Financial Modelling Analyst at Aarki, Inc.

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

19 Jan, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Financial Modelling, FP&A, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance, Excel, Google Sheets, Forecasting, Budgeting, Variance Analysis, Analytical Mindset, Business Intuition, Communication Skills, AdTech, Digital Marketing, Performance-Driven Revenue Models

Industry

Advertising Services

Description

Financial Modelling Analyst Bangalore, India Who are we? Aarki is an AI-driven company specializing in mobile advertising solutions designed to fuel revenue growth. We leverage AI to discover audiences in a privacy-first environment through trillions of contextual bidding signals and proprietary behavioral models. Our audience engagement platform includes creative strategy and execution. We handle 5 million mobile ad requests per second from over 10 billion devices, driving performance for both publishers and brands. We are headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with a global presence across the United States, EMEA, and APAC. The role? The Financial Modelling Analyst will serve as a core member of Aarki’s FP&A function, responsible for building and maintaining high-integrity financial models that power forecasting, budgeting, scenario planning, and strategic analysis. This role is critical to improving forecasting accuracy, enhancing planning rigor, and enabling smarter decision-making across the business. The analyst will own the development of dynamic, driver-based models that link operational metrics to financial outcomes across revenue, gross margin, Opex, and EBITDA. They will partner with the Head of FP&A to support monthly forecasts, annual operating plans (AOP), client margin analysis, cohort-based tracking, and sensitivity models tied to platform, geo, and vertical-level changes. This role requires expertise in financial modelling principles and comfort navigating high-variance, performance-driven business models such as DSPs. The ideal candidate combines precision, agility, and ownership and the ability to manage complex models independently while iterating quickly in a dynamic environment. Experience with AdTech, digital marketing, or performance-driven revenue models is strongly preferred. What will you do? 1. Build and Maintain Core Financial Models Develop dynamic, driver-based P&L, cash flow, and headcount models with linkages to key business inputs. Ensure models are scalable, audit-proof, and capable of supporting rolling forecasts, AOP/Budgets, and long-range planning. Build multi-scenario capabilities into models (base, upside, downside), including sensitivity toggles and assumption sheets. Maintain documentation of model logic, version history, and key assumptions for transparency and continuity. 2. Lead Forecasting and Budget Modelling Workstreams Own the monthly forecast model refresh process across revenue, margin, and operating costs. Translate input from sales, product, and operations into updated forecasts, ensuring accuracy and clear rationale for all changes across versions. Build the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) model in coordination with Head of FP&A, with bottoms-up inputs and department-level views. Track forecast vs actual variance and maintain model discipline to minimize bias and improve forecast accuracy over time. 3. Enable Strategic Analysis Partner with cross functional teams to incorporate cohort-level metrics into financial forecasts. Support analysis of revenue contribution by client, product line, and platform (iOS/Android), with margin impact. Translate business KPIs into forecast drivers and financial implications. 4. Support Investor, Board, and Executive Reporting Provide clean, model-backed data and visualizations for investor decks, board materials, and CEO/Leadership briefings. Ensure every figure in management reporting has a model trace-back, assumption logic, and audit trail. Stress-test and validate outputs before submission to avoid downstream reporting errors or surprises. 5. Build Modelling Discipline Across the FP&A Function Enforce consistent model hygiene: minimal hardcoding, cell references documented, and assumptions centralized. Standardize naming conventions, formatting, and input-output flows across all FP&A models. Serve as the go-to expert for Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel best practices, modelling techniques, and version control. Drive a culture of precision, documentation, and responsiveness in all forecasting workstreams. What are we looking for? Must-Have Qualifications 3–5 years of experience in financial modelling, FP&A, investment banking, corporate finance, or strategic finance roles. Strong command of driver-based modelling for P&L, AOP, and multi-scenario planning; able to build from scratch and maintain model integrity under change. Deep expertise in Excel/Google Sheets: dynamic formulas, structured inputs/outputs, versioning best practices, and error checking. Proven track record of supporting forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis processes with high attention to detail. Ability to translate complex business dynamics into structured financial logic — especially in performance-based or media-revenue models. Comfortable working under tight timelines, dealing with ambiguity, and owning end-to-end model workflows with minimal oversight. Strong analytical mindset, business intuition, and fluency in finance fundamentals (revenue recognition, margin math, working capital, EBITDA). Excellent written documentation and verbal communication skills — must be able to explain model logic to non-finance stakeholders clearly. Nice-to-Have Experience Exposure to mobile advertising, programmatic DSPs, gaming, or subscription-based business models. Familiarity with VBA/Macros/SQL or ability to work with raw datasets to support cohort-based forecasting and related modelling. Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (sales, product, analytics) to capture forecast inputs and challenge assumptions. Knowledge of BI or dashboard tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker) to support visualization of financial outputs. Prior experience contributing to board reporting, investor updates, or strategic modelling projects (e.g., scenario stress tests, cost optimization).

Responsibilities

The Financial Modelling Analyst will build and maintain financial models for forecasting, budgeting, and strategic analysis. They will partner with the Head of FP&A to support various financial processes and ensure model integrity.