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Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

- Owned Logistics Cost Controlling (€0.5B/year), driving EBITDA improvements- Partnered with Operations Leaders on cost reduction initiatives worth €11M/year- Played a key role in Fulfilment Network Optimization decisions saving €15M/year- Led Operations Budget Process- Established and presented Operations Financial Reporting Package to C-levels

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

- Partnered with Country Heads to drive topline growth- Automated Bi-weekly Sales Forecast process, significantly improving analytical quality- Contributed to the shaping of Pricing Strategy for Trading Business

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

- Developed, implemented and maintained complex Market and Pricing models (especially Value Based Pricing to close potential gaps in capturing Market Value)- Prepared monthly Operations Reviews with the General Manager- Created and evaluated business cases and investment scenarios- Portfolio management for a part of the 'System-on-a-Chip' (SoC) development- Controlled department budgets for research and development, marketing (total in the three-digit million range per year)- Participation in group-wide projects to improve the data structure and optimize costs as well as reduce the duration of the quarterly financial statements by 50%

Munich Area, Germany

- Led Financial Close and Forecast Process for entire division - P&L consolidation, KPI analysis, ensuring reporting accuracy and explaining the story behind the numbers to Senior Management- Led a team that designed and created a SharePoint portal with interactive financial reports including Business Line P&L and Spending trackers. Discretionary savings achieved: $ 2 mio + (more than 25%)- Developed Power Pivot and Power BI dashboards for Senior Management- Part of Core Project team to streamline External Consulting spends. Savings generated: $ 4.4 Mio.- Two time Winner of Intel’s Time Saving Award - overall savings of 650 + man-hours in multiple projects- Optimized Close Cycle Processes to reduce required time by 50%- Represented the division in Supergroup level P&L Restructuring process- Implemented a model to forecast project level headcount spend. Improvement in spend forecast: 30% - Intel’s internal Trainer for PowerPivot and its usage with Business Intelligence system- Key point of contact for the central finance team for any Spending related questions- Supported Pricing Office and Marketing team for ad-hoc finance requirements- Member of Intel’s Munich Finance Career Development Council. Led a team of 3 people managing the “Community, Diversity and Inclusion”- Sabbatical coverage for a quarter as a R&D Finance Controller

Munich, Germany

─Led monthly, quarterly and yearly financial close for all revenue related topics─Key Financial point of contact for Customers, Distributors, Auditors, Account Managers & Sales Operations─Established Dashboards to support Senior Management decision making─Led Distributor Audits to ensure accurate Inventory reporting and Claims process─Enhanced the accrual model for the Rebate calculations. Accuracy achieved: 90%─Conceptualized a systematic returns process ensuring timely accruals and reporting─Participated in the Integration process to ensure smooth transition after Intel acquisition of LantiqContributed to planning activities at different phases of IntegrationPlayed a key role in post-integration activities as Finance’s Backup Point of ContactDeveloped a model to re-evaluate Distributor Inventory in alignment with the Intel PricebookCommunicated with the Customers and Distributors to ensure timely closure of claims and return─Developed the worldwide Sales Reporting and implemented routine plausibility checks to ensure data quality─Managed 2 Work Students

Brussels Area, Belgium

─Promoted from a team of 20+ to work only on the Top 20 Strategic Customers─Profitability and Operating ratio evaluation for Strategic Accounts portfolio of more than 400 million USD─Recommended pricing mix to Strategic Account Managers based on profitability analysis vis-à-vis customer expectations and characteristics─Analyzed financial impact of pricing offer and its consistency with Strategic Business Plan─Presented pricing proposals to Senior Management to facilitate critical pricing decisions─Interaction with Strategic Account Managers, District Pricing groups, Customer Solutions group and other functions to understand operational requirements and costs associated

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

- assisted portfolio managers to analyse private portfolios' asset allocation- analysed possibilities and limitations of offering private banking services to Indian expatriates in Italy- earned a new client for the bank

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Major Accomplishments:Contributed to more than 15% cost savings through management reports in various functional areas such asi. Non- performing Assets' (NPA) Risk Analysis ii. Loan to Value (LTV) Ratio Analysis – criteria of LTV v/s credibility of customersiii. Quantum of uninsured contacts and risks associated with themiv. Surrendered vehicles' Risk Analysis – blocked funds and costs associated (this report also served the Insurance Broker subsidiary – Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd.)v. Brokerage Analysis – brokerage paid to various agents v/s their performanceKey Activities - • Partnered Regional Business Heads in Process and Strategy evaluation• Conducted on-site visits to assess various scenarios• Championed the cause of sustainable cost reduction measures by accurate analysis Led the system implementation of Mutual Fund Broking arm to systematize:i. Brokerage calculation and analysis - to compute and analyse the brokerage receivable from Mutual Funds and payable to sub- brokers based on daily transactions ii. Accounting of brokerage - to post the brokerage entries to respective accounts in the centralised accounting system of the organisationiii. Customised mutual fund reports to High Net worth Individuals (HNIs) - based on criteria such as asset allocation, period etc.Key Activities• Guided the system developers on functional specifications• Coordinated the in- house IT team and external system vendor to implement the system and integrate it with centralised accounting system• Performed conformance analysis with respect to the specifications

Worked with the XML software to assist in the generation of product specifications in various foreign languages

• Responsible for setting & checking exam papers of Financial Accounting, Costing and Management Accounting• Taught the subject of Financial Accounting to a student for final year commerce

Mba, Majors: Corporate Finance, Asset Management

Activities and Societies: Treasurer - SDA Bocconi Finance Club (2010-2011), Bloomberg First Level Product CertificationWon 70% Scholarship.

Master Of Commerce, Finance

Graduate Cost And Works Accountant, Management Accountancy

Bachelor Of Commerce, Finance, Economics, Management, Human Resource, Auditing

Activities and Societies: Participation in various cultural activities, prizes in classical dance competitions

Higher Diploma In Software Engineering, Software Programming

Activities and Societies: Organising committee member for various cultural activities, Beauty Pageant Winner

Education record

German Language (Level B1.2), Languages