Executive Trainee - Finance

Executive Trainee– Finance

Function: Finance

Role: Executive Trainee – Finance

Employment Type: Full-time | Campus Hire

Qualification: MBA / PGDM – Finance

Experience: Fresher

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Overview

We are looking for high-potential Finance graduates to join our Finance team as Executive Trainee – Finance. The role provides exposure across FP&A, business finance, budgeting, cost control, management reporting and financial analysis, supporting data-driven decision-making in a fast-growing renewable energy business.

Key Responsibilities

• Support annual budgeting, forecasting and business planning processes.
• Assist in monthly MIS, management reporting and variance analysis.
• Analyse actual vs. budget vs. forecast performance and identify key drivers.
• Support cost centre, project and functional cost monitoring.
• Assist in product/project profitability and margin analysis.
• Track key financial KPIs including revenue, gross margin, contribution margin, EBITDA, working capital and cash flow.
• Support CAPEX/OPEX analysis and investment/business-case evaluation.
• Work with Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Projects and other functions to strengthen cost and financial controls.
• Support month-end closing, reconciliations and reporting activities.
• Develop dashboards and financial models using Advanced Excel and Power BI.
• Support continuous improvement and automation of Finance processes.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong financial and analytical fundamentals
• Financial statement understanding and ratio analysis
• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Cost accounting and management accounting fundamentals
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of Power BI / Power Query desirable
• Exposure to SAP/ERP systems advantageous
• Strong numerical and problem-solving ability
• Commercial and business acumen
• High attention to detail and financial discipline
• Good communication and stakeholder-management skills

Preferred Candidate

A high-energy Finance graduate who is:

• Comfortable working with large datasets and numbers
• Curious about the business behind the numbers
• Commercially oriented, not limited to accounting
• Able to connect operational performance with financial outcomes
• Willing to work closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Project teams
• Strong in ownership, integrity and attention to detail