Vijay Rathi Email and Phone Number

Instituting & executing high-level Financial Business Partnering strategies, making decisions and overcoming complex business challenges using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics and irreproachable integrity Collaborating with:o Stakeholders while keeping them informed of progress & issues in order to manage expectations on all requirements and deliverables; and providing financial insight and advice, whilst at the same time, constructive challenge and an independent… Show more Instituting & executing high-level Financial Business Partnering strategies, making decisions and overcoming complex business challenges using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics and irreproachable integrity Collaborating with:o Stakeholders while keeping them informed of progress & issues in order to manage expectations on all requirements and deliverables; and providing financial insight and advice, whilst at the same time, constructive challenge and an independent perspectiveo Regional Functions Lead and HOST Services Global CFO on developing cost reduction and investment scenarios as well as supporting achievement of HOST Services strategy and monthly forecast process & annual AOP process (Annual Operating Plans)o Both on and offshore teams in each region and the various Central/Group teams Creating & sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and motivates the high performance amongst team members Providing financial and business decision support both to the HOST Service Functions heads for MENA and the Global CFO for HOST Services Supporting preparation of commentary and analysis on HOST Services performance for inclusion in regular reporting packs/ meetings Providing reporting & insight into the cost base including direct costs, FTE, indirect charges to Global Businesses and Functions and intercompany Contributing towards analyzing IFRS16 charges and trends proactively and advice all open items for forecast correction for ensuring accurate forecast process Pivotally supported the reorganization in HOST in terms of curving out new functions & moving out cost & FTE cost centers and so on, as per new structureAs GFC Finance Lead for HOST Services UK, US & Asia region: Monitoring accounting, month-end closing of 3 UK Legal entities and US entity Show less

Monitoring P&L for India (Chennai, Hyderabad, Gurgaon & Bangalore) & Krakow GFC, and looked after month end close, headcount management, management reporting, billing supervision, budgeting, revenue recognition, cost controlling & finance transformation projects Essayed a stellar role in automating GFC billing from manual spreadsheet to System billing & simplified the billing methodology of GFC headcount to actual cost rather than notional rates resulted into under/over recovery… Show more Monitoring P&L for India (Chennai, Hyderabad, Gurgaon & Bangalore) & Krakow GFC, and looked after month end close, headcount management, management reporting, billing supervision, budgeting, revenue recognition, cost controlling & finance transformation projects Essayed a stellar role in automating GFC billing from manual spreadsheet to System billing & simplified the billing methodology of GFC headcount to actual cost rather than notional rates resulted into under/over recovery Ensured effective preparation of:o Monthly LE (Latest Estimate). Produce, review and present monthly analysis of results (costs, headcount, capex) versus budget and forecastso MI’s for ManCo; provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support business decisions, doing cost benchmarking across various GFC sites at different locationso Cost-Income reconciliation to ensure cost plus mandatory transfer pricing mark up is achieved Engaged in:o Producing various Billing MI for providing country wise data for various in- country stakeholderso Monthly follow up with in country for outstanding, monthly review meeting with HGSL team to review complete outstanding’s as on dateo Legal Entity structure management as per the Finance Blueprint – involves cost centres creation and their alignment for GFC FTE’s & cost reporting Ascertained:o Accurate revenue recognition as per transfer pricing regulations in India(Cost plus mark-up)o Robust MI in pace to report revenue, cost & headcount for OA(Operation Accounting), FR(Financial Reporting) , RR(Regulatory Reporting). MBR(Management & Business Reporting),ALCM(Asset Liability & Capital Management) Liaised with:o Business/Operations heads to drive performance of respective Finance Functionso Onshore senior finance stakeholders on various MI involving cost recharges & headcount Addressed queries and requests from Global Finance/Functional Heads Show less

 Responsible for P&L for Chennai & Mumbai GSC’s(Group Service Center), the key activities involve month end closing for both the sites, supervising billing cycle, management reporting. Responsible for preparation of the AOP (annual operating plan), profit estimates and periodical forecasts Monitored:o P&L for Chennai & Mumbai GSC’s, key activities involved month end closing, supervising billing cycle, MISo AOP (annual operating plan), profit estimates and periodical forecasts… Show more  Responsible for P&L for Chennai & Mumbai GSC’s(Group Service Center), the key activities involve month end closing for both the sites, supervising billing cycle, management reporting. Responsible for preparation of the AOP (annual operating plan), profit estimates and periodical forecasts Monitored:o P&L for Chennai & Mumbai GSC’s, key activities involved month end closing, supervising billing cycle, MISo AOP (annual operating plan), profit estimates and periodical forecasts Facilitated monthly financials review with Site Leadership Team in “Site Governance” meeting which includes the GSC Business head, all senior stakeholders Engaged in query management from GR Finance/OPS VP’s/Business Head for reporting and analysis Reviewed & approved various cost saving initiatives by Six-Sigma black belt Team & approval of “cost saves” & reporting the same Provided ad-hoc financial analysis to support business decisions, cost benchmarking across various sites at different locations Collaborated with regional HSBC bank for helping them to understand the cost recharge from GSC’s to Bank Show less

 Managing, controlling and continuously improving financial performance of the GNOC  Defined business KPI’s for GNOC to measure the performance of each of the project so as to compare the results across different projects in Noida GNOC as well as benchmark the overall Noida GNOC with other GNOC’s all over the world. Preparing the Half Yearly budget for the business for both the Opex as well as Capex & ensuring that business operate in an optimal & efficient way & actual remains… Show more  Managing, controlling and continuously improving financial performance of the GNOC  Defined business KPI’s for GNOC to measure the performance of each of the project so as to compare the results across different projects in Noida GNOC as well as benchmark the overall Noida GNOC with other GNOC’s all over the world. Preparing the Half Yearly budget for the business for both the Opex as well as Capex & ensuring that business operate in an optimal & efficient way & actual remains within the budget. Show less

 Service Controller for Client Bharti & added responsibility of CSI Controller, reporting to Head of Services F&C, India. Responsible for the financials of Service business of Bharti (MS, NI Care) & CSI BU. Reporting, controlling and planning (including POC accounting) of all Project related financials for Service BU Secures accurate revenue recognition of different Bharti project under different accounting treatment, MS & Care Contract under Straight Line Accounting, MC Contract… Show more  Service Controller for Client Bharti & added responsibility of CSI Controller, reporting to Head of Services F&C, India. Responsible for the financials of Service business of Bharti (MS, NI Care) & CSI BU. Reporting, controlling and planning (including POC accounting) of all Project related financials for Service BU Secures accurate revenue recognition of different Bharti project under different accounting treatment, MS & Care Contract under Straight Line Accounting, MC Contract under POC Accounting & some other small contract under General Accounting.(IAS11 in case of Contract Accounting, AS 1 in general revenue recognition) Reviewing & monitoring the project cost baseline of different projects from time to time & flags risk if necessary. Show less

Team Leader role responsible for managing the team of 5 Associates for Billing, Revenue Recognition collection, cash allocation Process for NAC region.