Sr Analyst, FP&A

Elastic the Search AI Company enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time using all their data at scale unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500 brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data securing and protecting private information more effectively Elastics complete cloud-based solutions for search security and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role

Elastic is looking for a Senior FP&A Analyst to join our India finance team. You will support financial planning reporting and analysis for our global finance function and help make our finance processes faster and smarter using AI tools. This is a great opportunity for someone who is curious enjoys solving problems and wants to do more than just run reports.

What You Will Be Doing

• Financial Partnership Act as a trusted finance partner to business and functional leaders providing timely reporting dashboards and visibility into operational spend. Serve as the primary point of contact for financial analytics and ad-hoc requests.
• Reporting & Analysis Deliver management reporting packages business scorecards and financial models for senior leadership. Build and maintain dashboards using Tableau Sigma or similar tools with a focus on real-time reporting.
• Forecasting & Budgeting Support rolling forecasts annual budgeting and monthly budget vs. actual analysis using Pigment. Monitor KPIs highlight trends and deliver clear variance commentary.
• Core Finance Operations Own month-end and quarter-end close activities including expense accruals journal entries variance analysis and supporting schedules.
• Technology & Business Transformation Lead re-engineering of FP&A processes using AI tools (Microsoft Copilot Claude Gemini) and Excel. Propose and implement new tools drive automation adoption across finance and upskill teams on new ways of working. Use generative AI to accelerate variance commentary financial narratives and reporting outputs. Validate AI-generated insights critically before presenting to leadership. Ensure accurate reconciliation across Adaptive Pigment Workday and NetSuite. Maintain data quality as the foundation for reliable reporting and a single source of truth.

What You Bring

• Experience 58 years in a finance function with exposure to business transformation process re-engineering or finance / MBA / CMA preferred.
• AI & Automation Fluency Hands-on experience using AI tools (Copilot Claude Gemini or similar) in a finance workflow an active user not just someone aware of the tools. Experience with Pigment Adaptive or NetSuite is a strong plus.
• Transformation Mindset Spots manual repetitive processes and drives smarter alternatives. Comfortable proposing new tools and building the case for change.
• Collaboration & Teaching Works cross-functionally shares knowledge and coaches peers on automation and new tools. Makes the team around them better.
• Communication Simplifies financial complexity for non-finance stakeholders at all levels. Comfortable working across global teams and time zones.
• Detail Orientation Delivers accurate high-quality work consistently in a fast-paced environment.