Financial Analyst
Also known as: FP&A Analyst · Finance Analyst
Analyses financial data to help a company plan budgets, track results and make decisions.
What you’d do
Analyses a company's numbers — revenue, costs and cash flow — to help managers plan budgets, track performance and make decisions. Employers include company finance teams, banks, consulting firms and the global capability centres (GCCs) of multinational companies in India. Most of the day is spreadsheet work: building forecasts, explaining variances against budget and preparing management reports.
- Builds budgets and forecasts
- Analyses costs and revenue trends
- Prepares reports for management
- Supports month-end review
How you get in
Freshers typically join as analysts in a company finance team, a shared-services centre or an FP&A (financial planning and analysis) team, often through campus placement. Strong Excel, a clear grasp of the three financial statements and basic modelling are usually tested. An MBA (Finance) or a professional course can help move into more analytical work.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Reading and analysing financial statements
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Excel financial modelling
- Variance analysis and management reporting
- Explaining numbers to non-finance managers
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
BBA graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BBA graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Growth path: analyst → senior analyst → finance manager or FP&A lead.
- Many entry roles are in shared-services and GCC teams supporting overseas offices.
- Early work can be repetitive reporting before it shifts to planning and analysis.
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