Praveen Kumar Gopalakrishnan Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Month end closure – ensuring end to end Month end activities are completed in the stipulated time frame & adhering to the Process requirements• Post month end reporting: Preparation of the Monthly Financials packs, presenting the tailored financial packs with Cost center managers during Governance calls and finally presenting the Consolidated Financial PPT to Finance Director• Forecasting/Budgeting: As a part of continuous improvement, liaising with Commercial business teams /Relationship managers to get the monthly updates on Client /Project revenue streamsand keeping the rolling forecast in tandem with the evolving situations• Financials modeling: Seasoned in working on the Commercial modelling of the Client analysis based on the monthly Business updates & Key metrics.• Resource Planning /Capacity Planning: Crucial FTE resource planning / Recruitment initiatives are closely monitored to ensure the ongoing Project SLAs are met.• Client Profitability Analysis: The revenue /Cost elements associated with Clients are modelled on monthly basis to keep tight control of revenue leakages & if needed, indexation of Client Contracts are reviewed.• Cash flow analysis: Weekly Cash flow meeting to monitor the working capital requirements / operational business activities

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• currently tasked with month end / forecasting /budgeting, time sheets, Capex & other financial aspects of Group Operations• Work in tandem with Onshore business partner to monitor, analyze and provide with financial insights to drive the decision-making process• Have immense experience in Financial reporting – producing KPI month end packs (Group Ops / EFSL / Offshore) leveraging best of Financial & Analytical abilities• Good exposure in working with regulated entity (EFSL) requirements – month end activities, compliance reporting, resolving auditing queries & Management reporting• Part of offshore FPNA team to maintain & report the Capex repository to keep it updated to comply with both Equiniti internal & external Audit requirements• Have a wide knowledge on various divisions /operations requirements earned through years of reporting / financial analysis & month end meetings• Seasoned in Excel analysis / VBA macros and office connect report building

India

London, United Kingdom

 Worked on loyalty card consumer data to identify trends, patterns & buying characteristics Extracted very large multi-dimensional data sets for data mining, analytics and business judgment Lead generation based on data manipulation, validation and analysis using SAS programming.Build Statistical models (Clustering, Segmentation, and Propensity) to identify potential business opportunities, metrics & CRM initiatives.Prepared reports on marketing campaigns to recommend appropriate course of actions. Presented the results to higher management, technical teams and stakeholders.

Kilmarnock, United Kingdom

Conducted qualitative business insight meetings, strategic reviews to analyse the product placement, market share, pricing schemes & marketing management.Created a comprehensive Marketing plan, strategic & tactical – outlining strategic business goals, situational analysis, market scope & forecasts, threat- opportunity matrix, segmentation –positioning strategy, channel analysis, competitor analysis, contingency plans, and sales projections.Final presentation included strategic recommendations, marketing management report with structured implementation procedures & financial modelling schemes.

Tamil Nadu ,India

Played crucial role in strategic road mapping of the organisations long term plans and visions.Responsible for the production schedules, reducing the line down times & implementation of regulatory procedures & product specifications standards.Assisted in the setting up of Knowledge management (KM) frame work, enhancing the sharing of knowledge, improved delivery mechanisms and operational productivity.Used data modelling techniques to translate the product & Marketing research analysis into key business insights & recommendations, presented to the top management team.Participated in the financial planning process, assisting in capital expenditure evaluations, investment analysis, and business valuations.Worked in tandem with finance team to create flexible budgets (departmental), cash flow forecasting (13 weeks), cost-volume analysis, revenue-expense trends and sales projections.Initiated the continuous improvement processes (CIP) across the production line, established the microbiology & chemical lab and set in place the quality metrics to monitor delivery processes.Liaised, co-ordinated & nurtured various stakeholders relationships both internal and client side.

Bengaluru Area, India

Worked in the advanced VLSI system on chip (SOC) design .Extensive experience in design ,coding & verification of embedded micro controllers.Worked extensively alongside senior design architect on the scope of project, design guidelines, project flow, deliverables and schedules.Involved in the Talent transformation -organizing technical seminar & transfer of knowledge to the peer cross functional teams.Guided the design team in coding of the various soft-core macros and libraries (Gs 40).Client interactions for status updates, project flow diagrams, schedule and sign offs. Scripted the automated extraction flow of validation libraries for front end design team.Conducted weekly team meetings for status updates and delivered technical presentations to introduce the new Validation library to cross functional groups.Awarded with feather in cap for project delivery on time, reducing the project life cycle of front end design teams.

Bachelor In Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Distinction

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration, Management And Operations