Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

<p class="job-description-header">Who We Are</p><p>Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.<br><br>To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.</p><br><br><p class="job-description-header">What You'll Do</p><ol><li><strong><span>Revenue Closing</span></strong><span> : The person will be responsible for owning the end-to-end <u>weekly</u> revenue closing process including the verifications with the cost plan & bill plan, reconciling with SAP, ensuring completeness and accuracy of revenue recognition. Working with the project reporting team to confirm absorptions, assessing required provisions and accruals during financial close.</span></li><li><strong><span>Revenue Forecasting / projections</span></strong><span> : Working with staffing on forecasting project teams based on sold cases, pipeline etc. Tracking actuals vs. forecast, investigating variances and highlighting risks that may impact revenue.</span></li><li><strong><span>Timesheet : </span></strong><span>Overseeing the timesheet management and ensuring that the time sheets submitted are in line with the SAM output provided by the staffing team. Monitoring missing/incorrect time entries and coordinating the corrections with relevant teams to ensure that correct revenue is recognised.</span></li><li><strong><span>Investment Management : </span></strong><span>Manage the end-to-end financial administration of investments / internal initiatives, coordinating creation and maintenance of investment/project codes, tracking budget vs. actual spends and providing regular reporting to stakeholders, supporting investment owners with financial analysis and decision-making.</span></li><li><strong><span>Utilisation, Billability & Realisation : </span></strong><span>Reconciling the no. of teams with the NCC, billability as per staffing with the billability as per the system, realization per team with NCC etc. on a weekly basis. Utilisation & billability reports (including for CDC purposes) at the office level, explanations for movements at office level / individual / cohort. </span></li></ol><br><br><p class="job-description-header">What You'll Bring</p><ul><li>Chartered Accountant with 4-6 Years of experience.</li><li>Experience in FP&A or management reporting role</li><li>Experience in analysis, use of financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, etc.), reporting and <br>budgeting.</li><li>Adept at MS Excel and making crisp and well structured, presentations for stakeholders.</li><li>Fluency in spoken and written English with strong communication skills, both oral and <br>written</li><li>Ability to handle confidential information and maintain confidentiality.</li><li>The role is a part of the local India finance team supporting the India consulting office <br>directly</li><li>This role reports into the financial planning & analysis manager, along with other members <br>of the team</li><li>The job would involve working closely with the finance leadership of the organization</li></ul><br><br><p>Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. <br>BCG is an E - Verify Employer. <a href="https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/e-verify" target="_blank">Click here </a> for more information on E-Verify.</p>