Manager Business Analyst

Were hiring a Manager Business Analyst to drive data-driven insights process improvements and strategic decision-making. This hybrid role offers exposure across multiple business functions. This role will require 5 years of experience and will be working from our Goregaon Mumbai office.

Key responsibilities

Show performance reporting

• Build and maintain show-level performance reporting covering revenue cost margin utilisation recoverability realised rate and shots-in-progress against budget
• Produce weekly performance packs explaining not just what moved but why margin moved where bench sits and which shows need attention
• Maintain the master KPI framework across the group definitions sources and calculations covering realised rate utilisation efficiency labour cost per hour workforce mix and show margin

Rate card and economic model

• Maintain the rate-card / EBITDA model and its underlying assumptions pricing utilisation efficiency workforce mix labour cost and Cloud cost allocation
• Translate rate-card and pricing assumptions into actionable business reporting
• Provide modelling support for bid and quoting decisions using prior show performance resource costs and benchmarks

Group-wide finance analysis

• Produce payroll labour-cost and people-cost analysis by department by location by show
• Produce departmental cost analysis utilisation reporting and bench analysis
• Prepare and Post monthly payroll journal ensuring payroll costs taxes and benefits bonuses and accruals are accurately recorded
• Support headcount reporting and analysis across UK Montreal and Mumbai
• Surface areas of concern variance against budget and commercial opportunity for the Commercial FD and leadership team to act on

Data and systems

• Extract clean and integrate data from production systems (Shotgun Ftrack or equivalent) HR and payroll systems and Xero
• Build and maintain reporting tools in Power BI or equivalent BI platform
• Develop and improve data pipelines so that operational data flows into finance reporting with minimum manual intervention
• Document data sources definitions and refresh cadences so the reporting is reproducible and not dependent on a single person

Commercial finance support

• Provide the Commercial FD with reforecast inputs margin analysis and pipeline reporting
• Contribute to budgeting and planning cycles with show-level departmental and historical labour-economics analysis
• Prepare clear well-structured analysis to enable senior decisions the role facilitates the challenge to producers and operations leads rather than leading it directly

Cross-team working

• Work closely with show producers and operations leads across UK Canada and India to source the right data
• Partner with HR and payroll on people-cost reporting and headcount analysis
• Coordinate with the broader Mumbai finance team under pastoral leadership of the Senior Finance Manager

Key skills

Essential

• Strong SQL and proven experience building reporting in Power BI Tableau or equivalent
• Advanced Excel modelling complex formulas Power Query
• Demonstrable experience working with operational and financial data in a project-based people-intensive business (VFX post-production animation agency architecture consulting or similar)
• Understands the economic model of a service business rate card utilisation realised rate bench labour cost and how operational decisions translate to margin
• Finance literacy P&L margins contribution working capital and able to connect operational data to financial outcomes
• Strong written communication; produces clear well-structured analysis that supports senior decision-making
• Curious and self-directed willing to dig into data to find the story rather than waiting to be told what to look for
• 5 years relevant experience

Desirable

• Light scripting (Python or similar) to extract and transform data from production system APIs
• Experience of Xero or similar cloud accounting platforms
• Experience of Shotgun Ftrack or other VFX production tracking systems
• Accountancy qualification (part-qualified qualified or qualified-by-experience)
• Exposure to creative industries VFX post-production animation or media
• Experience working with payroll and HR data

Personal attributes

• Intellectually curious wants to understand why the numbers are what they are not just report them
• Pragmatic comfortable building something good enough fast then iterating
• Strong documenter builds reproducible processes not personal knowledge silos
• Discreet handles sensitive payroll and people data with appropriate care
• Confident working across time zones with UK and Mumbai-based colleagues

Additional Information :

What happens next 

If you think Outpost sounds like a good fit for you or you simply want to chat with someone about the role and our culture get in touch today! 

Equal opportunities

At Outpost we believe that our strength lies in our differences. These help us to take different perspectives challenge norms and create a special environment based on mutual respect. Outpost is an equal opportunities employer. Employment with us is based on a persons extraordinary talent and potential. No candidate will receive any less favourable treatment based on their age gender race ethnicity disability sexual preference or any other factor that has no bearing on an individuals ability to perform their job. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time