Senior Business Analyst D365, Finance

Job Responsibilities

• Analyze financial and operational performance trends, identifying key risks, opportunities, and actionable recommendations.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range strategic planning.
• Develop business cases, financial models, ROI analyses, and investment appraisals for organic growth, acquisitions, and strategic initiatives.
• Support M&A activities, including due diligence, valuation analysis, integration planning, synergy tracking, and post-acquisition performance reporting.
• Identify, quantify, and monitor initiatives that improve gross margin, operating margin, profitability, and working capital performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to optimize business processes, enhance system functionality, and improve operational effectiveness.
• Lead or support strategic projects involving financial systems, ERP enhancements, sales operations, process automation, and business transformation initiatives.
• Create and maintain dashboards, management reports, and executive-level data visualizations that provide actionable business insights.
• Evaluate existing business practices and recommend scalable solutions that improve automation, reporting accuracy, controls, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ensure data integrity, governance, compliance, and consistency across financial and operational reporting processes.
• Support change management, process standardization, and user adoption initiatives associated with system implementations and organizational transformation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Business Analysis, Strategic Finance, Corporate Development, or a similar analytical role.
• Experience supporting financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, business performance analysis, and strategic decision-making.
• Exposure to mergers & acquisitions, financial due diligence, investment analysis, and integration activities is preferred.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, and key business performance metrics.
• Advanced financial modeling, analytical, and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with ERP systems, business intelligence tools, and data visualization platforms such as Power BI is preferred.
• Experience within retail, consumer products, apparel, licensing, wholesale distribution, or e-commerce environments preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-powered tools and automation technologies to enhance productivity, reporting, and analytical capabilities.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into actionable business insights.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.

Education Requirement

• Bachelor / Masters in Finance/Accounting (CFA, MBA, CPA a plus)

Business Hours

Four (4) days in office and One (1) day remote. Occasional extended work hours depending on volume and collaboration with India office.