Finance Data Analyst

Uniserve; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniserve seeks a Finance Data Analyst to join our Central Data Office in Chennai. This role suits a finance-qualified professional with strong accounting expertise and a passion for data, reporting and business improvement.

You will work with Finance, Data and BI teams to standardise reporting, define KPIs and map financial data, ensuring trusted, governed data is available across the organisation. The focus is on data mapping, validation and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant or equivalent.
• Experience defining financial KPIs, reporting structures and business rules.
• Experience with finance reporting, data governance or BI environments.
• Strong documentation and specification-writing skills.
• Working knowledge of SQL.
• Experience with Power BI, semantic modelling and DAX.
• Strong focus on data quality, governance and auditability.
• At least 7-8 years' experience in a similar role with stakeholder engagement.
• Experience supporting finance transformation, data standardisation or enterprise reporting.

Responsibilities

• Define and standardise finance semantics, KPIs and reporting definitions across multiple operating companies.
• Lead workshops with finance stakeholders to agree definitions and reporting requirements.
• Produce finance mapping specifications, decision logs and acceptance criteria for technical teams.
• Define validation, reconciliation and audit controls to ensure accuracy and trust in reporting outputs.
• Drive standardisation and eliminate inconsistent interpretations of financial data.
• Contribute to governed semantic models and self-service datasets.
• Build and maintain a standard suite of finance reports.
• Collaborate with Finance, BI and Data teams to deliver reporting solutions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Documentation

SQL

Power BI

DAX

Python

Spark

Data governance

Data quality

Financial reporting

Education

ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Spark

Job description

We are seeking a Finance Data Analyst to join our Central Data Office. This role is ideal for a finance-qualified professional with strong accounting expertise and a passion for data, reporting and business improvement.

Working closely with Finance, Data and Business Intelligence teams, you will help establish consistent financial definitions, standardise reporting processes and ensure trusted, governed data is available across the organisation. While the role includes some report development, its primary focus is on finance data mapping, KPI definition, validation, reconciliation and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and standardise finance semantics, KPIs and reporting definitions across multiple operating companies, including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Working Capital, Cost Centres, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger structures.
• Lead workshops with finance stakeholders to agree consistent definitions, business rules and reporting requirements.
• Produce clear finance mapping specifications, decision logs and acceptance criteria for technical and data teams.
• Define validation, reconciliation and audit controls to ensure accuracy, traceability and trust in reporting outputs.
• Drive standardisation and help eliminate inconsistent interpretations of financial data across the business.
• Contribute to governed semantic models and self-service datasets, ensuring calculations and business logic are applied consistently.
• Build and maintain a select suite of standard finance reports aligned to business reporting requirements.
• Work collaboratively with Finance, Business Intelligence and Data teams to deliver effective reporting and analytics solutions.

What We're Looking For

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent recognised accountancy qualification).
• Strong understanding of financial statements and core finance processes.
• Experience defining financial KPIs, reporting structures and business rules.
• Excellent stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Strong documentation and specification-writing skills.
• Experience working with finance reporting, data governance or business intelligence environments.
• Working knowledge of SQL.
• Experience with Power BI, semantic modelling and DAX.
• Strong focus on data quality, governance and auditability.
• At least 7-8 years' experience in a similar role, engaging with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with Python, Spark or data profiling.
• Microsoft Power BI certification (PL-300 or equivalent).
• Experience supporting finance transformation, data standardisation or enterprise reporting initiatives.

If you're a finance professional who enjoys bringing structure, consistency and trust to data and reporting, we'd love to hear from you.