Project Finance Analyst – Consulting Services (India)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Project
Finance Analyst to support financial governance across our consulting
engagements.

This role will focus on project costing, margin tracking,
forecasting support, and financial reporting. You will work closely with
Project Managers, Delivery Leadership, Operations, and Corporate Finance to
ensure financial visibility, cost discipline, and accuracy in project
reporting.

This is an execution-focused role with strong growth
potential into a senior Project Controller position.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Budget & Cost Tracking

• Maintain detailed
  project budgets in standardized templates
  
• Track actual costs vs
  approved budgets
  
• Monitor labor cost
  allocation (India/US teams)
  
• Validate timesheet data
  and billable effort
  
• Ensure correct mapping
  of subcontractor and expense costs
  

2. Margin & Utilization Monitoring

• Track:
  
• Gross margin %
  
• Contribution margin
  
• Billable utilization
  
• Realization rates
  
• Identify budget
  variances and flag to leadership
  
• Support burn-rate
  tracking and financial health indicators
  

3. Revenue & Forecasting Support

• Support revenue
  forecasting (monthly/quarterly)
  
• Assist with
  percentage-of-completion tracking
  
• Maintain backlog and
  pipeline financial trackers
  
• Update rolling financial
  projections
  

4. Reporting & Dashboarding

• Prepare standardized
  monthly project financial dashboards
  
• Provide variance
  analysis (Actual vs Budget vs Forecast)
  
• Maintain centralized
  project financial repository
  
• Ensure reporting
  accuracy and timeliness
  

5. Process Discipline & Governance

• Ensure financial
  templates are followed across all projects
  
• Track recurring
  financial reporting tasks
  
• Improve data accuracy in
  financial tracking systems
  
• Support continuous
  improvement in project costing processes
  

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years experience in:
  
• Project finance
  
• FP&A
  
• Financial analysis in
  IT services / consulting preferred
  
• Strong Excel skills
  (advanced formulas, pivot tables, financial modeling)
  
• Strong numerical
  accuracy and attention to detail
  
• Basic understanding of
  consulting metrics (utilization, margins)
  
• Ability to work
  independently with structured guidance
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in IT
  consulting / SAP services organization
  
• Understanding of revenue
  recognition concepts (POC method)
  
• Exposure to resource
  planning and cost allocation
  

Key Skills

• Strong analytical
  thinking
  
• High ownership mindset
  
• Structured and
  disciplined reporting
  
• Comfortable working with
  senior delivery leaders
  
• Ability to identify
  inconsistencies in data