Senior Financial Analyst (spend Management)

Autodesk Autodesk · Enterprise · Bangalore, India

Senior Financial Analyst role focused on managing and optimizing marketing spend for the COO organization at Autodesk. Responsibilities include reporting, forecasting, quarter-end activities, and partnering with finance and marketing stakeholders to drive ROI-driven decisions and financial analysis.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner directly with other financial analysts on the team and own the monthly forecasting cycles for the COO Finance – SPM team
  2. Key partner for the WWM Finance team to provide financial guidance and analyses to drive decisions on spend management (i.e., use data analysis, judgment, interpretation, and creativity to recommend the right course of action)
  3. Track, analyze, and report spend components to ensure forecasts are accurate and key stakeholders are aware of any risks or opportunities in spend (i.e., “connect the dots” to the bigger picture)
  4. Own quarter-end activities including preparing and submitting cross-charges and accruals, while reporting total landing positions, and consolidated reporting for the WWM group
  5. Work with Senior Manager of WWM Spend on strategic initiatives tied to the GTM verticals such as developing an ROI framework for Marketing spend, thought partner in measuring and reporting of Marketing KPIs, location strategy, and driving synergies across finance teams and workflows

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting
  • Minimum 6+ years of relevant experience with finance or supporting a marketing organization
  • Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence effectively
  • Demonstration of leadership and management capabilities
  • Outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Growth mindset and ability to learn quickly
  • Strong sense of ownership, ability to prioritize, and work in fast paced environment
  • Knowledge of SaaS

Nice to have

  • CA, MBA, CFA or CPA a plus

What the JD emphasized

  • critical need
  • co-pilots
  • optimization and scalability
  • spend management
  • financial analysis
  • consolidated reporting
  • financial guidance
  • spend management
  • data analysis
  • judgment
  • interpretation
  • creativity
  • spend
  • risks or opportunities
  • bigger picture
  • quarter-end activities
  • strategic initiatives
  • ROI framework
  • Marketing spend
  • Marketing KPIs
  • finance teams and workflows