General Information:

This is a Controlling & Planning CoE Analyst position located in Bengaluru, India, and reports to Team Lead, being part of Controlling and Planning CoE.

Mission Statement:

Providing Financial Planning and Controlling expertise to the organization by compiling and analyzing metrics, finding trends and problems, communicating information to relevant groups, and recommending actions to improve financial performance.

Your Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of business performance versus budget and forecast.
• Perform benchmarking of key performance indicators with external and internal peers.
• Business partnering with Local controllers to understand and analyze the drivers of financial performance and identify trends; propose value add.
• Prepare financial analysis for various “what if” scenarios and sensitivity analysis and the overall impact to the business units.
• Analysis of overhead under / over absorption indicating root cause
• Preparing and analyzing Product / Customer profitability.
• Capital Expenditure budget and actual spent tracking and analysis on monthly basis
• Analysis of inventories, NWC (Net Working Capital) and Cashflow
• Support month end closure activities to ensure accuracy of financials
• Validate accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing reconciliation and review of exceptions
• Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, presentation of findings and analysis
• Any other Ad Hoc work/assignment/job given, based on urgency and requirement, from time to time which are not listed above.
• Optimize own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating duplications, coordinating information requirements.
• Proactively find areas for process / report standardization across different countries, divisions, and business units.
• Adhering to the Controlling & Planning KPIs to ensure continuous improvement and maintain service quality.

Your Background:

• Up to 1-year experience in Financial Planning and Analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting with CMA/ CA / MBA
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with independent problem-solving capability.
• Effective communication & presentation skills.
• Knowledge on IFRS & latest accounting standards.
• Proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Initiative-taking with a strong commitment to quality adhering to strict deadlines.
• Experience in SAP FICO including CO-PA would be an added advantage.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.