Founders need numbers they can trust and act on. Countbird finds experienced financial analysts in India who can build clean models and explain them simply, tests them on a real modelling task, and handles their pay and paperwork.
What a remote financial analyst does for you
- Builds and maintains financial models and forecasts
- Prepares monthly management reports and KPI dashboards
- Runs budget versus actual analysis
- Supports fundraising with data rooms and investor updates
- Analyses pricing, unit economics and scenarios
Tools and skills we check
We match candidates to the tools you already use. Common ones for this role:
- Excel
- Google Sheets
- Power BI
- Looker Studio
- QuickBooks Online
- Xero
- Pigment
- Causal
How we test candidates
Candidates get a summary of a company's historical numbers and a few assumptions. They build a simple 12-month forecast with three scenarios and write a half-page note on what matters most.
In the in-depth interview, we cover
- Walk-through of their model structure and checks
- How they'd explain a variance to a non-finance founder
- Unit economics for a business like yours
- How they keep models clean when others edit them
Signs of a great hire
- Models are easy to follow and hard to break
- Explains numbers in plain words
- Says which assumptions drive the answer
A good fit if
- You're raising money or planning a big decision
- Your reporting lives in scattered spreadsheets
- You want monthly numbers with commentary
Have this ready
- Access to your accounting data and past reports
- Your key metrics and decisions coming up
- Who will use the reports
How hiring works
- Day 1: a 30-minute kick-off call about the role and your team.
- Days 2 to 3: we write the brief and a test built around your work.
- Days 4 to 14: we source, screen and test candidates.
- By day 15: you meet 2 to 3 people we would hire ourselves.
- Then: one final interview, you pick, and we handle the contract and pay.
See the full process on How it works.
Questions
Can they work with our accountant's numbers?+
Yes. They build on your books and flag anything that doesn't tie out.
Can they help with investor updates?+
Yes. They can prepare monthly investor updates and board packs.
Do they need finance qualifications?+
We focus on tested skill. Many candidates hold or are working towards professional qualifications.