Financial Analyst/ Financial Modelling Expert

Vahura; India; Remote; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vahura is seeking a senior Financial Modeller for a remote role based in India. The candidate will own end-to-end financial models, explain the logic behind assumptions, and work with complex data sources to deliver robust schedules and forecasts.

The role requires 5–10 years of experience, CFA/MBA/CA/ACCA/CPA or equivalent and strong US GAAP knowledge, with the ability to communicate clearly in English and work independently in a fast-paced remote environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building real models and explaining the logic behind them.
• Experience with private equity/LBO, investment banking, debt or credit from top firms.
• Familiarity with US GAAP and US-listed company filings, and integrated three-statement models.

Responsibilities

• Build financial models from scratch across a range of finance use cases.
• Review and improve models built by other finance experts.
• Create realistic finance scenarios, assumptions, and supporting source materials.
• Build detailed revenue, cost, working capital, capex, debt, covenant, valuation, and scenario schedules.
• Turn messy information into a clear analytical structure and defend your assumptions.
• Explain modeling choices clearly and justify the logic behind your work.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modelling

US GAAP knowledge

English communication

Independent project ownership

Education

CFA/MBA/CA/ACCA/CPA or equivalent finance degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Our client, a US-based AI company is looking to hire a few professionals for its Financial Modelling team.

Experience: 5–10 years

Location: Remote (Anywhere in India)

Qualification: CFA, MBA, CA, ACCA, CPA or any equivalent finance degree

Job Description

This role is for someone who has personally owned real models and can explain the logic behind them. Candidate should understand how real businesses, transactions, forecasts, financing decisions, and messy source materials turn into a model.

• Build financial models from scratch across a range of finance use cases.
• Review and improve models built by other finance experts.
• Create realistic finance scenarios, assumptions, and supporting source materials.
• Build detailed revenue, cost, working capital, capital expenditure, debt, covenant, valuation, and scenario schedules.
• Work with messy or incomplete information and turn it into a clear analytical structure.
• Identify weak assumptions, broken logic, missing schedules, and oversimplified analysis.
• Explain modeling choices clearly and defend the logic behind your work.

Preferred candidate

• Prior experience in building models across private equity/LBO, investment banking, debt or credit from top-tier firms.
• Prior experience of working in US GAAP preferably with U.S. listed companies, U.S. clients, or U.S. investor teams, including filings and integrated three-statement models.
• Experience of building and owning a complete LBO and operating model for a live investment, acquisition, or portfolio decision; challenged management assumptions; and supported an investment committee or board. They should be able to explain their source data, assumptions, sensitivities, and exactly what they personally built.
• Strong across sources & uses, operating forecasts, debt schedules and cash sweeps, MOIC/IRR and returns waterfalls, downside/exit scenarios, and add-on or roll-up analysis. should understand how GAAP-to-EBITDA adjustments, working capital, leases, purchase accounting, and cash conversion affect the investment-not just know returns formulas.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas and dynamic modelling, multi-tab, linked models.
• Strong discipline around structure, checks, and documentation.
• High attention to detail and a very high-quality bar for your own work.
• Ability to work independently, own projects end-to-end, and manage your time effectively in a remote, fast-paced environment.
• Strong English communication skills (written and verbal).