Project Finance Analyst

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