Lead - Business Analyst
- Full-time
- Compensation: INR0 - INR0 - yearly
Company Description
Organizations everywhere struggle under the crushing costs and complexities of “solutions” that promise to simplify their lives. To create a better experience for their customers and employees. To help them grow. Software is a choice that can make or break a business. Create better or worse experiences. Propel or throttle growth. Business software has become a blocker instead of ways to get work done.
There’s another option. Freshworks. With a fresh vision for how the world works.
At Freshworks, we build uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional customer and employee experiences. Our enterprise-grade solutions are powerful, yet easy to use, and quick to deliver results. Our people-first approach to AI eliminates friction, making employees more effective and organizations more productive. Over 72,000 companies, including Bridgestone, New Balance, Nucor, S&P Global, and Sony Music, trust Freshworks’ customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) software to fuel customer loyalty and service efficiency. And, over 4,500 Freshworks employees make this possible, all around the world.
Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.
Job Description
We are hiring a Business Analyst to support FPS Operations with a primary focus on Services bookings, pipeline visibility, forecast accuracy, commercial performance tracking, and reporting governance. This role will work closely with Services Sales stakeholders, regional leadership, Finance, and Operations to ensure reporting is accurate, actionable, and aligned to AOP targets.
Salesforce (SFDC CRM) expertise is critical in this role. You will be expected to own and improve Salesforce-based reporting outputs (pipeline, forecast, bookings performance) and ensure the organization has a single source of truth for leadership reporting.
Key Responsibilities
SFDC Pipeline, Forecast & Bookings Reporting (Core Ownership)
- Own recurring reporting and review for Services pipeline, forecast, and bookings performance, primarily from Salesforce (SFDC CRM)
- Build, maintain, and optimize SFDC dashboards and reporting views aligned to leadership needs
- Ensure accurate rollups by region, sub-region, segment, and leader reporting hierarchy
- Partner with stakeholders to enforce consistency across:
- opportunity stages
- close dates
- forecast categories
- product/service classification
- pipeline hygiene
Commercial Performance Reporting
- Track commercial drivers across Services performance, including:
- attainment vs targets
- forecast accuracy trends
- conversion / coverage drivers
- key risks and changes week-over-week
- Translate reporting into concise leadership-ready insights, highlights, and risks
Rate Tracking (Bill Rates vs Sold Rates)
- Track and report on sold rates vs bill rates (rate realization)
- Identify trends, variances, and exceptions impacting margin and performance
- Partner with Finance and Sales Ops to validate rate assumptions and improve reporting accuracy
Discount Reporting & Governance
- Own recurring reporting for discount usage and discount trends
- Track discounting against commercial guardrails, budgets, and AOP expectations
- Create leadership-ready reporting to support decision-making and approvals
AOP Target + Budget Tracking
- Maintain reporting tied to AOP targets, and support performance visibility by quarter/month
- Provide structured views of attainment and forecast confidence for leadership review rhythms
- Support QBR/MBR content preparation using validated and standardized metrics
Data Quality & Operational Excellence
- Monitor and resolve reporting inconsistencies and definition gaps across sources
- Establish documentation for metric definitions, report logic, and reporting cadences
- Improve automation and reduce manual reporting effort where possible
- Proactively surface risks and reporting gaps before leadership reviews
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 5 to 8 years of experience in Business Analytics, Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, or Services Operations
- Strong working knowledge of Salesforce (SFDC CRM) — required and critical
- Experience building and maintaining SFDC reports and dashboards
- Understanding of core CRM objects and sales process mechanics (opportunities, stages, close dates, etc.)
- Ability to validate data quality and drive pipeline hygiene improvements
- Strong understanding of pipeline management, forecasting concepts, and bookings reporting
- Advanced proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets (pivots, formulas, QA checks, reconciliation)
- Strong communication skills — able to translate complex reporting into clear insights
- Detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to manage weekly business rhythms
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting services commercial reporting (sold vs bill rate reporting, discount governance)
- Experience with Power BI or Tableau for leadership dashboards and visualization
- Experience partnering with Finance on planning cycles, AOP tracking, and budget reporting
- Familiarity with PSA tools and services delivery lifecycle is a plus
Additional Information
At Freshworks, we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion, welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees, communities, and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.