Job Title: Senior Analyst
Location: TRIL GTC Chennai 
GCL: D2

Key Responsibilities:

Budgeting

• Work closely with Tower Leads to prepare annual budgets and Quarterly Forecasts. Act as an advisor to department lead in formulating their budget submissions.
• Analyse financial data and extract and define relevant information; interpret data for determining past financial performance and to project a financial probability.
• Financial Statement analysis of Income Statement, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow Statement to derive Forecasts/Estimate consensus.
• Review proposed budget submissions from department for accuracy and completeness.
• Collate final budgeted financial statements with analyses of variances against prior year.
• Prepare budget commentary and analyses for various packs and stakeholders.
• Maintain the budgeting policies and procedures.
• Meet with budget owners monthly to review results, explain significant variances against budget and prior year, and identify actions required to bring the results back to budget where required.

Reporting & Variance Analysis

• Submit monthly management reports and Board Reports with analyses and commentaries to CFO within agreed timelines.
• Preparation of Monthly MISs / KPIs / Dashboards / Other Finance deliverables to be shared with Leadership Team, global business and finance stakeholders.
• Preparation of various flash and exceptional reports. Bring highlight / lowlights to the attention.
• Develop financial models.
• Work with Tower Leads and develop reporting matrix for Business Units.
• Perform statistical, cost, and financial analysis of data reported in the various company reports. Develop financial reports for forecasting, trending, and results analysis.

Accounting & Month End Close

• Candidate should be well versed in prepare and review of reconciliation and analysis of ledger balances, vendor reconciliation, prepaid Expenses.

• Candidate to review and process non-purchase order’s invoices and other claims

• Coordinate to ensure timely review & closer of vendor, employee open items

• Handling employee and vendor query

• Candidate to prepare accrual/provision

• Candidate to prepare inter-company monthly invoices and able to perform month-end and year-end

• Co-ordinate and assist in the annual audits i.e. Internal/External audits including preparation of various audit schedules and assist the auditors in their inquiries

• Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls.

• Should be aware of Indian tax provisions especially with respect to withholding taxes & GST.

• Import/Export payment and documentation as per FEMA & RBI rules. Experience of handling BRO, LC, CAD etc.

Education & Experience

• CA/ICWA/CPA/MBA (candidates pursuing professional qualifictions can also apply).
•  3-6 Years of relevant experience
• Hands on experience in financial planning & analysis, reporting, accounting and month end close.
• Experience with working on financial management aspects of ITES Companies

Technical Skills

• Extensive knowledge of MS Excel (Building models & reports, analytical tools, consolidation, macros etc.)
• Very well versed in preparation of Leadership decks / slides
• Fimiliarity or exposure to SAP - most of the analytics will be done on SAP data
• BI / Find+ experience is a plus but not required

Soft Skills:

• Ability to work independently with ownership
• Attention to detail and ability to multi-task
• Must have the ability to work closely with personnel from various departments and all levels of management
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Able to deliver on new roles and responsibilities on Adhoc basis
• A solid base of accounting knowledge, Proficient problem solving and fact-finding skills

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Date Posted

05-Mar-2021

Closing Date

08-Mar-2021

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.