Fpa Financial Analyst

Mindsprint; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindsprint is seeking a Lead - Finance in Chennai to lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting across multiple verticals. You will drive monthly cost reviews with department heads and coordinate with accounting for monthly closes.

The role requires CMA (4 years) or MBA Finance with 7+ years in FP&A/Finance, strong communication, and proficiency in SAP; Tableau/Power BI are a plus.

Qualifications

• CMA 4 years or MBA Finance with 7+ years of FP&A/Business Finance experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting for multiple verticals.
• Monthly review of vertical costs with Department Heads.
• Perform project accounting including revenue recognition and variance analysis.
• Prepare annual forecast with stakeholders.
• Coordinate with accounting for monthly book closures.
• Monthly allocation entries for verticals.
• Prepare MIS and cost reporting; review GLs and trend costs.

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Education

CMA (4 years)

MBA in Finance

Tools

SAP

Tableau

Power BI

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Position: Lead - Finance

Location: Chennai

Reporting to: Manager - Finance

Job Description:

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes for multiple verticals
• Monthly review of vertical costs with relevant Department Heads
• Perform project accounting, including revenue recognition, cost allocation, and variance analysis along with headcount analysis.
• Prepare Annual forecast for the vertical by working with relevant stakeholders
• Coordination with accounting team for monthly book closure activities
• Monthly allocation entries for vertical.
• Various MIS & cost reporting for vertical along with Review of GLs and trend analysis of month-on-month costs and revenue.
• Prepare and Maintain relevant Master Data for MIS reporting
• Assist in preparation of various Monthly review decks for CEO/CFO review

Profile Description:

• CMA 4 years or MBA Finance with 7+ years from reputed institutions, experience in FP&A/Business Finance domain from IT/ITES/Shared services or Third-Party services organizations
• Very good communication skills as the role will require coordination with various stakeholders.
• Ability to handle customer/vertical wise projections by using forecast drivers and obtaining inputs from operations & functional teams
• Prior experience in handling of billing/chargeback tool and liaison with commercial team and provide monthly/quarterly billing inputs along with adequate backups for new work approvals, passthrough charges, travel etc.
• Should be able to identify and implement Continuous Improvement Projects to improve teams productivity and efficiency and overall quality of processes
• Well versed with MS Office – Excel, Power Point
• Working knowledge of SAP is mandatory. Knowledge of tools such as Tableau / Power BI would be an added advantage
• Ability to handle pressure and work in an environment of tight timelines
• Strong domain expertise, analytical skills and logical reasoning and ability to work independently
• Very good communication skills as the role will require coordination with various stakeholders.

We are Mindsprint!

A leading-edge technology and business services firm that provides impact driven solutions to businesses, enabling them outpace speed of change. For over three decades we have been accelerating technology transformation for the Olam Group and their large base of global clients.

Working with leading technologies and empowered with the freedom to create new solutions and better existing ones, we have been inspiring businesses with pioneering initiatives.