Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

About the Role
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst to support the Consumer Banking & Lending Finance team in India. This role will serve as a strategic finance partner, delivering insights and analytics that drive business performance across AI and data-driven initiatives. The ideal candidate will bring strong financial acumen, storytelling ability, and a passion for innovation in financial reporting and planning.
In this role, you will

• Lead the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, including executive and business reporting.
• Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting and variance analysis.
• Partner with business to provide insights on performance drivers and risks.
• Prepare and present executive-level dashboards, business reviews, and financial summaries.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Lead and contribute to finance transformation initiatives, including automation, process optimization, standardization through process excellence and system enhancements.
• Drive standardization and scalability of FP&A processes across regions and functions.
• Partner with global finance teams, and functional stakeholders to align financial strategies with business goals.
• Provide strategic financial support and insights across Consumer Banking & lending products.
• Analyze Month end/Quarter end close results, perform variance analysis, and provide actionable commentary to senior leadership
• Conduct deep dive analytics and trend analysis to support business decisions.
• Perform complex variance and trend analyses and communicate recommendations.
• Support ad hoc business and finance needs across Consumer Banking & Lending functions.
• Support ad hoc analysis and business case development for new AI and analytics capabilities.
• Manage and validate financial models, including documentation, back-testing, and KPI tracking.
• Ensure compliance with model risk management policies and maintain documentation.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Finance experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications

• MBA, CA, CMA, or CFA or equivalent qualification.
• Hands-on experience in LOB/product reporting, analysis, dashboard creation & story telling by partnering with Business teams
• Proficiency in financial modeling, template building, and presentation skills.
• Advanced knowledge of MS office and Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Experience with Essbase, Hyperion, Cognos, SQL, Power Query, Power Apps and SAS.
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools and technologies in financial analysis, forecasting, or reporting
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable working in flexible timings to maximize overlap with US counterparts.

Job Expectations

• Experience in Consumer Banking & Lending domain and strategic finance business partnering.
• Experience in performance reporting, headcount analysis, and cost optimization.
• Ability to translate financials and data into actionable insights & dashboards
• High attention to detail and accuracy in financial analysis and reporting.

Posting End Date:
21 Aug 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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