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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

End to End Project Management, design and Implementation of Cloud Financial Planning and analysis models using Limelight along with OLAP for clients across different domains and industries.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Provide profitability and strategic guidance to product and operational managers• Deliver on special projects, external and internal audits, annual budgeting, and forecasting cycles• Responsible for accurate and timely delivery of monthly financials, ad-hoc managementreports to the Controller, leadership team, operational managers • Ensuring compliance with corporate policies by testing and ensuring business controls are in place and effective• Partner with business teams to meet business objectives, streamline processes, identify cost and benefits• Deliver activities in support of the Controller and the operational division managers

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

● Delivered advanced performance reports, balance sheet analysis, financial reports, and monthly close process.● Responsible for the budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and rebates management processes● Working closely with the operations team to ensure cost control and achieve business results by providing recommendations to managers as needed● Providing financial guidance and recommendations to the business on cost control, profitability improvement, continuous improvement, and financial performance management.● Responsible for FP&A, reporting tool implementation, ad hoc financial analyses, and projects.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• ​Monitored the budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis for Software licensing and maintenance.• Coordinated ERP Implementation and other multiple complex projects balancing conflicting priorities• Contribute to Full life cycle ERP implementation including Design, Build, Test, Deploy, Support phases• Partnered with business executives and strengthened working relationships with stakeholders• Analyzing gaps in requirements vs Out of the box vs enhancements and working with design/development teams to propose technology solutions and appropriate workarounds• 2136 man hours per annum savings delivered by streamlining manual journal entry process• Gained 100% compliance on all journals by setting up and implementation of approval matrix• Improved and simplified the dashboard and month end close processes enabling seamless reviews• Enabled fluent written and verbal communication with senior management• Fostered a continuous improvement mindset with team enabling better Business insightsInitiatives-Achievements:• Achieved 9.1 out of 10 as employee satisfaction scores which is 21% above the organization benchmark• As a Projects leader, Lead the “Journals Entry Project” - key project on the Journals, which helped in improving controls to address financial risk..• Leading several finance-wide engagement initiatives (Recognition program) that strengthen the global Finance community.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Delivered the budgeting, forecasting, decision support, controllership, financial planning and analysis aspects for Customer Support Operations for Europe, Middle East & Africa markets• Fostered a continuous improvement mindset with the team, enabling better Business insights• Achieved targeted 3% variance to plan for managed functions through financial models, cost-benefit scenarios, business case analytics, and partnership with fp&a and Senior Leadership Teams• Oversaw Implementation as a key project member in migrating finance functions from SAP R3 to HANA• Mentored a team with global footprint, enabling better collaboration in a fast-paced environment• Enabled better communication, collaboration thru business reviews with executives reporting on KPIs• Standardized, simplified processes and dashboard providing better insights on budget vs actuals• Identification, monitoring, and remediation of risks to plan in the ambit of controls and compliance• Remodeled financial data in accounting systems to adapt to changing environment in business• Applied professional judgment, negotiation with a positive impact on business decisions• Ensured processes met deadlines through continuous process improvement and business analysis

Bengaluru Area, India

• Design, financial modeling and channel program management for RTM, GTM and top global partners• 40% ROI increase ($8M per annum) by conceptualizing and ​implementing a decision enablement tool• Strengthened working relationships enabling better stakeholder management• Coordinated in Implementing several strategic projects enabling business transformation

Bangalore

• Formulate, managed $30M contra revenue annual budget for Channel partner development• Standardized several business processes, leading to simplified and efficient business processes

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Reporting activities on Rebates, Program Compensation, Claims audits for Demand Generation funds

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Provide high-end technical support to the client’s customer base

Bengaluru Area, India

Determination and reduction of the delinquent accounts in credit cards for GE-SBI venture

Bachelor'S Degree, Bachelor Of Commerce

Activities and Societies: National Cadet Corps, Debate Team, Cultural and Event Management Studies Bachelor of Commerce which involves.

Postgraduate Degree, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Semester - 1 1) Principles and Practice of Management 2) Organizational Behavior 3) Management Accounting 4) Managerial Economics 5).

Education record

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, Drums and Instruments Team, Sports..

Education record

Advanced diploma, Computer Integrated Management