Assistant Manager - Financial Data & Analytics - Chennai, India
Drive strategic decisions with insightful reporting, analysis, and forecasting. Partner with accounting, analyze KPIs, and recommend actions. Strong Excel/BI skills needed.
Exasol accelerates insights from the world’s data. Our in-memory technology, massively parallel processing (MPP) technology, is specifically designed for analytics, enabling businesses to turn data into actionable insights.
At Exasol, we are committed to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in data analytics, and we are looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of data technology. Join our diverse, remote-first team where more than 30+ languages (and counting!) are spoken, and every voice is valued. We are looking for passionate individuals who thrive on collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to help shape the future of data technology.
As an Assistant Manager – Financial Data & Analytics, you will support management reporting, performance analysis, and business forecasting. You will play a central role in developing scalable data structures, financial models, and reporting dashboards that enhance performance visibility and enable informed decision-making across the organization. Collaborating closely with accounting and business teams, you will help digitize and streamline financial processes while also contributing to traditional FP&A responsibilities such as forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain clear, accurate, and scalable financial models using Excel and advanced automation techniques
- Develop data structures, processes, and automated workflows to enhance visibility of company performance metrics
- Collect and analyse financial and business data from internal and external sources
- Design, develop, and optimize interactive dashboards and visualizations with Power BI and other business intelligence tools
- Contribute to the conceptual design of financial and data models, workflows, and reporting logic
- Prepare targeted analyses and evaluations using financial and operational data to support management’s decision-making and strategic planning
- Support team members by assisting with routine tasks and data preparation activities, ensuring smooth execution of daily operations
Required Qualifications:
- Degree in business administration, finance, economics, mathematics, physics, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or relevant work experience
- At least three years of professional experience with exposure to both finance and data analytics, process automation, or business intelligence (not necessarily all at the same time)
- Experience in a start-up, management consultancy, or other dynamic environment is a plus
- Basic understanding of accounting statements and financial modeling
- Strong skills in Excel, including advanced functions and VBA automation
- Experience with Python or other programming languages is a plus
- Experience working with SQL databases, including writing advanced queries for data extraction, transformation, and analysis
- Good understanding of data structures and their application in organizing and optimizing financial data
- Experience with infrastructure as code and data orchestration tools such as Terraform, Dagster, DltHub, DBT, or similar tools is a plus
- Experience with Power BI or similar business intelligence tools for dashboard creation, maintenance, data visualization, and reporting
- Outstanding analytical skills and attention to detail, with a self-starter mindset able to work independently in a dynamic environment using a structured, solution-oriented approach
How We Work at Exasol:
- Own Your Impact: At Exasol, you are not just a cog in the machine; you will step into immediate ownership of projects, driving them forward with a refreshing level of autonomy.
- Thrive in a Global Team: Join a vibrant, international community where diversity is celebrated, collaboration is key, and feedback fuels growth.
- Learn, Grow, Lead: We are invested in your development! Continuous knowledge-sharing, "Coffee and Learn" sessions, exciting events, and dedicated leadership programs empower you to soar.
- Work on Your Terms: Flexibility is the name of the game! Enjoy adaptable hours, remote options, and "workcations" for the ultimate work-life balance.
- Growth That Goes Beyond the Office: Dive into a comprehensive onboarding experience, fun team events, and a deep commitment to diversity and sustainability. We care about your holistic well-being.
- Rewards that Matter: Monthly home office allowance, volunteering options, floating days, and secure pension plans (location-dependent) prove we value your contributions.
Our values drive our unique and inclusive culture, discover how they shape your Exasol experience. Learn more about our core values at Exasol.
About Exasol:
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Exasol is a proud equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive working environment and therefore base all our employment selection decisions, within all aspects of our business, on experience, skill, and integrity. We strongly encourage applicants from all walks to life to apply for our positions, irrespective of age, sex, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, etc.
- Department
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Locations
- India Tech Hub
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
India Tech Hub
About Exasol
Exasol is the world’s fastest analytics database, trusted by the world’s most ambitious organizations. Built for speed and flexibility, it can analyze billions of rows in seconds and run high-performance analytics securely – whether in the cloud or on-premises. Need to scale your analytics function? Simple pricing makes it easy. Want to deliver frictionless insights? Automatic self-indexing tunes performance for optimal results. And you don’t have to wait - Exasol fits into any data environment, so you can get started right away.
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