Business Associate Analyst (FP&A)
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Partner with Business Managers and Project Managers on coordinating all administrative, client billable, and client non-billable tasks.
- Understand the agency investment process and own the end-to-end management, including:
- Process all new business, agency-specific, and client investment forms including filing, saving, and communicating new project codes and adding them to associated trackers.
- Run period reporting to capture progress and non-compliance and escalate to senior management.
- Run new business, client development, and agency initiative data/reports, input, and track across all trackers.
- Facilitate all project setups including new business, clients, and agency initiatives.
- Process all ongoing maintenance of project codes, such as, adding new activities, changing descriptions, and updating budgets.
- Facilitate all invoicing for clients and recover back-up and support for clients. Prepare client billing packages.
- Update internal reports including missing time and conduct proactive and reactive reach out for timesheet compliance.
- Collaborate with internal teams for timesheet and billing worksheet compliance.
- Run Billing Worksheet Reports and work with AAS on time moves.
- Support the Data & Analytics for dashboard updates and data entry.
- Maintain all internal staffing templates for all SOWs.
- Update RCP staffing file.
- Manage company paid-time-off and fiscal impact to agency.
- Process all new vendor paperwork and set-up.
- Understand vendor payment terms and ensure compliance with corresponding client policies and issue the appropriate purchase orders.
- Maintain project out-of-pocket budgets and track payments.
- Understand company pay-when-paid policy and ensure contracts are compliant.
- Maintain internal Client MSA Cheat sheets as well as team/client framework.
- Prepare financial information and reconciliations to clients as required.
- Own maintenance of client contracts/SOWs/POs database and ensure compliance, filing, and version control.
- Understand audit requirements and ensure completeness of audit trails.
- Review of vendor contracts and other legal matters in coordination with legal Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Post Graduate Degree in accounting or finance with 3-5 years of experience in FP&A Operations (mandatory).
- Having prior experience into R2R processes is (Preferred)
- Proficient in Advanced Excel and ability to quickly learn any new ERP or BI Tools
- Having Good Knowledge of US GAAP.
- Flexibility to take up different assignments and not limit oneself to specific set of activities
- Ability to work both independently and in a team oriented, collaborative environment
- Flexible and Result Oriented with Strong Written & Oral Communication Skills
- Experience in Microsoft Dynamics AX, MediaOcean, and Hyperion Financial Management tool is a plus