FPandA - Senior Associate Role

PwC; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Acceleration Center India in Kolkata is seeking an FP&A – Senior Associate to support financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis across our client portfolio. You will analyze P&L performance, drive insights, and guide junior team members while collaborating with Finance Managers and business leads.

The role emphasizes advanced Excel skills, stakeholder engagement, and a structured approach to forecasting and financial control within our Internal Firm Services practice.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial planning and forecasting processes.
• Ability to interpret monthly results and KPI trends.
• Strong relationship building with senior stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills for ad hoc analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and analysis.
• Provide insights on P&L performance and cost drivers.
• Collaborate with Finance Managers and business leads.
• Prepare financial commentary and variance analysis.
• Assist with revenue and cost forecasting.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

P&L management

KPI analysis

Excel advanced

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Description:

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Finance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

The Opportunity
Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands‑on learning, cutting‑edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.
As an FP&A — Senior Associate you will support financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis that inform decision‑making across the business. As a Senior Associate you will analyze complex issues, manage assigned workstreams, build meaningful stakeholder connections, and guide junior team members while developing your own technical skills and business context within our Internal Firm Services practice. In this role at PwC Acceleration Center India, you will support finance leaders with P&L analysis, performance reporting, revenue and cost forecasting, and interpretation of monthly results to identify risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities
The Finance Senior Associate within the Business Partnering Team is a key support for general Finance and business decision support. Working closely with the Finance Managers to produce the financial insights needed by our business, and taking increased leadership over work with experience, this is a collaborative, diverse and engaging role, and a vital function to the firm.

Our Finance teams are an integral part of each area of the business, working closely with leaders to help drive business performance, identify and drive financial improvements, prepare plans and budgets, and report on the performance of the business — commercially, and functionally. PwC takes a people-first approach to Finance, and empowers its Business Partnering teams to be collaborative and value‑adding.

The individual in this role can expect to be exposed to a variety of critical Finance functions, depending on their skills and aspirations. They will also build working relationships with other Business Partnering teams, the Directors of Finance, business leaders, and PwC’s Centres of Excellence. The primary responsibilities and areas the Finance Management Team operates across, which the candidate may gain experience in and choose to further develop, include:

Business strategy and planning

• Use business insights and detailed analysis to provide the Business and Finance Leads with support and guidance on P&L management
• Provide ad hoc support to the Finance Leader, responsible for sourcing information and providing quality analysis of information
• Assist and provide depth of insight to the Leadership team enabling key strategic decision making
• Assist with Business revenue & cost forecasting
• Demonstrating an understanding of the business issues and applying market, industry and firm knowledge

Budgeting and forecasting

• Working with the Finance Leaders in assisting to prepare budgets, plans and forecasts.
• Assisting with the production of forward looking and insight driven reporting for the business to help the business plan, prepare and manage future performance.

Performance management and commercial oriented solutions

• Assistance in interpretation of the monthly financial results and preparation of commentary to the Finance Leader
• Monitoring areas of financial performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) held in the financial scorecard, escalating issues where management action is required, with supporting analysis
• Work closely with the wider business support teams to develop relationships and understand the strategic imperatives of the business

Financial control and compliance

• Assistance with providing Partners with relevant accounting advice from the bid stage to through the life of engagements
• Spreading local financial risk knowledge to the Financial Control centre of excellence and supporting the central team with complex queries that require local business insight
• Providing local intelligence to the Financial Control centre of Excellence in line with agreed guidelines

Complex Engagement Support

• Undertake revenue recognition, forecasting, performance variance activities as required by engagements.
• Proactively highlight risks and opportunities to financial performance and develop actions to mitigate, correct or exploit as appropriate with senior decision makers
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with good attention to detail
• Action orientated and a self-starter
• Focused on continuous improvement in all areas of their work
• A strong relationship builder who builds trust in their key stakeholders

What You Must Have

• At least 4-9 years of experience

What Sets You Apart

• Preference for a Bachelors degree in at least one of the following fields of study: Accounting, Finance, Economics
• Demonstrating financial planning, analysis, and forecasting experience
• Interpreting monthly results and KPI trends for decision making
• Supporting P&L management, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Building relationships with senior stakeholders across finance
• Using advanced Excel for reporting and ad hoc analysis

Travel Requirements

Not Specified