Financial Analyst

Overview

Job Role

The position focuses on Financial Analysis as a core competency:

Reporting Business numbers & KPIs for multiple business units- forecasting the revenue, costs, and profits for business lines as part of annual operating plan (AOP), Tracking the monthly/quarterly performance against AOP

Highlighting insights in every business line for optimization of revenue/costs and taxes

Analyze the trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPI), especially those relating to financial metrics such as CAC, CLTV, ARR, Burn and other metrics related to SAAS etc.

Following up on outstanding payments. Maintaining accurate records for Customer Database. Experience with billing, Invoicing, and Collections. Preparing and sending invoices to clients. Preventing recurring delinquency. Negotiating settlements to recover a maximum percentage of outstanding Contacting debtors by telephone to negotiate debt recovery.

Daily Financial reporting to senior management- Partnering with different business teams, accounts team, and external partners- Preparation of commercial terms/ business models for new product/partnership launches. Publish EBITDA tracker reports for Senior Management, with annualized forecasts for Revenue, GP, SG&A, EBITDA & Taxes

Excellent analytical and presentation skills- Strong sense of ownership and positive attitude, Prepare Quarterly/Monthly Board Reporting Pack

Prepare Long Range Plans & Forecasting Models for Business Valuation exercise

Prepare Business Intelligence report through BI software

Partner Corporate Development team & appraise prospective M&A transactions

Prepare financial evaluations in all areas of the business, ensure adherence to reporting requirements of company.

Providing meaningful, concise and clear analysis, including variance analysis to senior management on financial issues and performance (actual versus budget/forecast/prior quarter/prior year etc). Monitor KPI, and identify the cause of any unexpected variances

Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating forecast

Requirements:

Inter CA/CPA/Mcom/MBA in Finance or equivalent

2-5 years of experience preferred

Knowledge of Financial Accounting & Understanding of the P&L

Prior direct management experience; experienced in board meeting related presentations

Flexibility, problem solving, and organizational skills

Ability to partner and build strong working relationships with senior Finance leadership

Skilled at clearly and succinctly articulating written and oral communications and tailoring it to the specific audience

Ability to multitask, work under pressure and meet deadlines required

Strong in MS Office, Excel.

Desirable Skills:

Prior FP&A experience.

Good Accounting knowledge and should have worked on Excel Valuation Models in the past;