Finance Associate

 Job Title: Finance Associate 

Role: Business Partnering  

Location: Bengaluru 

 

Job Summary: 

We’re seeking a strategic and driven FP&A Finance Associate to join our dynamic Global Finance Team. This is more than a numbers role – it’s a chance to shape the financial future of a fast-growing company. This Bengaluru-based role is embedded within the nerve center of financial planning and performance reporting. This role will support Finance Business Partners and functional leaders across planning, forecasting, performance reporting, and financial analysis. 

 

The ideal candidate combines strong FP&A fundamentals, analytical skills, and business acumen to deliver actionable insights and support informed decision-making. This is your chance to be part of a high-impact team where your insights will shape strategy and fuel growth. We value innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning—and we’re excited to grow with you.  

 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted finance partner to FP&A Partners and leadership teams, delivering actionable insights on business drivers, performance, risks, and opportunities to support strategic and operational decisions. 

• Planning, Forecasting & Reporting: Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range and investment planning, and monthly performance reporting with variance analysis on business performance, resource utilization, and financial outcomes. 

• Workforce Analytics: Analyze headcount, hiring, attrition, compensation, and workforce trends to understand financial implications and support resource planning. 

• Executive Reporting & Decision Support: Prepare executive-level presentations and business reviews that translate complex financial and operational data into clear, concise insights for senior leadership. 

• Financial Data Modelling: Build and maintain models for revenue, expenses, headcount, business scenarios, and sensitivity analysis. Manage capacity models to inform headcount planning and expense forecasting. 

• Financial Analysis and Insights: Perform structured and ad hoc analyses to identify trends, explain variances, evaluate scenarios, and provide actionable insights to executive team. 

• Performance Storytelling: Translate financial and operational data into clear narratives and visual outputs for finance and non-finance stakeholders. 

• Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in processes by leveraging technology, automation, data analytics, and emerging AI capabilities while proactively identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and insights. 

• Process Improvement and AI Adoption: Proactively explore and apply AI, automation, and analytics to improve accuracy, standardize analysis, simplify processes, and increase reporting efficiency 

 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Chartered Accountant (CA), & MBA in Finance from a top-tier institution. 

• 4-7 years of progressive experience in FP&A (Business Finance, Corporate Finance, or a related analytical finance role) —ideally in software or payments industry. 

• Experience with headcount, compensation, or workforce-related financial planning is preferred. 

• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, variance analysis, management reporting, and financial modelling. 

• Experience working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams in a deadline-driven environment. 

 

Technical Skills & Competencies: 

• Strong grounding in accounting fundamentals, financial modelling, forecasting, and scenario planning. 

• Expertise Excel (modeling, pivots, lookups, arrays) 

• Working Knowledge in tools: Snowflake (for data extraction/joins), Alteryx (for workflows and transformations) & Power BI (for visual analytics).