Global FP And A - Senior Associate Director

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Associate Director in Finance – Business Analysis to partner with senior leaders, translating data into actionable insights and robust financial plans. You will guide planning, forecasting and performance reviews, driving improvements across reporting, automation and data quality in a fast-paced, global environment.

You will lead cross-functional teams, influence through evidence-based insights and coach junior colleagues to build a stronger finance capability within a

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or related discipline (and a relevant professional qualification).
• Minimum of 10+ years of FP&A, business analysis, commercial finance or finance business partnering experience in a complex org.
• Proven ability to deliver performance reporting, planning support, financial analysis and stakeholder-ready commentary.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted finance partner and first point of contact for leadership teams, linking financial results to performance drivers.
• Deliver weekly, monthly and quarterly performance reporting with concise, actionable insights for decision making.
• Support planning, forecasting and budgeting cycles with robust financial plans and targets.
• Analyse revenue, margin, cost, backlog, wins/losses, utilisation and productivity to surface risks and opportunities.
• Provide scenario modelling to support leadership decisions with clear assumptions and sensitivities.
• Collaborate to improve reporting solutions and automate outputs for better data quality.
• Prepare leadership presentations and performance reviews with clear storytelling.
• Respond to ad hoc leadership requests with actionable analysis balancing pace and accuracy.
• Identify data quality issues and process gaps, recommending improvements and supporting implementation.
• Coach and develop junior colleagues to elevate finance partnering capabilities.

Skills

FP&A

Financial analysis

Performance management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Data modelling

Automation

Leadership

Global environment

Collaboration

Education

Graduate degree in Finance

Professional qualification

Tools

Excel

Reporting tools

Modelling tools

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Global FP And A - Senior Associate Director

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: Aug 6, 2026

Requisition ID: 1733056

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Finance – Business Analysis – Senior Associate Director

The opportunity

As an Associate Director within Finance Business Analysis, you will act as a critical finance partner to senior Finance Leaders. You will bring together FP&A discipline, commercial interpretation and performance insight to help leaders understand what is driving results, where risks and opportunities are emerging, and what actions will improve business outcomes.

We are looking for a proactive, credible and insight-led finance professional who can translate financial, operational and market data into clear leadership narratives and practical recommendations. You will bring the discipline, judgement and curiosity needed to support planning and forecasting cycles, strengthen management information, identify performance trends, and shape timely, evidence-based decisions.

Your key responsibilities

• Act as a trusted finance partner and first point of contact for assigned Service Line, Markets or CBS leadership teams, providing insight that connects financial results to commercial, operational and strategic performance drivers.
• Deliver high-quality weekly, monthly and quarterly performance reporting and insights, ensuring outputs are accurate, concise, action-oriented and focused on the decisions leadership needs to make.
• Support planning, forecasting and budgeting cycles by translating business strategy, market context and operational assumptions into robust financial plans and practical performance targets.
• Analyse revenue, margin, cost, pipeline, backlog, wins, losses, utilisation and productivity trends to surface the risks, opportunities and corrective actions that matter most.
• Provide scenario modelling and option analysis to support leadership decisions, clearly setting out assumptions, sensitivities, trade-offs, risks and recommended courses of action.
• Partner with Finance Colleagues to improve reporting solutions, automate routine outputs, strengthen data quality and increase the usability of management information.
• Prepare and contribute to leadership presentations and performance reviews, using clear storytelling to turn complex financial and operational data into decision-ready insight.
• Respond to ad hoc leadership requests with practical, commercially relevant analysis that balances pace, accuracy and judgement.
• Identify recurring performance themes, process gaps and data quality issues, recommending improvements and supporting implementation of agreed actions across Finance and the business.
• Coach and support junior colleagues and peers by sharing knowledge, modelling strong business partnering behaviours and contributing to a higher-performing finance capability.

Skills and attributes for success

Success in this role requires a commercially minded finance professional who can turn complex financial, operational and market data into clear insight, practical recommendations and confident leadership conversations.

• Strong FP&A, financial analysis and performance management capability, with the ability to connect results to business drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear narratives, concise commentary and decision-ready presentations.
• Commercial curiosity and judgement to understand market context, service line priorities, operational levers and the actions required to improve performance.
• Credibility to engage senior stakeholders, challenge constructively and influence through evidence-based insight.
• Strong technical capability across modelling, reporting and analytical tools, with a mindset for automation, simplification and continuous improvement.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, matrixed and global environment, managing ambiguity, competing priorities and diverse stakeholder needs.
• Collaborative, ownership-led style, with the ability to build trusted relationships across Finance, Reporting CoE, GDS and business leadership teams.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a related discipline and preferably a relevant professional qualification.
• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, business analysis, commercial finance, management reporting or finance business partnering within a complex organisation working with senior business stakeholders.
• Proven ability to deliver performance reporting, planning support, financial analysis and stakeholder-ready commentary that informs business decisions.
• Experience working directly with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams, with evidence of influencing through insight, judgement and commercial understanding.
• Strong spoken and written English, with the ability to communicate complex financial matters clearly, professionally and with impact.

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