2026 - 1630 - Business Financial Analyst (Associate)

Socket.dev; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 199,000 - 332,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in India is seeking an entry-level Associate Business Financial Analyst to support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for assigned divisions. You will build financial models, analyze costs, and collaborate with Finance and leadership to enable data-driven decisions.

The role offers exposure to profitability analysis, dashboard development, and process improvements, with a focus on accuracy and timely information delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or MBA in related field.
• 0-2 years of internship, academic-project, or professional finance experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and basic modeling.
• Familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assist with annual budgeting, forecasts, and long-range planning for divisions.
• Prepare dashboards and analyses on revenue, expenses, margins, and headcounts.
• Support monthly close and variance analysis against budget/forecast.
• Investigate variances and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Support division budget management and profitability analysis.
• Develop dashboards and support ROI, payback, and scenario analyses.
• Maintain financial models and reporting templates with accuracy.
• Coordinate with Finance, Operations, Delivery, Sales, and leadership to gather inputs.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes and data quality.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Budgeting & forecasting

Variance analysis

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA in Finance/related

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

BI/reporting tools

Job description

Position summary

The Associate Business Financial Analyst supports financial planning, reporting, and analysis for assigned business divisions. This is an entry-level opportunity for a recent graduate who is analytical, detail-oriented, and interested in building a career in corporate finance or business operations.

The Associate Analyst will help prepare budgets and forecasts, analyze costs and business performance, support investment and profitability analyses, and maintain accurate financial data and reporting. The role works closely with Finance, business division leaders and key operational management to provide timely information that support business decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Assist with annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range planning activities for assigned business divisions.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, dashboards, and analyses related to revenue, expenses, margins, headcount, utilization, and other operating metrics.
• Support monthly financial close and various reporting processes, including financial project management, variance analysis of actual results against budget and forecast.
• Investigate material variances; gather supporting information and help communicate key findings to Finance and business stakeholders.
• Support division budget management including cost analysis, expense tracking, project or service-line profitability analysis, and financial performance reporting.
• Opportunities to develop dashboards and support investment analyses, including financial modeling, return-on-investment analysis, payback-period analysis, and scenario planning.
• Maintain financial models, planning templates, reporting files, and documentation with a high degree of accuracy.
• Partner with colleagues across Finance, Operations, Delivery, Contracting, Sales, and business leadership to collect inputs and validate financial information.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, data quality, and efficiency through Excel reporting tools, and automation.
• Perform other financial analysis and operational support activities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics, or MBA in one of these disciplines.
• 0-2 years of internship, academic-project, or professional experience in finance, accounting, consulting, business operations, or analytics preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, charts, and basic financial modeling.
• Familiarity with financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive financial and business information with professionalism and discretion.

Preferred qualifications

• Exposure to ERP, planning, BI, or reporting tools and similar platforms.
• Working knowledge of accounting (US GAAP is a plus)
• Experience working with large data sets or building Excel-based analyses.

Other Details

• Eligibility: MBA (Majors in Finance) & MBA Tech
• Job Location: Bangalore/Indore
• Shift Timings: 2pm - 11pm IST