Surekha Nalluri
SEASONED FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER (FP&A, STRATEGY and DECISION SUPPORT)
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A passionate Finance Business Partner with proven abilities in Forecasting, Budgeting, P&L Management, and deep dive analysis. Over the past 15 Yrs I've accumulated expertise in Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, Project Management and Strategic Decision Support. Additionally, I've closely collaborated with finance senior management including the Group Heads and Regional CFO teams within a shared service model.
Strategic Finance Business
Partner with progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering across global organizations in investment banking, technology, and financial services.
Experience
Finance Manager - FP&A - London Stock Exchange Group - Bangalore
(2025-01)
- Leading Financial Planning, Forecasting, Project Reporting across Engineering Portfolio Projects with ~$400m Budget covering Capex, Opex & Cash.
- Drive month-end close processes, ensuring data integrity across SAP, Oracle Fusion, and Clarity, and resolve complex discrepancies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Partner with Engineering and Program leaders to deliver commercial and financial oversight, supporting strategic decision-making with executive ready insights.
- Prepare and present Portfolio Dashboards, and deep-dive financial reviews to senior leadership, highlighting risks, opportunities, and budget deviations.
- Track and validate the financial benefits/ Cost Saves and dis-benefits, ensuring accurate timing, and sustainability.
- Champion governance, process standardization, and automation to enhance forecast accuracy and reporting efficiency.
- Recognized as a trusted Finance partner, translating complex data into actionable recommendations for executive stakeholders.
- Leverage advanced excel, and automation tools (including Copilot) to enhance productivity and data integrity.
Finance Manager - FP&A - State Street Corporate Services - Bangalore
(2021-01 - 2024-12)
- Led Financial Planning and Analysis activities for Global Delivery Business Unit with ~$550M budget, supporting LFO in P&L Management.
- Delivered timely performance reviews, variance analysis, and ad-hoc reporting for senior finance stakeholders.
- Led Budgeting and forecasting cycles, partnering with Business leaders and global CFO teams.
- Developed headcount and expense data models, enabling proactive workforce and cost management.
- Implemented savings initiatives, tracks vendor spend, and leads special projects including financial modeling and business case development.
- Champions process standardization and reporting improvements across the delivery areas.
- Power user of Financial systems (Essbase, Power BI, Tableau) for analytics and reporting.
Finance Analyst - FP&A - Cisco Systems - Bangalore
(2018-01 - 2019-12)
- Managed FP&A for APJC Services with ~$45M budget, supporting regional leaders in P&L and margin optimization.
- Oversaw annual planning, monthly Revenue and COGS forecasting and cross-functional coordination.
- Provided financial advisory to delivery leads, optimizing spend and presenting business performance to senior leadership.
- Published comprehensive financial reports (P&L, Bookings, Cost, Headcount, T&E) with actionable commentary.
- Represented Finance at Senior Leadership meetings in Singapore.
Finance Specialist - FP&A - Royal Dutch Shell - Chennai
(2017-04 - 2017-10)
Led Capex & Opex reporting, Planning and forecasting for Real Estate Projects US region and managed month end close activities, strategic planning and project financial tracking activities.
Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A and SEC Reporting - RR Donnelley - Chennai
(2012-04 - 2017-02)
- Produced FP&A reports for EMEA Business and cost centre reporting.
- Supported Planning, forecasting and temporary headcount analysis for leadership decision making.
- Converting the Financial reports in to XBRL data with reference to US-GAAP.
Senior Associate - Finance, Accounts & Research - S&P Global formerly S&P Capital IQ - Hyderabad
(2009-09 - 2012-04)
Education
MBA - Finance - Vignan's college, JNTU (2007 - 2009)
Bachelor of Commerce - Hindu College (2004 - 2007)
