Preferred Skills: Budgeting, Forecasting, Analytical and Numerical Ability, Financial Planning, Microsoft Excel
Functions: Accounting/Finance
Working Days: 5
Role Overview:
We are looking for a junior FP&A Analyst who can support the finance team in planning, budgeting, forecasting, and business analysis. This role is ideal for someone with 1+ year of relevant FP&A experience who understands business numbers and can translate data into insights.
Note:
This is not an accounting-focused role. We are looking for candidates with a business finance / FP&A mindset, not core accounting or audit profiles.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Budgeting & Forecasting
Assist in preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts
Track actuals vs budget and highlight key variances
2. Business Analysis
Analyze financial and operational data to support decision-making
Work closely with restaurant operations to understand cost drivers and revenue trends
3. MIS & Reporting
Prepare monthly MIS reports, dashboards, and performance summaries
Ensure timely and accurate reporting for internal stakeholders
4. Variance Analysis
Identify deviations in cost, revenue, and profitability
Provide actionable insights to improve business performance
5. Data Handling & Modeling
Work on Excel-based financial models and reports
Maintain and update financial datasets
6. Stakeholder Coordination
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including operations and finance
Support ad-hoc analysis and business reviews
Eligibility Criteria:
Experience:
Minimum 1 year of experience in FP&A / Business Finance / Financial Analysis
Experience in hospitality, retail, QSR, FMCG, or similar fast-paced industries is preferred
Required Skills:
Strong analytical and numerical ability
Good understanding of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting concepts
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (mandatory)
Basic understanding of business finance and performance metrics
Ability to work with large datasets and generate insights
Job Description:
- Analysis of Financial Statement, Bank statement and other key parameter to check the credit worthiness for Unsecured Working Capital Loan.
- Personal discussion with clients to understand the business model & financial aspects to justify the working capital gap and to establish Credit worthiness.
- Maintaining strict TAT for credit application analysed and Providing Credit-related inputs for deciding variables of the algorithms and help Data Scientists for Credit-worthiness Model
-Credit approval and ensuring approval is within TAT
-Interact with the client, gather requirements, financial statements and other inputs for performing quality Credit analysis and due diligence. (for renewal & new borrowers)
-To ensure completion of credit/KYC documents and verification- telephonic, field & collateral visits.
- Checking and appraising proposals, scrutinizing documents including SOA analysis, Cibil analysis ensuring proper KYC etc before sanctioning with proper TAT and Quality and presenting the same to Credit manager/Senior credit managers at HO directly or through Credit team at HO
-To prepare Credit Appraisal Memo (CAM).
-Responsible for Credit Assessment
-To coordinate with sales to achieve targets and ensure TAT or SLAs are met.
-To ensure credit policy adherence to the accepted standards.
-To control and contain front-end delinquencies by calling up customer on first presentation.
-Work closely with RM/Product partners in structuring Credit solutions and ensuring appropriateness of the products, and expediting approvals
Desired Candidate Profile:
Good experience in Credit analysis - Balance sheet, Profit & Loss Statement, Bank Statement, ratio
Good eye for detail
Good analytical Skills
Understanding of credit policies and procedures
Understanding of Financial /Banking products and services
Experience in Credit CPA role or similar profile
Experience in SME business lending
Behavioural Competencies Required:
Analytical thinking
Commitment
Result oriented
Customer Centric
Concern for quality
Job Description: We are looking for an experienced person to undertake all aspects of financial management, including corporate accounting, regulatory and financial reporting, budget and forecasts preparation, as well as development of internal control policies and procedures.
This candidate will lead the accounts and finance team and is expected to work with Virtual CFO to and drive accounting & Financial strategies and should work with the management to provide strategic financial inputs.
Accounting
Candidate will be responsible for ensuring that,
· All accounting allocations are appropriately made and documented.
· Perform cash management functions and oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash disbursements, payroll and bank reconciliation functions.
· Help setup processes and maintain a separation of duties with regards to accounting functions to insure that there are checks and balances in the system.
· Manage all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL and Counsel, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Revenue Recognition
· Coordinate and direct the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and report variances
· Prepare and publish timely monthly financial statements
· Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting
· Research technical accounting issues for compliance
· Support month-end and year-end close process
· Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
· Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
· Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
· Additional duties as necessary
- Internal Controls
The candidate will be responsible for establishing and executing internal controls over the company’s accounting and financial procedures.
· This includes reviewing and approving all invoices to be paid, as well as reviewing accounts receivable aging reports.
· Responsible for coordinating with external tax accountants for income tax preparation and auditors who prepare internal audits of the company. This includes keeping company records organized and readily available for examination.
- Financial Planning and Reporting
· Responsible for all banking and finance activities.
· This includes negotiating lines of credit and vendor agreements, as well as reviewing all financial contracts, financing agreements, and insurance policies.
· Also responsible for providing accurate and comprehensive financial information to executive management for long-term financial strategizing.
· Long-term financial planning
· Must provide crucial financial data and work with executive management to coordinate all financial planning functions with business operations.
· Financial reporting duties include preparing financial statements, balance sheets, cash flow reports, budgets, budget-to- actuals and financial projections.
Financial Analysis
· Must be skilled at in-depth financial analysis and provide expert financial perspective and opinions.
· Financial analysis to help to assess risk, analyse the efficiency and inform policy decisions made by executive management.
Proven working experience as a Manager in Finance Department with experience of leading a team. Should have around 7-8 years of overall combined accounting and finance experience.
Advanced degree in Accounting Qualified CA Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures Experience with creating financial statements Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process Excellent accounting software user and administration skills. Should have IT Industry experience.
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