Lowe's India | Lead Analyst

Roles & responsibilities

• The team combines financial analysis, business acumen and analytics to improve forecast accuracy, identify risks and opportunities, and enable informed business decisions.
• The role will develop and strengthen driver-based forecasts, evaluate scenarios and sensitivities, identify risks and opportunities, and translate financial and operational inputs into clear insights and recommendations for senior leaders.
• This role requires strong FP&A judgment, the ability to understand and challenge key business, vendor and actuarial assumptions, and the independence to drive complex workstreams across Lowe's India and U.S. teams.
• Own end-to-end planning, forecasting and analysis for complex expense lines across HR, Finance and Legal, including healthcare, risk & casualty and other non-departmental expenses.
• Develop and continuously improve driver-based forecasting approaches, incorporating key cost drivers, historical trends, business changes and relevant vendor or actuarial assumptions.
• Lead variance, scenario and sensitivity analysis; quantify risks and opportunities, explain underlying drivers and recommend forecast or business actions.
• Build, enhance and maintain robust financial models and forecasting tools with clear assumptions, validation checks and documentation.
• Partner with business and Finance stakeholders across Lowe's India and U.S. teams to challenge assumptions, reconcile inputs and align on forecast changes and key business updates.
• Prepare executive-ready reporting, commentary and insights that clearly communicate performance, drivers, risks, opportunities and recommended actions.
• Lead process improvement, standardization and automation initiatives to improve forecast accuracy, efficiency, scalability and controls.
• Mentor and review the work of team members, providing guidance on forecasting logic, model structure, assumptions and analytical quality.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Finance, FP&A or financial decision support, with demonstrated ownership of complex planning and forecasting processes.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional business and Finance stakeholders; experience in a GCC, shared services or global operating model is preferred.
• Strong Finance and FP&A acumen, including driver-based forecasting, variance analysis, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and risk & opportunity assessment.
• Does forecasting, forecast healthcare expenses for entire organization, Statistical forecasting skills.
• Ability to understand complex expense drivers and translate business, operational, vendor and actuarial inputs into reliable forecasts and insights.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with strong attention to model structure, data validation and accuracy.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to work through ambiguity and reach sound conclusions.
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering capabilities, including the ability to challenge assumptions and influence without authority.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear executive-level commentary, insights and recommendations.
• Proven ability to prioritize multiple workstreams, work independently and maintain high standards of quality and follow-through.
• Ability to mentor and review others' work, strengthening analytical rigor and team capability.
• SQL – basic/ intermediate knowledge.
• Experience in Financial Planning tools e.g. IBM Planning Analytics (TM1)

Lowe's India

Lowe's India is an employer hiring in India. In its own words: "Together, we deliver the right home improvement products, with the best service and value, across every channel and community we serve."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Bengaluru.