Anusha Sridharan Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Ge, Ch

Basel, Switzerland

• Budgeting and Forecasting: Designed the budgeting model and process for Banking IT• Responsible for end to end budget management – developing the internal planning timelines to submission to Finance • Managed forecasting and reporting to Finance and senior management - Costs monitoring against budgets and highlighting areas of under / overspend • Providing analysis of the key areas highlighting risks and opportunities and assisting reallocation of budget to new demands. • Designing process and model for multi-year planning and Product based budgeting• Coordinating with Finance team for monthly closing (financial accruals, cost reinvoicing, improve accuracy...) • Process Improvement: Identifying opportunities to streamline financial processes and improve tools and efficiency. Implement best practices for cost management and reporting. Participate to the evolution of information systems • Training: Product managers in financial management• Collaborate: with cross-functional teams, including Procurement and HR• Support in roll out of financial planning reporting tool by corporate IT(ServiceNow).

Geneva, Switzerland

London, United Kingdom

GDPR CONSULTANT •Managed independently multiple tracks of activities and progressed to closure with minimal supervision. •Created Excel tools to manage various reporting requirements •Studied various Finance systems to create a link between Finance system and GDPR tool. Proposed recommendations, liaised for data extracts and monthly reports, supported monthly processes. FINANCE ANALYST•Budget - Manage the production of business plans and budgets. •Consolidated and challenged budget holder plan and budget submissions.•Analyzed business performance versus budget and forecast and proposes improvement actions. •Planned and conducted workshops with key budget holder consolidate plans and actions •Validated accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing reconciliations and review of exceptions and provided any impacts and shortcomings of the data•Provided information to management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, making presentations of findings, analyses, risk and recommendations•Used insight from data analysis to identify what actions to recommend and clearly explain why they make sense •Enhanced and streamlined internal reporting model for reportingEXECUTIVE SUPPORT ASSISTANT TO SECTOR LEADER•Liaised, built relationships and extensively worked with senior Partners to ensure priority activities are understood and acted upon•Supported in driving and managing strategic initiatives for the sector leader and providing status updates•Managed confidential information with utmost discretion•Worked collaboratively with colleagues from across functions to deliver business needs BUSINESS ANALYST•Managed Change Management process for a module release •Analysed requirements change impact on project objective, cost, resources, risk, feasibility & dependencies across modules / interfaces between database & applications / teams

London, United Kingdom

FINANCE ANALYST• Budget & forecast - Manage the production of business plans and budgets. • Consolidated and challenged budget holder plan and budget submissions.• Analyzed business performance versus budget and forecast and proposes improvement actions.• Planned and conducted workshops with key budget holder consolidate plans and actions • Validated accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing reconciliations and review of exceptions• Providing Insight and analysis of financial performance• Provided information to management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, making presentations of findings, analyses, risk and recommendations• Internal and group reporting / consolidation - Managed and owned a detailed internal reporting model.• Used insight from data analysis to identify what actions to recommend and clearly explain why they make sense • Responsible for ensuring the local teams know and meet reporting deadlines• Helped identify areas of ‘best practice’ and simplified reporting requirements. • Consolidating and reporting for local and global reporting systems• Enhanced and streamlined internal reporting model for reporting• Set the best practice and benchmark for quarterly consolidation of data for internal reporting• Training and developing 2 other individuals of finance operations team Worked collaboratively with colleagues from across functions to deliver business needs

Project Managed the implementation of asset based corporate lending application & responsible for supporting treasury applicationIT Business Lead for Oracle Financials Implementation in replacing legacy Core GL & Accounting system - Single General LedgerImplemented IT system controls & Process standardizations to enhance IT Performance Management

PROJECT MANAGEMENT • Defined and Prepared Statement of Work and determined implementation strategy• Set up and maintained Integrated Project Management tool throughout the life cycle of project – which was the standard PM tool to cover end to end Project management reporting and control• Managed Functional resources based at customer location• Responsible for maintaining ongoing relationships with clients by continuous engagement, updating them on project progress and presenting the final product within budget and time frames• Handover to support teams post go-live and project closure• Assisted sales teams in customer presentations and in identifying new opportunities• Worked with sales and support teams to provide new product requirements and bring them into the product road-map planning and definition. • Finacle Implementation for Banks in India & Europe FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT & BUSINESS ANALYST• End-to End Functional consultant – involved in Envisioning, Design & Planning, Configuration, change estimation, testing, release delivery and client support (including documentation at each stage)• Managed, monitored and resolved project delivery issues.• Validated data mapping for migration and Supported Pre and Post Go live activities

- Managed the Migration of various retirement benefit schemes of Standard Chartered Bank and administration of the same post migration.-Involved in designing and implementing custom software to process the retirement benefits activities migrated

- Financial analysis and cost and revenue review for HR Shared Services Centre and Corporate Real Estate Services.- Prepared budgets and monitored compliance

Worked as Articled Clerk From Sept 1998 and continued as Audit AssistantInvolved in the audit of various manufacturing,Banking and Financial insititutions. This included both Statutory & Tax Audits

Prince2, Project Management

Cisa, Information Systems Auditor

Activities and Societies: Certified Information Systems Auditor - ISACA

Aca - Chartered Accountant, Financial Management ,Audit, Law

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.)

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