Cognizant

Business Finance - FP&A

Cognizant

Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Full Time

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2 days ago

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Job description

About the Role

This position sits within business finance and financial planning & analysis, supporting leadership with insight-driven decision-making, commercial evaluation, and profitability improvement. The role is based in Hyderabad and requires close partnership with operational and delivery teams to strengthen financial performance and control.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work alongside business leaders to turn financial data into practical insights that inform strategic choices.
  • Own the annual planning cycle, rolling forecasts, and longer-term financial projections.
  • Carry out detailed variance reviews and build bridge analyses to explain movements versus budget, forecast, and previous periods.
  • Partner with business unit heads to interpret performance trends, identify key business drivers, and recommend corrective actions.
  • Handle pricing studies, commercial assessments, and profitability evaluations for deals, renewals, and pricing discussions.
  • Track billing and unbilled revenue, while ensuring revenue recognition rules are followed.
  • Take end-to-end responsibility for the profit and loss statement and drive improvements in margin, profitability, and operating efficiency.
  • Work with large, complex datasets to produce insights that support management and stakeholder decisions.
  • Spot opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve processes by collaborating with IT and other teams.
  • Manage finance activities across multiple currencies and evaluate the effect of foreign exchange movements on performance.
  • Prepare and present financial reports, dashboards, leadership decks, and business review packs.
  • Guide, coach, and manage finance team members to ensure effective execution of business finance work.
  • Serve as a dependable finance partner to delivery and operations teams on revenue growth, cost control, and margin enhancement initiatives.

Requirements

  • Solid background in FP&A, business finance, or commercial finance.
  • Good understanding of accounting basics, financial planning, forecasting, and business partnering.
  • Strong capability in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.
  • Well-developed analytical ability, problem-solving approach, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience in pricing, deal evaluation, profitability analysis, and revenue management.
  • Ability to perform effectively in a fast-moving and changing business environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in process automation and finance transformation initiatives.
  • Exposure to international, multi-currency finance operations.
  • Prior experience in IT services, global capability centers, KPO, BPO, or export-focused service organizations is preferred.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and leadership skills.

Eligibility

Any graduate can apply. Candidates should bring relevant finance experience aligned with FP&A, business finance, or commercial finance responsibilities.

Additional Information

The role involves ownership of profitability analysis, business performance reporting, and support for operational decision-making. It also includes collaboration across functions to improve financial processes and drive automation. Location: Hyderabad, India.

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