Business Analyst - Finance (MPIN)

About the role

Bosch Group is hiring a Business Analyst for its Finance MPIN function in Bengaluru. The role partners with the business to interpret data and performance indicators, turn business trends into forecasts, and give financial and strategic support so that decisions are based on accurate metrics. It covers business analytics and reporting, compliance management and business partnering.

Key responsibilities

• Help define standardized master data and KPI definitions, and improve or automate data management where possible
• Collect stakeholder information in line with legal compliance and run regular plans vs actuals reports with operations, partner management and business teams
• Present performance dashboards, run variance analysis and support action planning
• Run predictive analytics and data modelling on inventory, buyer trends, campaigns, commodities and exchange markets, and analyse cost and pricing trends
• Communicate consolidated financial and operational trends, historical and forecasted, and help draft policy change proposals
• Analyse business programs and transactions with statistical methods to find causal relationships and trends
• Ensure compliance with government reporting and filing requirements, and support finance data management workflows and reporting reviews
• Support the Finance Business Partner in asset controls, and work with controllers and accountants on monthly activities and month-end close
• Assist in preparing internal and external financial statements, and support forecasting, cash flow management, feasibility studies and investment plans
• Prepare presentations for stakeholder and senior leadership meetings, act as a source of truth for key metrics, and take part in standardization and automation projects

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, statistics, business or a related field
• CA/CMA/MBA desirable
• 2-3 years of financial analytical experience in a marketplace environment
• Commercial knowledge of local and global accounting and tax standards, and of controls and risk management frameworks
• Advanced Excel and familiarity with databases; SQL/Tableau/R/Python experience desirable