Senior Financial Analyst

AtkinsRéalis; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 3,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days Privilege Leave

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Career Progression

Diversity & Inclusion emphasis

Job summary

Linxon, a joint venture combining AtkinsRéalis and Hitachi Energy, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Global FP&A team in Chennai, India. You will own end-to-end financial management of global overhead functions, including accounting, reporting, forecasting and controllership, partnering with CEOs and senior stakeholders.

You will lead month-end close, IFRS compliance, budgeting processes and management reporting, delivering insights and driving process improvements in a

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration or related discipline.
• 8+ years of progressive finance experience.
• 2-3 years in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, reporting or business performance analysis.
• 4-5 years in accounting, controllership, financial reporting or related finance functions.
• Strong accrual accounting and month-end close understanding.
• Experience in multi-location, distributed environments with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end accounting and controllership for global overhead cost centers.
• Ensure accurate month-end close with accruals, prepayments, reclassifications.
• Maintain IFRS compliance and internal controls across cost centers.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and estimate processes for reporting cycles.
• Prepare monthly management packages and executive summaries.
• Analyze actuals versus budget/forecast; identify drivers, risks, opportunities.
• Partner with budget owners to provide financial insight and challenge assumptions.
• Develop overhead allocation methodologies and cost models.
• Coordinate with regional finance teams to ensure data integrity.
• Support audits with robust documentation and analyses.
• Drive process improvements, automation and finance transformation.
• Produce ad hoc analyses and business cases for management decisions.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Budgeting & Forecasting

Management reporting

ERP experience (SAP S/4HANA)

Power BI

Tableau

SAC / Hyperion

Microsoft Office

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration or related discipline

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Oracle ERP

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Hyperion

Power BI

Tableau

Microsoft Office

Job description

Join Us!

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst

Job Location: Chennai, India

Join Us!

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

We are seeking a proactive and commercially aware Senior Financial Analyst to join the Global FP&A team. The role is responsible for the end-to-end financial management of global overhead functions, including accounting, reporting, forecasting, financial analysis and controllership activities, with particular focus on C-Suite and corporate function budgets.

The successful candidate will partner with budget owners, finance colleagues and senior stakeholders to deliver accurate financial reporting, meaningful analysis and actionable insights. The role requires strong financial controllership, business understanding and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced global environment while continuously improving processes, controls and reporting.

What will you do?

• Manage end-to-end financial accounting and controllership for global overhead cost centers, including CEO, Finance, HR, IT, Legal and other corporate functions.
• Ensure accurate and timely month-end close activities, including accruals, prepayments, reclasses, allocations and intercompany charges.
• Maintain compliance with IFRS, company policies and internal control requirements across assigned cost centers.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and estimate processes, maintaining visibility of expected financial outcomes and key business drivers throughout the reporting cycle.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages, executive summaries and financial commentary for FP&A leadership, CFO and senior stakeholders.
• Analyze actual results against budget, forecast and prior periods, identifying key drivers, risks, opportunities and unusual financial movements.
• Partner with budget owners and functional leaders to provide financial insight, challenge assumptions and support decision-making.
• Support the development and governance of overhead allocation methodologies and cost allocation models.
• Coordinate with regional finance, accounting and business stakeholders to ensure completeness, accuracy and consistency of financial information.
• Support internal and external audits through robust documentation, controls and supporting analyses.
• Drive process improvements, standardization, automation and finance transformation initiatives, including reporting and analytics enhancements.
• Prepare ad hoc financial analyses, business cases and presentations to support management decision-making.

Experience, Education And Other Required

• Postgraduate qualification in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration or a related discipline, or an equivalent professional finance qualification.
• 8+ years of progressive finance experience.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting or business performance analysis.
• Minimum 4-5 years of experience in financial accounting, controllership, financial reporting or related finance functions.
• Strong understanding of accrual accounting, month-end close processes, financial controls and management reporting.
• Experience working in a multi-location and highly distributed business environment.
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders through financial analysis, reporting and decision support.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyze, reconcile, model and interpret financial data.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience working with SAP S/4HANA (preferred), Oracle or other ERP platforms.
• Experience working with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Hyperion or other planning and reporting solutions.
• Experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau would be an advantage.
• Proven ability to identify process improvement opportunities and drive operational efficiencies.

What We Offer

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits,

• 20 days Privilege Leave, 13 days Emergency leave and 14 Public holidays per year
• Medical Insurance, Life Insurance and Career Progression
• When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

Building the infrastructure to power the world - we are Linxon! - YouTube