Business Planning and Reporting Analyst
hewlett-packard(hp)
Total years of experience :9 years, 6 Months
Business Planning and Reporting Analyst - (June 2010-2012)
Brief Job Profile
• Steered Budgeting related activities on dollar spend forecast for 2 financial years
• Performed analysis on cost neutrality strategies and participated in 3 year plans
• Data Management and Reporting contact for key initiatives
• Project Management and support for key global projects
• Responsible for Creating Reporting Packages on headcount, cost and savings analysis
• Responsible for measuring performances against pre-determined budget
• Growth and Efficiency variance analysis on headcount and dollar savings
• Managing wide range of Senior Management Requests for Data Collection, Analysis and Representation
• Program Management for Value Added Services
• Liaison with various stake holders like Operations, Management, Client and Technical Leads
Key Achievements
• Part of streamlining a key $ Saving analysis project
• Part of synchronizing a Benchmarking initiative to create alignment of Process and their delivery measurement
• Recognized for contributing towards streamlining financial data information communication in a summarized way.
• Recognized for managing core budget activities from Shared Services Finance Team
Country Finance Representative and Analyst (GBS) Feb 2009 - July 2010
Brief Job Profile
• Single Point of Contact between Operations (AR/AP/Inventory and Intercompany transactions) and Client in managing Escalations and feedback
• Managing interactions between Operations and Client, to enhance customer experience
• Key role in understanding the voice of customer and streamlining processes to align to the same
• Responsible for End to End delivery of Operations as per Customer Signed off SOPs
• Senior management reporting on adhoc Customer feedback and quantifying the Operational Process
• Responsible resolving for Inter Operational Conflicts (Among various process of the same business)
Key Achievements
• Improved the Accounts Receivable Refund process by timely review and interaction with the customer and the Operational Leads
• Devised a new reporting package to quantify the Financial Impact of unknown Reconciling Impacts
• Designed a new Corrective action and Preventive Action Methodology to curtail issues at the budding stage
• Assistant Manager for a F&A Process (GBS) May 2007 - Feb 2009
• Team Leader and Business Process Analyst May 2005- May 2007
• Team Member Aug 2002- May 2005
Brief Job Profile
• Conceptualizing and execute strategies to ensure achievement of pre-set objectives in assigned areas; meet TAT's promised & ensure qualitative response times
• Steering the implementation of Technology in Financial Systems in coordination with IT Teams; inclusive of development of functionalities, ensure policy compliance and address control issues.
• Generating regular Reports & MIS to facilitate strategic decision making by Management.
• Managing Team Aspects like appraisal, people management, Problem solving, performance management & Customer delight
• Driving SOX Controls in the team and ensuring red controls to be maintained as per SOX guidelines
• Focusing on evolution, mapping and transitioning of Finance & Accounts Processes and improvements etc.
• Maintaining the activities related to Operational Management of Contractual, analysis of Balance Sheet and P&L movement, periodic Performa and metrics review with customer, internal assessment of the team and suggest process improvements on Escalatables (un-reconciled balances)
• Assessing the Key Performance Indicators for Account Reconciliation process and collaborating with customers to sign off on agreed procedures.
• Responsible for deep dive into processes with focus on root cause analysis for Reconciliation delta and management of the same.
• Suggest process improvement with continuous focus on quality of Reconciliation preparation and
Key Achievements as of Operational Role
• Represented India for Customer discussion and enhancement of process deliverables held in Palo Alto, California
• Received more than 6 Performance award from Management & direct rewards From Customers worldwide.
• Successfully handled more than 5 small and big transitions from Customer end ensuring stabilization and standardization of the process with ISO and SOX Compliance and increased controls.
• Leading member of the team responsible to Implement Production Management concepts like Industrial Engineering to measure productivity and Volume analysis in accounting operations.
• Chief Associate of the Assessment and Controls Team responsible to formulate and implement the IFRS financial policies in day to day operations.
• Successfully completed system & application Integration for SAP implementations and have a fair understanding about the intricacies of SAP.
• Understanding and knowledge about Critical to Quality aspects for Customer and expertise in issue handling and trouble shooting.
• Essentially covering areas like training plan, Business Continuity plan, determining the deliverables of the team from this transition, standardization of the process as per company policy requirements, Customer relationship Management for future business, SOX & Audit Compliance.
• Inducted into Advanced Finance Training (initiative from the BPO University from IIM-B) in Mar '07 being one among the select few.
• Pursuing MBA from ICFAI (cleared 1st Semester 67%) due to complete by 2014 December
• ICSI - Institute of Company Secretaries of India cleared intermediate Group 1 - 51% • Bachelors in Commerce from MES College, Bangalore in 2002 securing 74%.
• Higher Secondary from MES College, Bangalore in 1999 securing 73%.
• Senior Secondary from Cluny Convent High School, ICSE in 1997 securing 71%.