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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us

Responsible for monthly & quarterly financial analysis and reporting activities of corporate FP&A team. Managing annual budgeting and long-term strategic planning activities, involving full P&L, balance sheet and cash flow. Creating CFO package for board meetings and earnings call. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop a comprehensive understanding of key financial drivers & opportunities within the business. Present actionable analysis and recommendations to executives for driving financial/business decisions. Partner with Systems team to implement and improve financial planning & reporting systems.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Responsible for all FP&A activities of the company involving interaction with all C-level executives. Managing investor relationship by being the first point of contact for current investors & for bankers working on potential new funding. Partnering with the Sales Ops team on setting & managing the sales commission plan. Publishing the monthly reporting package to current investors & board members. Creating CFO package for board meetings. Mentoring & managing three direct reports.Accomplishments- Analyzed the market segments & customer profiles to identify the company’s “Sweet Spot”. - Conducted detailed analysis of the renewal trend, identifying major focus segments.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Responsible for identifying, creating, analyzing & publishing the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to the senior management & board members on a monthly basis. Business partnering with CCO & CTO focusing on improving renewals for the company, P&L management for the Professional Services organization and expanding & managing the channel partners. Accomplishments- Analyzed the delivery capacity of professional services group for all channel partners & created a detailed plan of their expansion to support the company's growth.- Finance lead for pricing decision & resource planning for one of the top customers; successfully renewed contract for both subscription & professional services.- Initiated & managed the selection & adoption process of the planning application.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for spend management of the corporate G&A groups involving CEO/CFO/Board of Directors’ cost center, Finance, Legal, Tax, Treasury, HR & Facilities and corporate R&D groups involving Software, Architecture & Technology. Business partnering with CFO and his staff to assist in financial planning & analysis for key corporate decisions. Analyzing & reviewing monthly spend trend with CFO & R&D executives. Creating quarterly operations review packages for all the groups.Accomplishments- Analyzed and recommended potential synergies arising from Cypress – Spansion integration for the R&D and G&A groups.- Right sized the finance support team, achieving a 15% savings, by creating efficiencies via automation & standardization.- Led the five year financial planning for the Platform & Automotive business units.- Finance lead for Zero Based Modeling for Truetouch Business Unit. Created financial models involving scenario analysis for revenue, margins, OPEX and PBT. Created and presented various financial statements to the executive staff.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for the full P&L of the Programmable Systems Division and four business units within the division. Monthly P&L review with CFO, EVP & business unit managers involving variance, revenue, gross margin & inventory analysis. Process owner of annual & quarterly budget planning of the division.Accomplishments- Key team member and spokesperson of the forecast improvement taskforce.- Presented to the CEO, CFO and in CFO’s communication meeting on the measures for improving forecast accuracy.- Streamlined the samples management process resulting in a saving of $150K/quarter for the division, a 33% reduction.- Delivered knowledge transfer sessions to international finance teams on various process improvements.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for spend forecast, variance analysis, headcount analysis, purchase commit process, monthly close, account reconciliation and fixed asset management. Monthly financial presentation including variance analysis and business implications to the product line VPs. Provide support to the controller of the Programmable Systems division in the areas of business modeling, cost savings initiatives and other ad-hoc data analysis. Mentor new hires on a regular basis.Accomplishments - Created cost tracking models to facilitate EVPs in making business decisions. - Provide support to process owners up to the level of EVP in various planning processes and spend decision making. - Team lead of the project to improve efficiency of Essbase system within the company.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for monthly close, journal entry creation, account reconciliation and purchase commit process. Provide support to senior financial analyst of Memory Products division of the company in the areas of forecasting, variance analysis, headcount analysis, cost allocation, finance website maintenance and ad-hoc data analysis.Accomplishments - Assisted in internal restructuring resulting in the creation of a separate division within the company. - Achieved process improvements in the areas of cost tracking, journal entry creation, variance analysis and presentation.

Fremont, Ca, Us

Responsibilities included assisting in extraction, analysis and compilation of financial data for provision preparation purposes. Assisted managers in state return fillings, unclaimed property filings, transfer pricing and tax scrutiny.Accomplishments - Initiated the restructuring of the process followed for documentation and filing - Assisted in the research work of different state tax regulations and provisions

Responsible for audit of organizations, with complete authority and responsibility, up to finalization of accounts and preparation of audit report. In charge of internal and statutory audit. Lead the team that conducted tax audit of individuals. Supervised five interns on an ongoing basis. Core member of the bank audit team.Accomplishments - Proven expert in taxation of individuals, private firms and corporations - Skilled in handling scrutiny cases, including income tax assessments and appeals - Expert in statutory audit as well as internal audit of various corporations - The “Go To” person for accounting and tax queries related to securities transactions - Served as a liaison between government bodies and clients

Responsible for submitting income tax returns for individuals, firms and corporations. Assisted partners with various scrutiny cases.Managed computerized accounts up to finalization. Conducted statutory, internal and tax audits.Accomplishments - Was allotted the tax work of the firm itself - Worked on some of the most complicated cases / books / tax returns - Delivered high quality work that did not require supervisor reviews; direct submission - Interaction with regulatory authorities on an ongoing basis

Responsible for all purchase decisions, including sourcing of material and supplies. Established product pricing policy and sales discount structure. Developed good relationship with key customers, both individuals and businesses.Accomplishments - Increased customer satisfaction and renewal rates - Contributed significantly to company's bottom line by consolidating suppliers and managing spend - Had a positive impact on company's top line by improving prospect to sales conversion ratio

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance & Accounting

Chartered Accountant (C.A.) (Equivalent To Us Cpa)

Masters In Commerce

Bachelors In Commerce