Senior FP&A Analyst
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The Senior FP&A Analyst owns the monthly management reporting and variance analysis cycle, builds and maintains the corporate financial model, and serves as the finance partner for one or more business functions. They lead budgeting and rolling forecast workstreams, govern SaaS KPIs, and coach junior analysts while driving reporting infrastructure projects.
About this role
About the Role
Decisions is a PE-backed enterprise automation platformoperatingacross multiple geographies. Our Corporate FP&A team in Hyderabad is the central planning and analysis function for the whole company. It owns theconsolidatedbudget and forecast, month-end management reporting, the company financial model, and the KPI frameworks that the CFO, CEO, Board, and our PE sponsor rely on to steer the business.
TheAnalyst/Senior FP&A Analyst is the team's analytical anchor. You will own the monthly reporting and BVA cycle, run key workstreams within the annual operating plan (AOP), rolling forecasts, and long-range plan, and act as the corporate finance partner for one or more business functions.You are expected to move beyond producing numbers toexplainingthem —identifyingwhat changed, why it matters, and what leadership should do about it.
The role is deeply cross-functional. You will work with the Controller and Accounting team on close, withRevOpsand GTM Finance on the company's revenue number, withHRon headcount, and with department heads across India and the US on their budgets. You will also coach theInterns andJunioAnalystsand own projects that build the source-of-truth reports and financial model underpinning the 2027 plan.
What You’ll Own
Corporate FP&A connects every function to the company plan. In this role you will collaborate regularly with:
- Head of FP&A — monthly commentary, Board and sponsor materials, and planning decisions.
- Controller and Accounting — close calendar, accruals, intercompany eliminations, FX,auditand investorrequests.
- Revenue Operations — Salesforce data governance, pipeline-to-forecast alignment, and KPI definitions.
- People / HR — headcount planning, hiring approvals, and compensation modelling for AOP and forecasts.
- One or Few Department headse.g.Engineering, Product, IT, Cloud, Customer Success, and G&A — budget reviews, investment cases, and vendor spending.
- US-based leadership and peers — several days a week of overlapping hours for reviews, forecasts, and decisions.
Core responsibilities
1. Monthly management reporting and variance analysis
- Own the month-end and quarter-end FP&A close:consolidatedP&L, departmental BVA, headcount.
- WriteCFO-ready variance commentarythat explains drivers, quantifies impact, and recommends actions.
- Prepare and quality-check PowerPoint and Excel materials for the Monthly Business Review, Board of Directors, and PE sponsor reporting cycles.
2. Budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling
- Lead assigned workstreams in the AOP: headcount planning,opexbudgets, and department-level targets, working directly with budget owners.
- Maintain and enhance the driver-based corporate financial model; build scenarios for leadership on pricing, hiring, and investment decisions.
- Own the rolling forecast for assigned areas, track forecast accuracy over time, and support long-range planning.
3. SaaS metrics, KPI framework, and benchmarking
- Supportthe calculation and governance of core SaaS KPIs— ARR, NRR/GDR, bookings, CAC, payback, EBITDA, andRule of40 — with documented definitions.
- Maintain the weekly and monthly KPI tracker; reconcile Salesforce and finance data so that GTM and Finance report a single number.
- Benchmark Decisions against public and private SaaS peers on growth, efficiency, and margin metrics to inform targets.
- Flag inconsistencies, data breaks, and definitional drift before they reach leadership forums.
4. Cross-team collaboration and business partnering
- Serve ascorporatefinance partner for one or more functions(for example Engineering, Product, Customer Success, IT, Cloud, or G&A): monthly reviews, headcount requests, vendor spend, and investment cases.
- Run a regular cadence withAccountingto align on close timing, accruals, and reclasses, and withRevOpson data governance for revenue metrics.
- Translate business questions into analysis and present findings clearly to non-finance stakeholders; challenge assumptions constructively.
- Support vendor consolidation and costoptimizationinitiatives with spend analytics and savings tracking, working with Accounting and Systems.
5. Reporting infrastructure and projects
- Design and build source-of-truth reports in Excel and Power BI; drive the migration of recurring MIS to a stable, documented report library.
- Partner with Accounting and Systems on the chart of accounts redesign,andJoinconsolidation.
- Own medium-sized FP&A projects end to end — scope, stakeholders, timeline, delivery — and report progress to the Head of FP&A.
- Automate recurring work using Power BI, structured Excel, and AI tools such as Claude, MicrosoftCopilotand raise the team's standards for documentation.
6. Team leadership
- Coach and review the work of the Interns, andJuniorFP&A Analyst; act as onboardingbuddyfor new team members.
- Own the reporting calendar and distribute recurring work so that no single person is a point of failure.
What You Bring
Qualifications
Required
- 2–6 years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, ideally in SaaS, technology, or a PE-backed company.
- Demonstrated ownership of a month-end reporting or BVA cycle, including writing variance commentary for senior leadership.
Skills
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