About this role
We're 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 budgetProduce weekly performance packs explaining not just what moved, but why margin moved, where bench sits, and which shows need attentionMaintain the master KPI framework across the group — definitions, sources and calculations — covering realised rate, utilisation, efficiency, labour cost per hour, workforce mix and show marginRate card and economic model
Maintain the rate-card / EBITDA model and its underlying assumptions — pricing, utilisation, efficiency, workforce mix, labour cost and Cloud cost allocationTranslate rate-card and pricing assumptions into actionable business reportingProvide modelling support for bid and quoting decisions using prior show performance, resource costs and benchmarksGroup-wide finance analysis
Produce payroll, labour-cost and people-cost analysis — by department, by location, by showProduce departmental cost analysis, utilisation reporting and bench analysisPrepare and Post monthly payroll journal ensuring payroll costs, taxes and benefits, bonuses and accruals are accurately recordedSupport headcount reporting and analysis across UK, Montreal and MumbaiSurface areas of concern, variance against budget and commercial opportunity for the Commercial FD and leadership team to act onData and systems
Extract, clean and integrate data from production systems (Shotgun, Ftrack or equivalent), HR and payroll systems, and XeroBuild and maintain reporting tools in Power BI or equivalent BI platformDevelop and improve data pipelines so that operational data flows into finance reporting with minimum manual interventionDocument data sources, definitions and refresh cadences so the reporting is reproducible and not dependent on a single personCommercial finance support
Provide the Commercial FD with reforecast inputs, margin analysis and pipeline reportingContribute to budgeting and planning cycles with show-level, departmental and historical labour-economics analysisPrepare clear, well-structured analysis to enable senior decisions — the role facilitates the challenge to producers and operations leads rather than leading it directlyCross-team working
Work closely with show producers and operations leads across UK, Canada and India to source the right dataPartner with HR and payroll on people-cost reporting and headcount analysisCoordinate with the broader Mumbai finance team under pastoral leadership of the Senior Finance ManagerKey skills
Essential
Strong SQL and proven experience building reporting in Power BI, Tableau or equivalentAdvanced Excel — modelling, complex formulas, Power QueryDemonstrable 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 marginFinance literacy — P&L, margins, contribution, working capital — and able to connect operational data to financial outcomesStrong written communication; produces clear, well-structured analysis that supports senior decision-makingCurious and self-directed — willing to dig into data to find the story rather than waiting to be told what to look for5+ years' relevant experienceDesirable
Light scripting (Python or similar) to extract and transform data from production system APIsExperience of Xero or similar cloud accounting platformsExperience of Shotgun, Ftrack or other VFX production tracking systemsAccountancy qualification (part-qualified, qualified or qualified-by-experience)Exposure to creative industries, VFX, post-production, animation or mediaExperience working with payroll and HR dataPersonal attributes
Intellectually curious — wants to understand why the numbers are what they are, not just report themPragmatic — comfortable building something good enough fast, then iteratingStrong documenter — builds reproducible processes, not personal knowledge silosDiscreet — handles sensitive payroll and people data with appropriate careConfident working across time zones with UK and Mumbai-based colleagues 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 person’s 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 individual’s ability to perform their job.