Job Description for Associate Director: Financial Planning and Analysis About Scaler 

Backed by Sequoia and Tiger Global, Scaler is one of Asia’s leading online tech-education firms valued at over $700 Million It aims to solve the tech talent gap, worldwide. million. It aims to solve the tech talent gap worldwide through its market-leading products. Since its inception, the entity has over 1M registered users and has facilitated over 10,590+ placements in over 500 companies. 

In the last 12 months alone, Scaler has placed more students in Amazon than all IITs combined. Just as Uber disrupted commute and Airbnb disrupted the hotel industry, we at Scaler are disrupting college degrees and education. 

The founders of Scaler, Anshuman Singh and Abhimanyu Saxena are IIIT Hyderabad alums with leadership experience across Facebook (working directly with Mark Zuckerburg and setting up the London Office) and NYC-based retail marketplace unicorn Fab.com. Anshuman Singh has also represented Team India twice at the prestigious ACM ICPC World Finals. The core team is handpicked from leading firms such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, McKinsey, BCG, Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital, and Hotstar to name a few. 

Role of Associate Director: FP&A 

FP&A team is tasked with forecasting a company's financials which requires both an understanding of the company's historical performance as well as an understanding of the key assumptions and trends that may impact future performance. This requires a broad understanding of both accounting and business operations. As a result, FP&A teams are in frequent contact with all areas of the enterprise including operations, sales, marketing, treasury and accounting. 

Key Responsibilities 

- Develop and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating forecast - Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement. 

- Present the monthly and quarterly financial reports of various units and departments - Analyze the trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPI), especially relating to financial metrics such as sales, expenditures, and profit margin. 

- Monitor KPI, and identify the cause of any unexpected variances 

- Implement a business intelligence tool and dashboard reports 

- Ad-hoc business performance reporting 

- Develop financial models and analyze them to support strategic initiatives - Support management team and the Heads of Department with data-driven analysis - Prepare

presentations to Board of Directors and Senior Management Team 

Skills 

- Chartered Accountant (CA) is must 

- 8 years of experience in Financial Planning And Analysis 

- In depth knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles 

- Experience developing financial reports and metrics 

- Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels 

- Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment - Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills 

- Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture 

- Demonstrated ability to influence others through effective verbal and written communication - Demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organization 

- Experience in analytics is preferable