Rakesh Kumar Panda Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru Area, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Business partner to Director of FP&A in ANZ for Commercial banking division- Played a key role in assisting value tracking in facilitate monthly forecasting, annual budget and long range planning process- Analyzed actual results vs. forecast, budget and prior year to provide detailed measurements and explanations to all variances- Weekly pacing & impact analysis on Lending and Deposit balances for commercial banking division- Built and maintained financial models to make budgeting decision & allocation of fund and forecast cash/investment needs- Published pacing reports on key revenue & Cost drivers (Interest, fees, T&L, HC and related costs)- Managed month close by analyzing and reconciling sales/expenses drivers and formulate quarterly accruals/journal entries as required- Identify potential areas of R&O to management, and provide recommendations to drive business results and achieve financial goal- Developed, managed, and monitored KPIs and presented monthly financial results to finance head and functional head- Provided detailed financial trend analysis & communicate key profitability drivers and metrics ensuring financial results were in targets- Served as point person for questions on key systems such as Hyperion planning and Oracle- A key business partner to operational owner in financial guidance and business needs- Managed Oracle maintenance support process (New/closer of cost center, accounts, org hierarchy) - Led ad-hoc analysis and special projects analysis as required

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Successfully transitioned FP&A process from EMEA region - Oversaw financial metrics like annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, financial reporting, costing and revenue backlog- AP&AR aging analysis and booking accrual for vendors- Reviewed and prepared monthly commentary, variance analysis, and presentations for EMEA senior management- Business partnering with Sales team to review the revenue pacing weekly- Preparing the revenue estimate by considering pipeline and sharing the quarterly target to sales VP to execute- Accountable on weekly pacing on headcount, T&L, vendor cost- Profitability analysis and cost walk to EMEA senior management - Led team in understanding of KPIs and development of cascading measure to drive continuous improvement- Actively involved in reducing the reporting hours via simplification ideas like (excel formula, macro, adopting digitize platform)- Awarded global EMEA finance award for both financial analysis and business partnering skills in 2013

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Generated analytical reports, provided explanation of trends, variance to forecast and budget with plan of action- Prepared, analyzed and reported month end quarterly financials to business partners- Was responsible for financial book close monthly, quarterly & yearly and formulate accrual and journal entries as required- Developed, managed and monitored KPIs- Worked closely with leadership team to determine robust assumptions to drive rolling forecast model- Weekly pacing on headcount, T&L and other non-discretionary spend to the operation leader- Assisted in the planning, development and execution of annual operating plan (AOP) and long-range plan (LRP)- Executed the new/closer request on cost center, account hierarchy and org hierarchy in oracle tool. - Led ad-hoc analysis and projects as required- Awarded for best financial analysis and business partnering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accounting And Finance

Cma, Finance