Senior Financial Analyst - Adobe Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
(2022-11 - 2026-04)
Over 3 years I have worked in a Business Partnering role supporting Consulting Business/Finance/Ops Leaders by taking ownership of business-critical activities and providing actionable insights on key performance indicators such as revenue forecast, utilisation tracking, bill rates, cost forecasts, cost rates, and margin improvement. My analysis supports leadership in making informed strategic decisions that drives Business growth and margin %.
- Owned and controlled headcount and expenses by tracking individual utilisation, costs, and average cost rates with collaboration of Business & Operations leaders.
- Maintaining consistent stakeholders communication on headcount, revenue & expenses to ensure financial discipline and transparency. Collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Develop and maintain financial models to support business planning and decision-making.
- Owned Revenue and Expenses forecast process on each Outlook/Forecast cycle & justify Corporate team on any week-over-week changes to ensure transparency and accuracy in financial reporting.
- Preparing QBR's & Management review packs for weekly & regular leadership business reviews.
- Closely monitor and analyse Revenue & Expenses on a regular basis to call out meaningful forecasts/risks that helps in highest possible accuracy compared to actuals.
- Consistently achieved expense forecast accuracy target of 99.5% across multiple quarters.
- Regularly review FTE & subcontractor costs and cost rates to ensure a balanced and healthy resource mix, optimising financial efficiency and workforce allocation.
- Monthly review of all open POs & take appropriate action (Accrue or close) against them.
- Owned all month end, Quarter end activities by monitoring them until accurately reflected in books.
- Leading and coordinating with team members and stakeholders on planning and budget models development. Consolidating regional inputs to prepare a comprehensive worldwide view.
- Leading discussions with the team members on regular forecast/QRF cycles to ensure alignment, clarity & accuracy.
Specialist Financial Analyst - Oracle India Pvt Ltd.
(2014-03 - 2022-11)
As a senior team member, I managed several critical & business-driving activities at divisional level, including preparing budget scenarios, running forecast simulations, reviewing KPIs, calculating compensation/bonus, consolidating JAPAC P&L, preparing management review packs, conducting pipeline analysis, Backlog review and overseeing Divisional Expense and headcount forecasts. I also led automation initiatives and ad hoc analysis, while coordinating and guiding JAPAC team members to align with business and finance leaders goals and expectations.
- Worked closely with Finance, Business and Operations leaders on day-to-day activities, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment across functions.
- Supporting complex simulations like Budget modelling, QBR (Quarterly Business Reviews) decks, R4Q (Rolling 4 quarters) reviews packs for JAPAC Business head.
- Contributed to key programs focused on cost savings and margin enhancement, including external expense control, travel cost management, and other efficiency-driven initiatives.
- Simulating HC & Expense forecasts at both Region & APAC level on every forecast week (Bi-weekly) & review with Finance leader before the team loads into Corporate Finance system.
- Leading Forecast accuracy activity on every quarter to identify variances between forecast & actuals and conduct rootcause analysis to uncover business drivers behind gaps, enabling clear explanations and insights for Corporate Finance teams.
- Reviewing the Backlog on regular basis to monitor slow burning projects & Burn trends.
- Preparing Pipeline dashboards for Business Leader to monitor WoW deals movements & status.
- Regularly Monitoring Delivery mix health, Own/Subco/Offshore resources mix.
- Automated standard reporting processes using EPM and SI/DV tools, streamlining workflows and significantly increasing team efficiency.
- Worked on SaaS & PaaS waterfall Revenue forecast, ARR, ending ATR estimates, Renewals & Cancellations tracking.
Sr. Financial Accountant - Capgemini Services Pvt Ltd
(2013-09 - 2014-03)
- Managed end-to-end R2R financial processes—including reporting, reconciliations, month-end activities, and compliance while mentoring team members, engaging with clients, and driving process improvements for accuracy and efficiency.
Senior Executive in Finance department - SAP India Pvt Ltd
(2012-03 - 2013-03)
- Handled Financials & Contracts technical audit process, Forecasting, Variance analysis and Revenue reporting.
- Rolling out weekly, monthly & quarterly financial reports and Contract health reports, ensuring timely delivery and actionable insights for management and stakeholders.
- Contributed to new process development initiatives & supported their successful implementation.
Senior Analyst in F&A department - EXL Services Pvt Ltd
(2009-09 - 2012-03)
- Worked on Statutory auditing of 10K & 10Q documents for KPMG clients on Qtrly basis, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and accuracy of financial disclosures.
- Interpreting work requests, allocating tasks to team members and resolving queries at the processing level to ensure timely completion within stipulated deadlines.
- Analyse clientprovided MD&A and P&L/BS data to verify mathematical accuracy, prepare detailed findings with high precision and complexity, and consistently delivered results within agreed TAT.
- Review tasks performed by team members to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance before delivering outputs to clients within agreed timelines.
- Responsible for calculating client billing hours for each engagement and sharing accurate reports with managers and clients to ensure transparency and proper financial tracking.
- Fulfilled team lead responsibilities in the absence of the designated Team Leader, ensuring smooth operations, effective coordination, and continuity of workflow.
