Financial Analyst
HPE — Bengaluru, Karnataka
₹4–10 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · 0–2 yrs exp · Freshers eligible · Full-time
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Quick answer: An early-career finance role in Bengaluru doing the FP&A basics: variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting inputs, month-end close and reporting for a function or business unit. CPA and CFA sit under preferred, not required.
From HPE's job posting
Job Summary
- This role is responsible for supporting financial management by analyzing, reporting, and reconciling financial and operational results, identifying and researching variances to plans, and providing recommendations to key stakeholders. The role engages in budgeting and forecasting processes while ensuring reporting compliance. The role supports priority projects and maintains strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Performs data extraction as well as diagnosis of financial drivers, and leverages analytics to make recommendations to key stakeholders.
- Conducts comprehensive financial analysis for specific functions or business units, addressing financial business issues and providing valuable analytics to support key business initiatives.
- Provides inputs for monthly review of expenses and capital for budgeting and forecasting process and analyzes variances with operational analytics and insight.
- Interprets financial reports, including forecasts, budgets, income statements, balance sheets and cash flow documents.
- Acquires a comprehensive understanding of the organization's financial processes and gains proficient knowledge of the company's operations and business.
- Supports business by closing the books, analyzing variances and trends, and developing financial forecasts that are consistent with the business objectives of the organization.
- Ensures compliance with reporting standards and corporate policies and the integrity of external and internal reporting.
- Applies foundational principles and contributes proactively to projects through research and data analysis support, providing regular updates on accomplishments and impediments.
- Supports priority projects with direction, maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders and sharing information via standardized reports.
Education & Experience Recommended
- Four-year Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
- Typically has 0-2 years of work experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field.
Preferred Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Certified Financial Analyst (CFA)
Knowledge & Skills
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Automation
- Corporate Finance
- Data Analysis
- Economics
- Finance
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Planning
- Financial Services
- Financial Statements
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Internal Controls
- Investments
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Process Improvement
- Profit And Loss (P&L) Management
- SAP Applications
- Variance Analysis
Cross-Org Skills
- Effective Communication
- Results Orientation
- Learning Agility
- Digital Fluency
- Customer Centricity
Impact & Scope
- Impacts own work and acts as a team member by providing information, analysis, and recommendations in support of team efforts.
Complexity
- Learns to apply basic theories and concepts to work tasks.
- This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
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HireSetu's note
The bars that bend
The degree is the real gate, and even it flexes: a four-year qualification in business administration, economics or finance, or work experience that shows the same competence. CPA and CFA are listed as preferred, which for a 0-2 year role carries little weight until there is work behind the letters. A year spent on CFA Level 1 won't move this application.
The four-year framing fits BBA, MBA and M.Com routes more cleanly than a three-year B.Com, so if that's your degree, lead with internships, articleship or any analytics work you've already done. The skills list is long and generic. SAP, variance analysis and financial modelling are the ones an employer can actually test.
The close sets the rhythm
Expense and capital reviews run monthly, so the first week or two after close will be the heaviest: pulling data, explaining why actuals moved against plan, and writing it up for people outside finance. Between closes the work shifts to forecast updates, reporting compliance and whatever project is live.
Plain written English matters as much as the modelling here, because the output is commentary someone else has to act on. Ask how many business units one analyst covers, since that decides whether the month is workable.
Numbers you have touched
Put any reconciliation, variance explanation or budget you have built at the top, even from an internship, a student society or a family business. Internal audit and accounting backgrounds are named as acceptable, so articleship experience belongs on the page, especially if you can point to a control you checked or a process you tightened.
Automation and process improvement also appear in the skills, so an Excel, Power Query or Power BI routine that replaced a recurring manual report is worth a line, with one sentence on what it saved.
Drafted with AI from HPE's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.
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