manner

Self-starter and problem solver

Effective communicator and team player

Comfortable work independently

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE - (technical knowledge, skills and abilities an employee needs to successfully perform the position level; please distinguish between "required" and "preferred")
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 7+ years' experience in Financial Planning & Analysis.