Payroll Specialist

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented Associate Specialist, Finance Business Partnering to support financial analysis, reporting, and budgeting processes. In this role, you will collaborate with operational teams and senior finance partners to extract data, maintain financial models, and deliver performance insights that drive daily business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Management & Reporting: Extract financial data, reconcile multiple data sources, and build baseline reports to support monthly financial closes, forecasts, and annual budgets.
• Financial Modeling: Maintain basic financial models and dashboards, update operational assumptions, and document methodologies for transparency and repeatability.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional operational teams to collect planning inputs, validate key business drivers, and ensure alignment with planning cycle timelines.
• Variance & Ad-Hoc Analysis: Conduct first-pass variance analyses with clear factual commentary, identify anomalies, and perform ad-hoc analyses on costs, pricing, and productivity.
• Compliance & Continuous Improvement: Adhere to internal control guidelines, maintain high data quality standards, and contribute to optimizing FP&A workflows.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Technical Aptitude: Hands-on experience with financial modeling, MS Excel, data extraction tools, and dashboard maintenance.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; basic foundation in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting concepts.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong numerical accuracy, attention to detail, and the ability to spot trends or anomalies in datasets.
• Communication & Collaboration: Clear written and verbal communication skills to interact with operational teams, ask critical questions, and explain financial details effectively.
• Process Alignment: Ability to work comfortably within standard operating procedures while managing task deadlines under general guidance.

Location: Bangalore, India

Work Model: Hybrid (Partially Remote)

Employment Type: Full-time | Permanent

Shift: India Standard Time (09:30 AM – 06:30 PM)