FP&A Analyst

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Prepare annual budgets and monthly forecasts for assigned cost centers and projects; load them into the planning system; run scenario analysis.
• Variance Analysis
• Analyze actuals vs budget, prior forecast and prior year (monthly and YTD), with bridges and clear commentary.
• Headcount Reporting
• Consolidate and report headcount; align with approved positions and budget; reconcile to cost centers.
• Month-End Close
• Support month-end close, including journal entries, accruals and reconciliations, in coordination with the accounting team.
• Project Finance & Capitalization
• Set up WBS projects in SAP; monitor AUCs and quarterly releases to Fixed Assets; run amortization simulations; support Workday Projects (budget setup, resource and project loading, labor-rate tie-outs); reconcile Workday Projects to SAP; support mid-year project labor absorption and cap rates; maintain the Plan of Record (POR) repository for NPD/NFD projects.
• Reporting & Ad-hoc Analysis
• Prepare management reporting packages and dashboards; deliver ad-hoc and business case analysis for leadership.
• Controls & Documentation
• Keep reconciliations and audit support current; maintain process documentation.
• RECURRING DELIVERABLES
• Month-end close & journals
• Accurate, on-time close support
• Actuals & variance reporting
• Variances vs budget, prior forecast, prior year
• Forecast & headcount reporting
• Forecast load and headcount reconciliation/ reporting BU wise
• Project reporting & reconciliations
• Project actuals, variances, bridges; Workday Projects-to-SAP reconciliations and tie-outs; WD Project Systems forecast
• WBS project set-up & AUC monitoring
• SAP WBS set-up; AUC monitoring and releases to Fixed Assets
• Budget preparation & scenarios
• Annual budget load and scenario analysis
• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Experience

• 5–7 years in FP&A, business finance or financial analysis, ideally in a corporate / captive / GCC environment with budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis ownership
• 5–7 years
• Location - Hybrid
• Role - Third Party Payrolls
• POSITION SUMMARY
• The FP&A Analyst will own budgeting, forecasting, actuals reporting and variance analysis for assigned Engineering, IT and non-engineering cost centers and projects. The role also supports month-end closing activities, headcount reporting, project finance (WBS, capitalization, Workday Projects) and ad-hoc / scenario-based analysis for India leadership (SMT), Engineering Directors and global finance teams. The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented and comfortable working in Workday Adaptive Planning, SAP and advanced Excel to deliver accurate, timely and well-explained numbers.
• Must have
• Education
• Excel & modeling
• Advanced Excel (pivots, lookups, SUMIFS, multi-tab models); strong variance, bridge and scenario modeling skills
• Planning tools
• Hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning (or similar EPM tool) for forecast and budget loads
• ERP / finance systems
• Working knowledge of SAP (FI/CO, WBS / project systems, fixed assets); exposure to month-end close and journal entries
• Communication
• Explains variances clearly to non-finance stakeholders
• BI / dashboards
• Power BI or Tableau
• Good to have
• Headcount & cost center analysis
• Experience with HC planning, reporting and reconciliation
• Workday Projects
• Experience with Workday Projects set-up and reconciliation
• Capitalization & amortization
• Familiarity with AUC, capitalization and amortization simulations
• Power BI or Tableau for dashboards and reporting
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain variances to non-finance leaders and global teams
• Working style
• Detail-oriented, deadline-driven, self-starter, comfortable with multiple recurring cycles and ad-hoc requests
• SUCCESS MEASURES
• Accurate, on-time close, forecast and budget deliverables.
• Clear variance commentary and clean reconciliations.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and audit readiness.

Must have

• Bachelor's in Commerce, Finance or Accounting; MBA, CA, CMA or CFA preferred
• Accurate, on-time close, forecast and budget deliverables.
• Clear variance commentary and clean reconciliations.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and audit readiness.

About Pitney Bowes

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Commerce, Finance or Accounting; MBA, CA, CMA or CFA preferred