Veronica Barnes

FP&A and business partnering professional with 8+ years of experience across Thomson Reuters, Tally Solutions, Deloitte Consulting USI and Meredith India Services. Experienced in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, P&L analysis, revenue and margin performance, financial controls and cross-functional stakeholder engagement. Known for translating complex financial data into clear commercial insights and practical recommendations for senior leadership.

Senior Analyst – FP&A / Business Partnering at Thomson Reuters (2024-02 – Present)

• Partner with Sales, Operations and Finance to provide financial insights supporting revenue, margin and customer-impact decisions.
• Support planning, budgeting and forecasting through performance reviews, financial analysis and identification of key business drivers.
• Analyze revenue, margin and customer trends; work with Sales and Account Management on at-risk accounts to quantify financial impact and protect revenue.
• Prepare monthly performance packs and management reports highlighting key variances, business drivers, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Lead weekly cross-functional reviews with Sales, Operations, Finance and Legal, and present recommendations to stakeholders up to Director/VP level.
• Own end-to-end cancellation finance processes covering contract terms, usage data, credits, refunds and revenue reversals.
• Standardize workflows, approval matrices, SLAs and reporting controls; maintain dashboards tracking volumes, drivers and financial impact.

Senior Executive - FP&A at Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (2022-08 – 2023-11)

• Prepared monthly MIS reports and project costings for key functions to support management visibility and spending decisions.
• Led annual budgeting and revenue forecasting, developing bottom-up projections across functions.
• Prepared International and India P&L statements for international heads and zonal heads and analyzed monthly performance against budget.
• Partnered with international and functional heads through weekly and monthly reviews to identify business drivers, regional performance trends and budget utilization insights.
• Collaborated with department heads to develop annual operating budgets and resolve financial and spending queries.

Finance Operations & Controls at Deloitte Consulting USI (2021-05 – 2022-07)

• Analyzed and reported project financial health on weekly and bi-weekly cycles, supporting visibility into performance and contract-aligned financial outcomes.
• Performed FP&A activities including variance analysis, headcount analysis, forecasting and budgeting, with trend reviews across weekly, monthly and annual periods.
• Prepared weekly revenue trend reports based on project headcount and presented financial results and insights to clients.
• Supported monthly close activities to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and managed compensation and travel & expense processes related to projects.
• Analyzed key drivers affecting project margins and highlighted opportunities to improve profitability and reduce costs.

Associate Finance Analyst - Financial Reporting at Meredith India Services Pvt. Ltd. (2018-05 – 2020-11)

• Managed relationships with external media agencies and served as the primary point of contact for agency queries and stakeholder requirements.
• Worked with business leads across multiple business units to deliver regular and ad hoc MNI management reports on schedule.
• Prepared monthly reports for expense lines including T&E, commissions and photo expenses, along with revenue lines including print billing and IO billing.
• Conducted ad hoc revenue and expense analysis to support management decision-making.

MBA in Finance – Christ University (2016 – 2018)

Bachelor of Commerce – DAVV University, Indore, M.P. (2013 – 2016)