Senior Manager - FP&A & Business Finance at OLA Electric (2026-01 – Present)
- Built and reviewed business cases for store expansion and capital deployment of USD $1M/ store, evaluating investments using NPV, IRR, payback, and DCF and Led Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs) to assess actual outcomes versus approved business case assumptions and identify improvement actions.
- Enhanced revenue forecast accuracy by 22% and cut inventory costs by ~USD $1M annually using SQL queries for seamless data extraction
- Built a financial system framework to consolidate data into a unified trial balance template, enabling seamless linkage of Balance Sheet, P&L, and Cash Flow statements, thus improving data accuracy by 80%.
- Designed and implemented a customer segmentation framework using RFM analysis, partnered with business to refine underwriting thresholds by implementing dynamic credit limits and hence improving credit sales by ~200%.
- Designed & implemented a centralized SQL-based system to consolidate unstructured audit data into data models, reducing auditor queries by ~90% and improving compliance turnaround time.
- Drove segment and article-level profitability analysis to identify margin improvement opportunities, pricing interventions, and cost actions; established planning and tracking mechanisms to monitor performance vs. plan, enabling early deviation detection and corrective action across commercial and operating teams.
Function Head/ GM - Financial Planning & Analysis at Hippo Homes (2024-02 – 2025-11)
- Enhanced data integrity by developing a SharePoint red flag system using hotel size and seasonality parameters, eliminating manual revenue entry errors and ensuring near-zero discrepancies in daily reports, and supporting Global Finance workflows.
- Automated revenue consolidation across 65 hotels via the OneStream platform, enhancing process enhancement and transformation; reduced month-end close time by ~60% (3 days to <6 hours).
Finance Manager, Hotel Operations at Accor India (2023-10 – 2024-02)
- Orchestrated the finance strategy for India's "Own Business Day," managing sales, inventory, and credit to SMEs, with ~200% achievement of corporate targets for customer acquisition, leading to the MD's Excellence Award.
- Automated the board deck preparation by standardizing datasets input and building centralized dashboards, enabling direct access to business insights for senior management, enabling quick decision making
- Worked closely with operations team and acted as the finance SPOC for Germany HQ for a USD $50M store redevelopment project, ensuring alignment on budgets, timelines, and execution priorities.
- Automated the $5 Mn monthly cost reconciliation process for 32 stores, reducing manual effort from 2 days to a few hours, improving accuracy and enabling faster month-end closures.
- Developed store benchmarking scorecard to identify variances, enabling cost control, and Partnered with operations on headcount planning and productivity-related analysis to support performance management.
- Resolved limited reporting visibility by designing a segment/ category-level P&L framework, enabling reporting and analysis to business heads to improve overall gross margin performance through adaptive insights.
Senior Manager FP&A (Promoted through Manager and Assistant Manager roles) at Metro Cash & Carry, India (2018-06 – 2023-10)
- Reduced costs by identifying and consolidating overlapping vendor contracts, saving USD $50K annually and enhancing governance & cost leakage management.
Summer Internship at Texas Instruments (India) Pvt. Ltd (2017-04 – 2017-05)
Faculty: Quantitative Skills at Turning Point (2014-07 – 2016-05)
- Mentored over 500 students and revitalized outdated curriculum by analyzing and data warehousing the past questions trends, updating content and practice papers collaboratively, resulting in enhanced student preparedness, increased selections, and an award for academic improvement.
