Senior FP&A Analyst

Frontline Managed Services; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontline Managed Services in Hyderabad, India seeks a Senior FP&A Analyst to drive financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and strategic decision support. The role partners with Finance and business leaders to improve performance and enable data-driven growth.

Responsibilities include building budgets, producing executive reports, and developing sophisticated financial models. Strong Excel, Power BI, and ERP/FP&A system experience is required for success in this dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in Corporate FP&A, Financial Analysis, or Corporate Finance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, PivotTables, Power Query, and financial modeling.
• Experience building integrated three-statement financial models.
• Proficiency with Power BI, Tableau, Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, or similar ERP/FP&A systems.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and corporate finance principles.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present financial information to non‑financial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Perform monthly financial analysis, including variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Prepare executive-level financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership.
• Monitor key financial and operational performance indicators and recommend improvement opportunities.
• Build and maintain sophisticated financial models supporting revenue, profitability, cash flow, headcount, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop scenario analyses, sensitivity analyses, and what-if models to evaluate business decisions.
• Support pricing analyses, investment decisions, capital allocation, and business case development.
• Create models to evaluate acquisitions, new service offerings, and strategic investments as needed.
• Partner with business leaders to understand operational drivers and financial impacts.
• Provide analytical support for strategic initiatives and operational improvement projects.
• Assist department leaders in managing budgets and identifying opportunities to improve financial performance.
• Produce monthly management reporting packages and KPI dashboards.
• Analyze trends in revenue, margins, operating expenses, and cash flow.
• Develop automated reporting solutions using Excel, Power BI, or similar tools.
• Ensure data integrity across financial systems and reporting platforms.
• Improve budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes through automation and standardization.
• Support implementation and enhancement of FP&A tools and financial systems.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting and improve analytical capabilities.
• Actively use AI tools to accelerate modelling, variance analysis, deck creation and reporting workflows.
• Identify and pilot opportunities to automate manual FP&A processes using AI and scripting.
• Foster an experimenter’s mindset toward new tools and modern workflows.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Budgeting

Variance analysis

Data visualization

Executive communication

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

Tools

Power Query

Oracle

NetSuite

SAP

Anaplan

Adaptive Planning

Job description

Join Our Team and Be a Catalyst for Change!

Welcome to Frontline Managed Services® – where innovation, technology, and efficiency converge to redefine the landscape of IT, Financial, and Administrative Managed Services for legal and professional service firms. As pioneers in the industry, we are driven by a relentless commitment to excellence.

We don't just follow industry standards; we set them. Our dynamic environment thrives on pushing boundaries and embracing challenges. We are more than a workplace; we are a community of forward-thinkers dedicated to shaping the future.

Position Overview

The Senior FP&A Analyst is responsible for supporting the company's financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and strategic decision-making processes. This role requires advanced financial modeling skills, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights. The analyst will partner with leaders across Finance and business functions to improve financial performance, support growth initiatives, and drive data-driven decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Develop and maintain annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Perform monthly financial analysis, including variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Prepare executive-level financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership.
• Monitor key financial and operational performance indicators and recommend improvement opportunities.

Financial Modeling

• Build and maintain sophisticated financial models supporting revenue, profitability, cash flow, headcount, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop scenario analyses, sensitivity analyses, and what-if models to evaluate business decisions.
• Support pricing analyses, investment decisions, capital allocation, and business case development.
• Create models to evaluate acquisitions, new service offerings, and strategic investments as needed.

Business Partnership

• Partner with business leaders to understand operational drivers and financial impacts.
• Provide analytical support for strategic initiatives and operational improvement projects.
• Assist department leaders in managing budgets and identifying opportunities to improve financial performance.

Reporting & Analytics

• Produce monthly management reporting packages and KPI dashboards.
• Analyze trends in revenue, margins, operating expenses, and cash flow.
• Develop automated reporting solutions using Excel, Power BI, or similar tools.
• Ensure data integrity across financial systems and reporting platforms.

Process Improvement

• Improve budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes through automation and standardization.
• Support implementation and enhancement of FP&A tools and financial systems.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting and improve analytical capabilities.

AI-Enabled ways of working

• Actively use AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, or similar) to accelerate modelling, variance analysis, deck creation and reporting workflows
• Identify and pilot opportunities to automate manual FP&A process (data pulls, recurring reports, first-draft commentary) using AI and scripting.
• Bride an experimenter’s mindset- comfortable evaluating new tools and pushing the team towards modern, efficient workflows rather than legacy spreadsheet grind.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in Corporate FP&A, Financial Analysis, or Corporate Finance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, PivotTables, Power Query, and financial modeling.
• Experience building integrated three-statement financial models.
• Proficiency with Power BI, Tableau, Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, or similar ERP/FP&A systems.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and corporate finance principles.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present financial information to non‑financial stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• CA, MBA, CFA, or CPA is a plus.
• Experience in technology, SaaS, managed services, or professional services industries.
• Experience with SQL or Python for financial analytics is preferred.
• Experience supporting private equity‑backed organizations is a plus.

Key Competencies

• Advanced financial modeling and valuation
• Forecasting and budgeting
• Business and financial analysis
• Strategic thinking
• Executive Communication and presentation skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Data visualization and dashboard development
• Process improvement mindset
• Collaboration and business partnership

Join Us

At Frontline Managed Services, we celebrate different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are committed to building a team that reflects the clients and communities we serve.

“We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.”