Financial Planning Analyst

Job Title: Finance Analyst – MIS & FP&A
Location: Vadodara
Employment Type: Full-Time
Department: Finance & Accounts
Reports To: Co-Founder
Experience: 2 years
About Smart Node:
Smart Node is one of India’s fastest-growing home automation companies, headquartered in Vadodara. We design, manufacture, and deliver smart living solutions across hardware, firmware, software, and customer experience — all under one roof.
With a growing team of nearly 120 people, Smart Node is building a category-defining lifestyle technology brand focused on making homes smarter, simpler, and more intuitive.
We are in a strong growth phase — expanding beyond our pan-India channel partner network into company-run experience showrooms across multiple cities.
The Opportunity:
Our accounts team maintains strong, accurate books. What we need now is someone who can turn those books into insight — clear numbers that show how every showroom, every product, and the company as a whole is performing, and why.
This role sits at the intersection of finance, operations, sales, and leadership.
As a Finance Analyst – MIS & FP&A, you will own both sides of business finance: MIS that shows how we are performing today, and planning (FP&A) that shapes where we go next.
You will start by building a strong MIS foundation — accurate P&Ls for every showroom, product, and the company — and then lead budgeting, forecasting, and business cases that guide our expansion.
This role offers:
• High ownership
• Direct exposure to leadership
• Fast learning opportunities
• Cross-functional visibility across the organization
Key Responsibilities:
1. P&L Ownership – Showroom, City & Company:
• Build and own monthly P&L for each company showroom, each city market, and the consolidated company
• Define and apply cost allocation rules for shared costs (rent, salaries, marketing, central teams)
• Reconcile all P&Ls with the books of accounts so every number ties back
• Prepare periodic revenue-share statements for business partners with full reconciliation
2. Product & Margin Analysis:
• Build product and category-level P&L — selling price, discounts, cost, gross margin, and contribution
• Work with Production & Supply Chain on product costing (BOM, labour, overheads)
• Identify margin leakages — discounts, cost increases, low-margin bundles — and recommend fixes
• Support pricing, discount, and product-mix decisions with clear analysis
3. MIS, Dashboards & Business Insights:
• Deliver a monthly MIS pack for leadership — revenue by channel, margins, key costs, receivables, and cash position
• Build live dashboards for leadership and showroom managers (Power BI / Google Sheets / ERP)
• Track business KPIs — showroom performance, order value, conversion, collections, working capital
• Answer the “why” behind the numbers — explain every major movement in plain language
4. Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning (FP&A):
• Prepare the annual budget with department heads and track budget vs actual every month
• Maintain a rolling forecast of revenue, cost, and cash
• Build business cases and unit economics for new showrooms, cities, and product lines
• Run scenario analysis to support leadership decisions
5. Review, Data Quality & Process:
• Review month-end books for completeness — missing accruals, wrong classifications, unusual entries
• Set the month-end closing calendar with the accounts team and track timelines
• Define the chart of accounts and cost centre structure; ensure every transaction is tagged to the right showroom and product in the ERP
• Automate recurring reports and document each one as a simple SOP
Who Can Apply :
Education & Experience
– CMA / CA Inter with 2+ years in MIS, FP&A, or business finance — preferred
– MBA Finance (with B.Com / BBA) and 2 years of hands-on FP&A or business finance experience
– Data or business analysts from finance teams with a commerce background and strong accounting fundamentals will also be considered
– 2 years of experience building P&Ls, MIS reports, budgets, or financial dashboards
– Prior experience in retail, multi-branch, franchise, consumer products, or manufacturing businesses is a strong advantage
Technical Skills
– Strong understanding of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and cost accounting — you can read the books and spot what's wrong
– Advanced Excel — pivot tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, financial modelling, and dashboards
– Hands-on experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar BI tools
– Working knowledge of Tally Prime or any ERP system
– SQL or Python for data analysis is a plus
Mindset & Working Style
– Curious about numbers — when something doesn't look right, you chase the reason to the end
– Insight over reports — you don't just share numbers, you explain what they mean and what to do next
– Strong communicator — comfortable presenting to leadership and explaining finance to non-finance teams
– Highly organized and deadline-driven — you close open loops without being asked
– Trustworthy — you handle financial information with complete confidentiality
What Smart Node Offers
• Direct exposure to leadership and business decisions
• End-to-end view of finance across retail, manufacturing, and channel businesses
• Opportunity to build MIS, planning, and reporting systems for a scaling company
• Hands-on experience in unit economics and expansion planning
• Long-term growth path into a Finance Manager / FP&A lead role, building and leading a finance team as the company scales
• Early cross-functional leadership exposure
Why Join Us?
• Be part of a fast-growing, innovation-driven smart automation company
• Attractive fixed salary + performance-based incentives
• Exposure to premium residential and commercial projects
• Opportunity to grow with the company as it expands across India
https://smartnode.in/

Skills
Python, SQL, Data Analysis, Power BI, Tableau, Excel, Accounting

Experience
2+ yrs

Work arrangement
No