Financial planning & Analysis - Senior Analyst role

Job Description

- Job Description Budgeting and Forecasting Support: Collaborate with practice area leaders to gather input for OPEX and incentive forecasts and budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Assist in reforecasting and scenario planning to address changes in practice/service line activities or new initiatives. Input data into forecasting tools and validate system outputs (e.g., BPC, SAC) to ensure accuracy and consistency. Analyze variances between actuals, forecasts, and budgets, identifying key trends and actionable insights. Provide detailed explanations of OPEX drivers, incentive allocations, and variances to support discussions with practice leaders. Incentives Management: Partner with HR Rewards and FP&A teams to manage the incentive planning process, ensuring accurate allocation by practice, type, and entity. Review employee incentive lists for eligibility and ensure alignment with headcount projections and benchmarks. Identify opportunities to streamline the incentive planning process and improve data accuracy. OPEX Tracking and Monitoring: Maintain and update trackers for practice-specific OPEX, including vendor spend, project costs, and travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses. Work with Concur and D365 data to track T&E trends, reconciling actuals against planned budgets. Collaborate with Business Operations to monitor contracts and research tool expenditures, ensuring alignment with forecasts. Identify anomalies and cost-saving opportunities within OPEX categories such as IT, research, and professional fees. Month End Close Process Support: Prepare month end accruals, journal entries and reconciliations for operational expenditures at the regional level, across the practice areas and markets. Work with Controllership to resolve discrepancies and ensure financial reporting complies with audit requirements. Business Partnering: Act as a finance business partner to practice leaders, providing financial insights and addressing questions related to OPEX and incentives. Preferred candidate profile -Looking for candidates who are ready to relocate to Bangalore. -Should be flexible to work in night shift. -6 to 8years of relevant experience in FP&A process. -Should be flexible to work in hybrid mode.