Vikram Mehta Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Financial Planning and Analysis/Financial Reporting/Financial Modeling: • Led and performed all aspects of financial planning and analysis, including annual budgeting, periodic forecasts, ongoing strategic and operating planning, headcount planning/forecasting, capital (CAPEX) planning/spend, cash flow/balance sheet forecasting and strategic ad hoc analyses.• Managed Finance Teams/ Cross Functional Teams: trained, mentored and developed the team’s analytical skills and achieved group success.• Designed, built, and presented combined monthly performance and annual forecast packages to Executive Management via an “Executive Management Deck.”• Prepared the Quarterly Public Earnings Call presentation for leadership.• Built P&L variance analyses models to analyze Budget/Forecast/Actual variances over timelines.Cost Accounting, Supply Chain and Inventory Management:• Managed the Inventory management/supply chain and cost accounting processes and teams for multiple clients.• Oversaw all the accounting functions such as the Work in Process, Amortization of labor costs, Overhead allocations, Cost of Sales, Inventory valuation, Freight on Board, Returns Reserve, Inventory Obsolescence Reserve etc.• Designed and implemented a demand forecasting model to ensure adequate inventory stock levels were maintained to meet demand.• Created revenue models for reseller sales to increase the accuracy of reseller revenue reporting.Project Management:• Project managed and led end-to-end implementations of several systems (Oracle, SAGE, TM1 Cognos, SAP, Rightsline etc.). Documented existing processes, conducted the vendor/software selection process, managed the SOW/SAAS agreement negotiations, prepared an implementation roadmap for the vendor/client, designed the new software architecture for the vendor/client. Built out the software while managing the vendor/client build schedule too. Successfully managed the project to completion earlier than the budgeted timeline.

• Computed balance sheet hedge forecasts for the Disney Interactive Media Group, Walt Disney International, and Walt Disney Corporate divisions and provided to Disney Treasury Division.• Prepared and reported on the advertising revenue report generated from Walt Disney radio and television channels on a weekly basis.• Documented all processes relating to the monthly FX balance sheet forecast.

• Maintained the Annual Operating Plan, including the P&L, capital plan, balance sheet, and cash flow by effectively partnering with the business owners of each department.• Led the monthly forecast process, including development of the consolidated P&L and related financial statements, capital spending, and headcount management.• Partnered with the Retail Sales Division and introduced: a “Margin Rate/Volume Sales Analysis” leading to an increase in gross margin by $8.5M, and led a “same store comp analysis” resulting in accurate sales forecasts (from 35% to 20% margin of error). • Worked in synergy with the marketing team and introduced an “impact analysis by market” leading to effective deployment of marketing funds to high impact markets. Reduced annual marketing spend by $5M.• Initiated variance analyses to fully understand the drivers of business performance and identify potential risks and opportunities. Effectively communicated this information to Senior Management to ensure attainment of business goals.• Participated in the development of the annual strategic plan and quantified the impact of strategic initiatives.• Conceptualized and presented combined monthly performance and annual forecast package to Executive Management.

• Managed a team of 2 analysts. Trained, mentored, and developed their analytical skills and achieved group success.• Conceptualized and implemented $120M semi-automated budget and forecasting models for 14 divisions. Presented annual forecasts to Senior Management every month, resulting in accurate revenue/cost control.• Introduced monthly variance analyses and presented to same Senior Management resulting in strategic decision making.• Re-engineered the company profit sharing model for revenue divisions resulting in $4M increased profit to shareholders.• Introduced a company-wide IT Asset Rental Model for all fixed assets and oversaw all related “IT chargeback expenses” to divisions resulting in $200,000 savings to Shareholders.• Developed and maintained advanced models to compute transfer pricing/personnel related taxes for all foreign entities previously managed by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Realized savings of $75K in professional fees.

• Managed the $185M Nestle USA IT budget for 65 cost centers end to end, including budgeting, forecasting, month-end close processes, international allocations among affiliates, and variance analysis.• Coordinated cost management activities among 25 Senior IT Managers to track expenses, ascertain/reduce variances.• Presented budget, forecasts, and variances to Nestle Executive Management periodically with lucid and clear explanations at a macro-level with the ability to drill down into details.• Performed ad-hoc analysis depending upon the shifts in business environment and presented the same to management.• Implemented time-motion study for IT staff leading to substantial budget saving and positive realignment of resources.

• Managed a team of 2 analysts that managed $45M bank IT budget and prepared all budget models for 16 IT cost centers. Enhanced all forecasting models, prepared monthly re-forecasts, and reported entire IT expenses every month to Senior Management.• Analyzed monthly business reviews containing executive level metrics, variance analyses, and annual trends for bank IT and presented the same to Senior Vice President.• Prepared capital budgets, expense accruals and the capitalization of costs. Generated recurring monthly and ad-hoc reports and presented the same to Senior Management.• Ensured monthly actual expenses were within a 4% variance of forecasted expenses. Worked with 12 IT Executive Managers to ensure accuracy of costs and developed financial processes to enhance efficiency of reports in terms of timeliness and accuracy.• Managed and mentored bank IT internship program during Summer 2007.

• Managed a team of 2 analysts while managing the annual budget/rolling forecast preparation process for all revenue channels, comparing budget/forecasts to actual performance, with corresponding variance explanations.• Conceptualized “Life Time Value” of a customer by vendor channel and rechanneled marketing funds leading to an increase in customer conversion rate from free to paid and increasing vendor ROI (return on investment).• Projected income and expenditure by product and sales channel, return on investment (ROI) analyses and project profitability to make recommendations about budgeting and to ensure budget and profit goals are met.• Designed and developed marketing campaign tracking models to analyze current trends, and forecast cost and revenue metrics.• Managed SEC filing and reporting. Prepared the Quarterly Public Earnings Call presentation and provided to the Leadership team for public presentation.• Conducted ad-hoc financial risk analyses for potential telecom service providers, determined their credit worthiness and submitted recommendations to Senior Management.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting And Finance

Awarded Atkinson Scholarship

Master'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Commerce, Finance And Accounting