Sr. Commercial Finance Analyst
Coffee Planet LLC
Total years of experience :9 years, 7 Months
Oversee business functional processes and strategy over driving sales growth through sustainable models & market intelligence
• Develop commercial models to ensure profitability and competitive advantage, across various revenue segments while mitigating risk on forecasting and cash flow planning
• Leading Consumer Market Analysis - Conduct competitive analysis for market expansion; strategic recommendations for market diversification opportunity leading to a reduction in exposure to market risk
• Designed and Monitor continual evaluation of category performance across channels and customers, the ROI achieved on sales revenue planning (MOQ, Shortfall, Sales KPIs, Purchase Analysis etc)
• Built reporting model for systematic review, analytical assessment for budget vs forecast/plan, ensured cost efficiency improvement by 30%, operational capability and financial/audit controls (ICV Certification)
• Led strategic planning and project management to proposed strategic direction and operational supervision; created tactical plans to ensure efficient workflow across 5 subdivisions; improved asset tracking by 72%
Commercial Finance Analyst - Create and Monitor continual evaluation of the performance of the category across channels and customers, the ROI achieved in sales revenue planning.
• Asset Management - Assessing the company’s current state of assets, their future requirements and investment goals
• Tracking and analyzing the growth of the business through reporting and presentations. This has led to the improvement of fixed asset management over 65%.
• Promoted to Sr. Commercial Financial Analyst, 9 months ahead of peers
GPCA represents the downstream hydrocarbon industry in the Arabian Gulf. Committed to providing a regional platform for stakeholders from across the industry, GPCA manages six working committees.
• Research and Communicating with Senior management for GCC Petrochemical Industry for understanding and preparing presentations for developing Gulf Business Landscape.
• Collaborate with multiple industry sectors (Petrochemical, Supply Chain, FMCG, Manufacturing etc.) on developing compliances over multiple waste management projects.
• Manage Roadmap to facilitate Petrochemical Industry in GCC with Senior Specialist to Committee members.
• Manage projects and negotiate with consultants and content partners to develop strategical report on advocating Gulf Business Landscape.
• Develop Committee affairs and projects from its fruition to completion.
Worked closely with Managers across Teams to identify Growth Opportunity and Business Landscape through consumer insights, retail trends & shopper behavior for FMCG industry clients for all categories in GCC.
• Established Social Media Framework through Consumer Mix Modeling (Social Media Project) with Facebook about conversion of brand awareness to impact on consumer purchase behavior
• Conduct Data Tracking on monthly basis, to satisfy client needs and suggest future recommendations
• Generate Key Account Reports & Dashboard of KPIs, based on monthly as well as quarterly analysis for providing industry insight for different category and segments
• Prepared cost proposal/request and contract negotiation for specific elements in project with supervision
Established and maintained file management system; reduced work load by 20% increasing overall client satisfaction by 40% through consultation.
• Collaborated with a team of 5 to resolve system failures through VNC server and intranet.
• Conducted weekly and monthly IT and ERP system training sessions, consulted operational and manufacturing staff for production line problems, and reduced process failure by 70%.
• Established demand and supply planning and inventory management through SAP; creating value chain among Finance, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Manufacturing departments.
• Controlled departmental service requests and technical issues on daily basis; resulting 99% of Operational excellence on first call.
• Led a three-member team to analyze and monitor proper functioning of assembly line and dealt with ERP systems as well as Windows computers.
• Managed interdepartmental weekly reports by compiling statistical data based on call trends for timely prediction of future operational failures.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to analyze supply chain and operational costs for project management.
• Reduced costs by 35% through creating road maps and collaborating with functional leads to roll out new process in IT and Supply Chain departments.
• Led development and maintenance phase for data management and ad-hoc report generation; implemented automation facility across 4 functions.
• Collaborated with Purchase Department in dealing with RFQs from vendors and suppliers; conducted contract negotiation and vendor valuation.
• Managed relationship with suppliers for raw materials for input in production; negotiated contracts to reduce cost by 15% drafted contracts and terms of service agreements.
• Coordinated with internal teams to collect progress report and data analysis for projects and coordinating with MD for decision making; convened weekly project review with on-site team members.
H.S.C from Bhavan's Birla White Vidhya Mandir, C.B.S.E, 2006, 64%. Completed certification from N.I.I.T in PHP.net and MySql, regarding Utilization of basic component of PHP and MySql to build a foundation for more complex web applications. ACCOLADES: • Qualified in All India Talent Search Examination (AITSE) • Scored 70% marks in Green Olympiad Sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. • Participated in College and School level debate and essay competition and selected as Captain of College cricket team.
S.S.C from Bhavan's Birla White Vidhya Mandir, C.B.S.E, 2004, 60%.