Smit Shah

FP&A-focused finance professional and CMA with 7+ years of experience across forecasting, rolling forecast, scenario planning, budgeting, management reporting, cost analysis, variance analysis, and profitability assessment.

Experience spans FMCG and manufacturing finance with strong exposure to P&L planning, COGS analysis, inflation tracking, gross margin review, and business performance reporting.

Financial Analyst - General Mills

(2025-09)

• Support end-to-end financial forecasting, rolling forecast cycles, and scenario planning for 9 markets across a 72 MM USD business in Southeast Asia and Japan, covering topline, COGS, gross margin, marketing margin, and EBIT.
• Prepare country-wise MBR decks and Analysis of Change reports for management and leadership discussions.
• Analyze movements across RNS, volume, inflation, cost drivers, gross margin, and profitability to explain variances versus prior forecast and plan.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to validate assumptions, improve planning accuracy, and standardize reporting inputs across markets.
• Use Power Query, BPC, and GFP to support forecasting workflows, reporting efficiency, and financial planning processes.

Assistant Manager A/C & Finance - Prism Johnson Limited

(2022-12 - 2025-09)

• Led monthly MIS preparation and SAP-based cost analysis to improve cost visibility and control across functions.
• Managed product costing, standard cost setting, cost component analysis, and variance interpretation to support pricing and profitability decisions.
• Handled project accounting using SAP Internal Orders for budgeting, cost tracking, variance analysis, cost allocation, reporting, and reconciliations.
• Supported division-wide costing across Tiles and RMC businesses through process costing, batch-wise costing, and raw material consumption tracking.
• Developed budgets, financial models, and capital budgeting assessments including NPV, IRR, payback, and cash flow analysis; delivered operational flash reports with KPI visibility.

Audit Manager - M/S Bagla Associates

(2022-01 - 2022-10)

• Prepared project reports and CMA data for project finance and retail/SME lending assessments.
• Coordinated with banks and NBFCs on loan processing, financing documentation, and financial analysis.
• Managed accounting, reconciliations, payroll support, management reporting, and profitability/cash flow analysis across client assignments.

Accounts Manager - Diamond Creation & Vrushabh Gems

(2018-01 - 2021-12)

• Managed import-export accounting, forex-related work, and finance compliance activities.

Articleship Trainee - M/S Rasesh Shah & Associates

(2017-02 - 2020-02)

• Supported statutory and tax audits across FMCG, healthcare, textile, and diamond sectors.
• Handled MCA filings, TDS/TCS compliance, and tax documentation.

Cost Management Accountant - The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (2022)

B.Com - Advanced Accounts & Auditing - Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (2019)

CA IPCC Group 1 - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2016)