Sales Finance Analyst

india, Telangana, Hyderabad

Full–time

Posted on: 2 days ago

We are looking for a highly disciplined and execution-focused FP&A Analyst to independently own Sales financial reporting, budgeting, CAC tracking, incentive calculations, and projection maintenance.

About the Role

This is a hands-on, individual contributor role requiring strong Excel modelling skills, financial accuracy, and structured reporting discipline. This is not a strategy role. The focus is precision, governance, and execution.

Responsibilities

Annual Budget & AOP Support
  • Prepare and maintain Annual Sales Budget and AOP sheets
  • Allocate budgets across regions, cost heads, and headcount plans
  • Maintain structured and stable financial templates

  • Monthly MIS & Cost Governance
  • Deliver monthly Sales MIS within defined timelines
  • Track revenue vs target and cost vs budget
  • Maintain regional performance trackers
  • Ensure complete reconciliation with source data

  • CAC & Cost Tracking
  • Calculate and publish monthly CAC
  • Maintain fixed vs variable cost clarity
  • Flag ≥5% deviations from planned benchmarks
  • Maintain supporting documentation

  • Incentive Governance
  • Execute monthly incentive calculations (associate + manager level)
  • Maintain slab logic documentation
  • Ensure zero payout disputes due to internal calculation errors
  • Maintain full audit trail

  • Projection & Trend Monitoring
  • Update rolling revenue projections monthly
  • Compare projection vs current trend
  • Flag risk deviations ≥5% vs AOP
  • Maintain structured scenario sheets

  • Governing Standard
  • All financial outputs must maintain:
  • 100% calculation accuracy
  • Full reconciliation traceability
  • Zero rework due to formula or data errors

  • Qualifications
  • Strong financial modelling skills in Excel / Google Sheets
  • High-precision execution discipline
  • Experience handling sales-linked financial models
  • Incentive payout execution experience
  • Strong data reconciliation and version control discipline
  • Exposure to sales cost structures and CAC calculations
  • Ability to work independently without supervision
  • Comfortable presenting numbers to senior stakeholders

  • Required Skills
  • 3–5 years of relevant experience in Sales Finance / Revenue MIS / FP&A (execution-focused)
  • Individual contributor (no team management exposure required)
  • Primary preference - EdTech experience (sales-heavy environment)
  • Secondary preference: NBFC / FinTech with sales incentive exposure
  • Average tenure ~2 years per company (startup exposure acceptable)
  • Proven exposure to large sales teams and incentive-driven structures

  • Preferred Skills
  • Not a strategy role
  • Not a business finance partner
  • Not a pricing decision-maker
  • Not a team management role

  • What Success Looks Like
  • 100% accurate monthly MIS with zero internal calculation errors
  • Incentive payouts executed without disputes
  • Annual budget & AOP maintained without structural instability
  • Monthly CAC published with variance visibility
  • Projection vs trend reports delivered consistently before leadership review