Vishal Bokil

FP&A Professional with 3+ years of experience driving financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cost management in manufacturing and sourcing environments. Proven track record of owning a $398M portfolio with ~42% EBIT, improving forecast accuracy and enabling margin expansion. Strong business partner with deep expertise in Oracle ERP, OneStream, Power BI, and finance process automation.

Lead Finance at Wabtec Corporation (2024-01 – Present)

• Led end-to-end financial planning and performance management for a $398M PnL delivering ~42% EBIT, encompassing annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, STRAP planning, allocations, monthly close, and cash flow forecasting.
• Served as a leader and a strategic finance partner, driving cost discipline, margin transparency, and data-driven decision-making across the locomotive manufacturing value chain.
• Owned standard costing and cost management for 500+ locomotive components sourced from all over the globe, enabling fact-based sourcing negotiations and improved supplier economics while assessing indirect tax and intercompany cost impacts
• Led driver-based planning and assumptions governance in OneStream and Oracle ERP, incorporating tax and intercompany assumptions to enhance forecast and deliver a ~$300K improvement in forecast accuracy.
• Delivered executive-ready management dashboards with KPIs, variance analysis, and actionable insights covering P&L, cash flow, and tax-influenced cost drivers, accelerating leadership decisions and improving finance process efficiency by ~13%.
• Led finance automation initiatives that eliminated 30+ person-hours per month of manual effort, improved data reliability, cycle times, and overall controllership effectiveness.

Corporate Analyst at JP Morgan Chase & Co. (2023-01 – 2024-01)

• Managed forecasting and analysis of Nostro accounts across five global currencies, improving liquidity visibility, FX exposure tracking, and working capital planning.
• Built cash flow projections to support funding decisions and cash flow forecasting for treasury.
• Designed a centralized MIS dashboard and automations, reducing manual reconciliation effort by ~30% while improving data accuracy and reporting timeliness with eliminating 80+ person-hours

MBA in Finance – K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai (2021-01 – 2023-01)

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering – Pune University (2018-01 – 2021-01)