Overview
Job Title: Finance Business Partner – Support Functions Analyst
Location: Mumbai, India
Department: Finance
Reports to: Head of Finance Business Partnering
Type: Full Time
Job Purpose:
– As a Finance Analyst for support functions, you will play a critical role in providing financial insight and support to the Support Function divisions (such as HR, Legal, Marketing, and other corporate functions).
– This role will focus on managing and optimising overhead costs, ensuring resources are deployed effectively to support business objectives.
– You will also support the Tech division by providing financial oversight on investment in product development and capital expenditure (Capex) projects.
– Working closely with the Support Functions Finance Business Partner and the wider finance team, you will help drive informed decision-making through accurate reporting, analysis, and business partnering.
Key Responsibilities:
– Support the Finance Business Partner to provide clear financial insights on overhead spend to the functional leaders, ensuring costs are managed effectively and aligned with business priorities.
– Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes for Support Functions and Tech investment areas.
– Monitor and track investment in technology, with a focus on product development spend and Capex projects, ensuring appropriate business cases and return-on-investment evaluations.
– Support in preparing monthly management reporting, including variance analysis, commentary, and actionable recommendations.
– Perform deep-dive analysis on overhead cost trends, risks, and opportunities to support cost efficiency and resource allocation.
– Develop and maintain financial models for forecasting, scenario planning, and investment appraisal.
– Collaborate with the Finance Business Partner to provide clear, accurate, and timely financial information for decision-making.
– Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, streamlining reporting processes and leveraging automation where possible.
– Support ad hoc financial analysis and projects as required.
Requirements:
– Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
– Professional qualification (or part-qualified) in ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent is desirable.
– Experienced individual with 2+ years of relevant experience in finance, analysis, accounting or business partnering in a similar role
– Advanced Excel skills are essential (pivot tables, lookups, macros, data modelling etc).
– Strong ability to analyse large volumes of financial data from ERP/finance systems
– Exposure to Power BI, SAP, NetSuite, OneStream, or similar tools is an advantage.
– Strong communication skills, with the ability to present financial insights clearly.
– Proactive, organised, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.