About the role
We are looking for a sharp and proactive Senior Associate – Business Finance to join the Business Finance team, supporting revenue operations, planning cycles, and commercial decision-making for the unit. This is a high-exposure role suited for someone who wants to build a strong foundation in commercial finance within a fast-paced ad-tech environment — while also leveraging AI tools and automation to work smarter and drive better decisions.
Key Responsibilities Business Finance & Partnering- Act as a trusted finance partner for the business, working closely with product, revenue, and operations teams.
- Support planning cycles — prepare monthly accruals, maintain revenue files, and build/update revenue and cost forecasts.
- Analyze financial trends, identify variances, and recommend actionable interventions.
- Review cost and revenue contracts to identify key commercial terms, flag risks, and suggest improvements.
- Evaluate deal structures — prepare deal-level P&L templates, run scenario analyses, and check adherence to pricing/margin guidelines.
- Own periodic reconciliations between records, contracts, and actuals.
- Use AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot) to automate reporting, validate data, and build BI dashboards (Power BI/Tableau) for real-time KPI visibility.
- Identify manual finance workflows and automate using no-code/low-code tools (e.g., Power Automate).
- Support annual planning with data packs, models, and market research; document workflows for scale.
- CA qualified, or MBA (Finance) from a reputed Tier 1 institute.
- 2–3 years of experience in Business Finance, FP&A, or commercial finance.
- Strong Excel and financial modelling skills; comfort with large datasets.
- Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) and AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Notion AI); exposure to SAP/Oracle/Anaplan or SQL is a plus.
- Sharp analytical thinking with strong attention to detail.
- Clear written and verbal communication — able to summarize findings crisply.
- Proactive, curious, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
Location: Bangalore