Junior Business Analysis

Job title : Junior Business Analysis & Controlling Analyst

• Location : Hyderabad

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally .

Our mission: to bring health in people's hands by making self-care as simple as it should be for over half a billion consumers worldwide.

At the core of this mission is our 100+ loved brands , our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and four specialized science and innovation development centers.

Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world's most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

B Corp certified in multiple markets , we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet.

Find out more about our mission to bring health in your hands at

About the job:

• Warrantying accurate and timely closing of the structural cost, personnel costs and headcount. Support of local finance teams during forecasting process.

Main responsibilities:

Participate in Monthly closing activities:

• Responsible for monthly closing activities on structural & personnel costs (OPEX), including accruals review and booking, expenditure reclass, allocations, etc.
• Warranty costs are correctly booked in local systems.
• Analyse monthly all country/zone central costs notably: structural cost, personnel costs and headcount.

Be a Business Partner for business teams:

• Prepare monthly commentary to explain variances between actual results and/or budget and forecasts for structural & personnel costs.
• Track headcount on a monthly basis and compare to budgeted and forecasted vacancy rates, including trend analysis for key drivers of change.
• Manage Personnel Costs controlling, including STI & Sales Force Bonus Accrual.
• Ensure business owners are executing the budgeted plan, including tracking actuals, approval of projects & providing direction to business owners.
• Support stakeholders in sound understanding of structural costs, personnel costs and headcount trajectory.

Participate in budget & forecast:

• Develop forecasts related to structural & personnel cost: work in hand with local teams, run scenarios based on local guidelines and ambitions in order to deliver best estimate expenditure forecast (ensure data accuracy in a timely manner).
• Proactively identify related risks and opportunities that affect the achievement of this forecast.

Perform other finance tasks:

• Identify and request or perform Master data management in systems.
• Participate in internal control and audit processes to ensure compliance within his/her perimeter.

Stakeholder Management

• Finance teams: Regional & Global BA&C teams, Local Finance Performance Leads, DS&A team.
• Business teams: Growth & Growth Performance and Customer teams, Supply Chain, Global verticalized functions (P&C, Legal, Procurement etc.)
• Other teams: GBS (S2V, CI2C, A2R, MDM); Internal Control; Other specialized finance experts (tax, treasury, etc.)

About you:

Qualifications :

• Graduate with professional qualification (Qualified / Semi qualified CA/CMA).
• Strong rigor and ability to multi-task and to organize, manage and prioritize deadlines
• Ability to take ownership and ensuring the integrity of the financial operations through an impeccable understanding of the finance drivers
• Collaborative and highly proactive attitude and ability to interact and communicate appropriately with numerous stakeholders
• Command of English mandatory.
• Proficiency in Excel, ERP (SAP, Blackline), good to have knowledge of Macros, Power BI.

Experience:

• 3+ years of Financial Planning & Analysis experience.
• Strong expertise in financial processes
• Prior experience of working in a global environment

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.