**Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A (Degrees)**

**Compensation:** ₹310,000 per month (paid in INR)
**Location:** Remote – India (must be able to attend 3–4 meetings per week in the PST/US time zone)
**Employment Type:** 6-month contract (strong potential for extension)

**Please apply only if you have experience in the following:**
– 4–8 years of experience in **FP&A and/or financial analysis**
– Experience in a **global and/or SaaS environment**
– Strong experience with both **revenue reporting and financial variance analysis**
– Experience with **revenue forecasting and revenue modeling**
– Experience working with **large datasets** in Excel and financial planning systems

**About the Company**
Founded in 2012 by two Stanford professors, our client’s mission is to provide world-class learning to anyone, anywhere. Today, the company is a leading global online learning platform serving millions of learners and thousands of institutions worldwide.

**About the Role**
We are seeking a **Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A** to support the Degrees business. The contractor will closely partner with the FP&A team to drive **revenue forecasting, revenue modeling, and financial variance analysis** for a complex, growing global organization.

This role is highly analytical and process-driven. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working through **ambiguity and evolving business processes**, handling large datasets, and reconciling reported results to forecast expectations. You will interpret revenue reports from university partners and translate insights into clear financial impacts.

This is a hands-on role focused on **data structuring, revenue analysis, forecasting support, and process improvement**, especially around financial close and reporting automation.

**Key Responsibilities**
– Review and interpret detailed revenue reports from university partners
– Conduct **revenue forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis**
– Reconcile actual results to forecast and identify drivers behind revenue changes
– Work extensively with **large datasets in Excel and IBM Planning Analytics**
– Structure, clean, and prepare financial data to improve reporting accuracy and scalability
– Support financial close activities and strengthen reporting cadence and controls
– Improve data organization to reduce manual reconciliations and increase automation
– Partner with Finance stakeholders and cross-functional teams to answer reporting questions and clarify revenue drivers
– Drive continuous improvement of financial processes in a fast-changing environment

**Must-Have Qualifications (Top Priorities)**
– Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
– 4–8 years of FP&A and/or Financial Analyst experience
– Experience in a global and/or SaaS environment
– Strong experience with **revenue reporting and financial variance analysis**
– Experience with **revenue forecasting and revenue modeling**
– Experience working with **large datasets** in Excel and financial planning systems
– Experience with at least one financial planning tool: **IBM Planning Analytics** (highly preferred, current system) or **Anaplan, Oracle Essbase, Adaptive Planning, Host Analytics**, or similar
– Highly **process-oriented**; able to support automated financial close and data structuring
– Experience with financial close processes and process improvement initiatives
– **Highly analytical and curious**
– Experience preparing data for automation and downstream reporting systems
– Familiarity with G Suite
– Advanced Excel skills (modeling, data structuring, analysis)
– Ability to navigate ambiguity
– Strong ability to interpret complex revenue data
– Bonus: Experience with education-based business models

**Work Schedule & Collaboration Expectations**
– Standard India business hours (Monday–Friday)
– Must be able to overlap with Pacific Standard Time for recurring meetings (details provided)
– Flexibility required during monthly close periods

TCWGlobal is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on age, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion, or sexual orientation.

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