Finance Lead
Total years of experience :24 years, 5 months
• Business Partner for the business to drive Strategy, Financial Control, Rhythm, Operational excellence with a focus on growth, profitability, impact and people. (Multi-billion dollar business)
• Landing successfully the Central Finance Team during Finance Re-Org and working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and other WW Areas to drive clarity in R&R and minimum disruption to business.
• PnL and performance Management with a core objective of increasing profitability and managing opex by being an effective partner with Leadership team to promote fiscal disciple and accountability
• Performing Quarterly business reviews with business units and Leadership team
• Set up Annual Budgets, Qtrly forecasts and measuring actual performance against targets and maintaining forecast accuracy.
• Developed insight on drivers which can be impacted to enhance investment or redeployment capacity (Head Count Mgt, Marketing ROI, cost per head, discretionary spend, adjusted revenue etc)
• Modeled strong partnership with business by understanding their needs & preferences, providing them a balanced perspective and hence being a Trusted Advisor to the Leadership team
• Evaluating performance with external market growth to continuingly capture market share and help making investment and business decisions
• Simplifying the complexity of Cloud business via whitespace analysis, benchmarking, driver based analysis and best practice sharing along with MEA and WW Teams.
• Driving business performance, monitoring business results, business analysis, variance commentary and providing decision support to the business and sales teams to align with core objectives
• Prioritizing on People development for self and the direct team via Mentor/Mentee relationship, diversity, Talent development, training and enabling the team to develop competencies for their career ahead.
• Presenting the story of Digital Transformation to external customers via Finance Showcase while leveraging Cloud technology to improve productivity & collaboration. Touched 1000+ customers in last 3 years.
• Performing/supporting regular Internal Audits and Risk Assessment of Key Controls within the Organization. Focus on pro-active Risk management using AI Tools to identify Red flags and mitigate it.
• Driving Controls and Compliance Scorecard with a focus on internal controls, financial policies and processes & active management of approvals & controls over Spend Mngt, T&E Compliance, Vendor HC etc.
• Evaluation and performance review of key metrics of BPO management (Accounts payable team, Records & Buy Center, Payroll Teams) to continually improve upon process and productivity improvements
• Responsible for Statutory and Tax management of multiple entities and liaising with Auditors to ensure timely completion and filing of returns.
• Engaging and managing external partners like BPO teams, Statutory Auditors, Tax Auditors, Banks, Amex, Travel Agents, Vendor Agencies etc coupled with closely working with internal teams like Treasury, Tax, HR, Real estate facilities, Legal dept, Procurement, Peer community, Corporate HQ and regional HQ
Sox Manager & Business Analyst, MEA Jan 05-Apr 06
Reporting to Finance Manager, ME. Created and implemented a blue print for financial performance management by integrating multiple systems and processes.
• Revamped the existing management reports for driving better business insights and understanding
• Developed cross functional Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the regional management team that increased transparency function/business results vs plans
• Tailored and delivered Sox implementation in the region and included training to Leadership team, Finance, Procurement etc, performing Audits and providing management the desired level of assurance for successful SoX implementation and adherence.
• Implemented internal control procedures and made sure that they are applied across the organization.
• Reviewed tax compliance in the region and also facilitated all internal and external audits
Business Analyst, WesternGeco, Middle East, Asia and North Africa Mar 02-Dec 04
Reporting directly to CFO and supporting the region from Australia to North Africa and liaising with 20+ countries. Rated as High Potential employee by Management over the tenure
Management Reporting:
• Delivered quality monthly and quarterly Regional Performance Reporting, which implies instructing and working with the local teams, performing thorough periodical analytical reviews on their submissions, consolidate and deliver the key messages to the Regional Leadership team as well as to Group Reporting.
Financial Planning
• Designed and reviewed financials of local planning submissions, consolidate and deliver a quality and timely Financial Plan with the aim to ensure accurate decision making by the leadership team.
• Analyzed investment proposals before forwarding those to the Leadership team for approval.
Accounting Issues and Guidance
• Coached and collaborated as first Point of call for Financial Accounting and reporting issues in the Region.
• Enhanced regional reporting competencies with pro-active support to local reporting teams and co-ordination of annual IFRS Reporting workshops.
Focus on Management and Finance
– Specialized in Finance, Audit, Tax
