Senior Analyst Business Finance Job at SITA (Mumbai)

Job Description

The Senior Analyst Business Finance plays a critical role in supporting the Finance Business Partner teams delivering accurate and timely financial reporting and operational support ensuring compliance with deadlines and accounting standards whilst pro-actively challenging the business and its financial performance. This role will focus on analyzing financial data, preparing financial reports, maintaining financial systems, and providing operational insights to assist in decision-making. He/She must be looking to deliver efficiency gains through continuous work practice improvements, adopt and share best practices whenever applicable, and ensure scrupulous compliance to SITA policies, processes, and guidelines at all times. The Senior Analyst will collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure seamless financial operations and adherence to reporting standards. As this role supports the AMER region, it requires working the afternoon shift (3:00 PM–12:00 AM) to enable effective collaboration with Americas-based team.

Job Responsibility

Handle month-end close activities to ensure a proper and reliable actual base
Prepare and consolidate financial reports
perform financial control and reporting on actuals, and participate in monthly reviews with P&L / cost owners
Analyze and reconcile financial data
conduct variance analysis and financial performance reviews to identify trends, insights, and key drivers
Prepare preliminary forecasting projections on revenue, costs, and headcount to support business reviews
Maintain data integrity by validating recurring journal activity, allocation inputs, and standardized financial templates used for MFR/QBR cycles
Contribute to the development of performance management frameworks, including support for KPI definitions, dashboards, and simulation of financial scenarios
Analyze financial data to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
Provide insights and recommendations to Finance Business Partner teams through strong revenue, margin, and cost-trend analytics
Enhance analytical depth by ensuring consistency of financial definitions, reporting structures, and underlying data across periods, geographies, and management review cycles
Collaborate with Data Science and IT teams to enhance financial data analytics capabilities and improve reliability of reporting outputs
Assist in maintaining financial systems and databases to ensure accurate and up-to-date financial information
Support financial processes to ensure efficient financial operations
Coordinate with cross-functional and regional teams to resolve financial issues, drive standardization of workflows, and ensure completeness and accuracy of reporting inputs
Participate in financial audits and reviews to ensure compliance with internal controls and financial regulations
Support the implementation of financial policies and procedures to enhance financial controls and governance
Ensure alignment between Statutory reporting and Management reporting results
Confirm IFRS and accounting policy compliance
Play an active role in Balance Sheet control activities
Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation in financial reporting and data analysis
Collaborate with IT and analytics teams to implement automated reporting solutions and streamline financial processes
Support standardization by transitioning legacy reporting formats into unified, globally consistent templates and scalable reporting frameworks

Requirements

Minimum 5 years work experience preferably within a large international company with a matrix business structure
Experience in shared service centre is an advantage
Strong proficiency in financial systems, Excel, ERP data structures, reporting tools, and automated templates
Ability to work with structured datasets and standardized reporting frameworks across multiple geographies and recurring reporting cycles
Familiarity with BI platforms and a continuous improvement mindset toward automation and analytics-driven reporting
Strong financial analysis, data interpretation, and variance investigation capabilities
Ability to detect anomalies and trends across large datasets and multi-region reporting structures, ensuring consistent logic and governance in reporting outputs
High attention to detail and strong follow-through to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and consistency in reporting deliverables
Ability to communicate with regional teams and ensure alignment to global reporting standards and financial governance
Process- and structure-driven mindset with strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills

What we offer

Flex Week: Work from home up to 2 days/week
Flex Day: Make your workday suit your life and plans
Flex-Location: Take up to 30 days a year to work from any location in the world
Employee Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Wellbeing: Champion Health - a personalized platform that supports a range of wellbeing needs
Professional Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft's Enterprise Skills Initiative, and Airport Council International
Professional Development: Specialized solutions like Pluralsight for technology upskilling, Harvard Business Publishing for people leadership, Stanford for strategic development
Competitive Benefits: Competitive benefits that make sense with both your local market and employment status

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