Professional Career
Job Description
We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Senior Financial Analyst to join our FP&A team, focusing on the finance support for the newly formed Software & Services business unit. The ideal candidate will partner closely with business leaders to provide data-driven insights that improve forecast accuracy, strengthen operating expense management, and support strategic decision-making across product lines, regions, and global operations.
Work location: Hyderabad office; this position requires in-office presence four days per week.
Key Responsibilities
Forecasting, Planning & Analysis
We are Nextpower
We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Senior Financial Analyst to join our FP&A team, focusing on the finance support for the newly formed Software & Services business unit. The ideal candidate will partner closely with business leaders to provide data-driven insights that improve forecast accuracy, strengthen operating expense management, and support strategic decision-making across product lines, regions, and global operations.
Work location: Hyderabad office; this position requires in-office presence four days per week.
Key Responsibilities
Forecasting, Planning & Analysis
- Develop and maintain P&L forecasting models across product lines, regions, and business scenarios.
- Lead annual operating plan, quarterly forecast, and long-range planning activities for the Software & Services organization.
- Own project-level budgets, spend tracking, and cost-to-complete forecasts for Tools Full-Service initiatives.
- Partner with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Accounting to align on forecasts, risks, opportunities, and upside scenarios.
- Perform variance analysis against forecast, budget, and prior periods, identifying key business drivers and recommending corrective actions.
- Gather, validate, and reconcile data from company databases, ERP systems, and cross-functional business partners.
- Design and deliver product-line reporting packages and management dashboards for monthly and quarterly business reviews.
- Use business intelligence tools to create clear visualizations, automate recurring reporting, and improve access to financial information.
- Analyze trends, patterns, and data quality issues in large datasets to identify risks, opportunities, and operational insights.
- Translate complex financial and operational data into concise recommendations for business leaders and executive stakeholders.
- Meet with business partners to understand objectives, explain financial results, and improve accountability for performance.
- Collaborate effectively across functions, time zones, and a matrixed global organization.
- Identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency, reporting accuracy, and planning discipline.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field; MBA, CPA, or CFA strongly preferred.
- 5 years of progressive financial planning and analysis experience, ideally in a manufacturing, technology, software, services, or supply-chain-focused environment.
- Advanced analytical capabilities with strong expertise in Excel, financial modeling, data extraction, and analysis of large datasets.
- In-depth knowledge of Percentage-of-Completion (POC) revenue accounting, including the ability to model revenue forecasts using POC methodologies.
We are Nextpower