Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

Saras Analytics · India

FP&A Executive | Finance

ROLE OVERVIEW

Saras Analytics is looking for an FP&A Executive to own the planning, forecasting, and performance-analysis

engine for our SaaS business. This is a numbers-and-narrative role: you will build and maintain the models

behind our revenue and cost plans, explain what moved and why, and turn that into crisp reporting for

management and board reviews. Strong Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint skills are the tools of the trade .

the core expectation is comfort with SaaS financials and metrics, and the judgement to translate them into

decisions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain the AOP, budgets, and rolling forecasts, including the ARR/MRR revenue build and

headcount and cost models.

• Run monthly budget-vs-actual and forecast variance analysis, with clear written commentary on what

moved and why.

• Track and explain core SaaS metrics — ARR, MRR, churn, NRR, CAC, LTV, and pipeline conversion.

• Own the management reporting pack and board decks, including dashboards, executive summaries, and

one-pagers.

• Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Product to keep numbers consistent across CRM, billing, and

finance systems, automating recurring reports along the way.

MUST-HAVE SKILLS

• SaaS metrics — working knowledge. Able to compute, report, and explain ARR/MRR, churn, NRR, CAC,

LTV, and pipeline conversion, and speak to what drove a change.

• Sound understanding of financials. P&L, cash flow, and revenue recognition fundamentals; able to tie

operational metrics back to the financial statements.

• Advanced Excel. Financial modelling, pivots, Power Query, lookup and array formulas, and clean

auditable model structure.

• Power BI and PowerPoint. Data modelling and DAX for dashboards; decks that lead with a point of view

rather than a wall of charts.

• Analytical rigour. Numbers tie, assumptions are stated, and errors get caught before they reach the

board pack.

GOOD TO HAVE

• You have worked in a SaaS or subscription business before and know how the revenue actually flows.

• You can pull your own data — SQL, a data warehouse, or raw billing and product-usage files.

• You have automated reports so they run themselves, using Power Query, Power BI, macros, or Power

Automate.

• You have used a planning or billing tool such as Anaplan, Cube, Pigment, Zuora, or Chargebee.

• You go a level deeper on metric definitions — gross vs net retention, ARR waterfalls, CAC payback, Rule

of 40.

QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA (Finance), CA, or CMA — or an equivalent qualification in Finance, Commerce, Business, or

Analytics.

• 2–5 years in FP&A, business finance, business analytics, or MIS, preferably in a SaaS or technology

company.

• Advanced Excel, working knowledge of Power BI, and the ability to build an executive-ready PowerPoint

deck.