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Aarthy Ramamurthy

Director, FP&A PepsiCo.
Hyderabad

Summary

Qualified Chartered Accountant with 18+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Finance, Management Reporting, Controls & Governance and Credit Analysis Strong people leader with experience of leading & motivating larger teams (>60 members) Proven track record in delivering value, efficiencies & cost saves through Change Management, transformation, digitalization, standardization and simplification Won accolades including award from PepsiCo. CEO in 2022 for outstanding performance, recognized among Women Achievers at BoA for entire Hyderabad Site in 2019 for identifying and implementing various Operational Excellence projects Wide experience in managing stakeholders from different geographies and varying seniority levels

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, Financial Planning and Transformation

PepsiCo. GBS
4 2021 - Current
  • Lead first Global capability supporting Franchise Beverages business
  • Responsible for building team, transition roles, set-up layered cake org, digitize and standardize forecasting roles across markets
  • Delivered strong service delivery, developed team to take on E2E roles, robust governance with finance and cross-functional partners
  • First person to be selected from GBS team as part of VOLT project (Visibility on your Leadership Trajectory) gaining visibility to Finance Leadership team.

Vice President

Bank of America
05.2018 - 04.2021
  • Aligned to the CFO Global Financial Control Group as part of the Financial Planning & Control Function
  • Established a strong financial reporting and control process over specific business operations with an intent to highlight operational deficiencies
  • Led a team of 21 Associates and responsible for coaching, mentoring and career growth
  • Close business partnering with the US team in ensuring seamless service delivery; recognized twice for exemplary ownership and leadership with Platinum Award
  • Worked in collaboration with the technology team on a multi-million $ global project to transition to enhanced Certification and Business Intelligence tool
  • Brought in automation through emerging technologies like Tableau and Alteryx to publish and present monthly dashboards to senior Finance leaders.

Consultant

Fossil India Private Limited
07.2017 - 05.2018
  • Led financial planning and corporate finance functions for Fossil India operations
  • Led a team of 9 Associates ensuring high levels of motivation and efficiency
  • Collaborated with Sales team to improve reporting accuracy and increase visibility of AOP, revenue and cost forecasts and Quarterly Financial Reforecasts
  • Presented Weekly Sales Flash, Monthly MD&A, product and channel-wise margin analysis, breakdown of marketing expenses for Management review
  • Prepared ROI analysis to identify marketing investments to maximize profitability.

Assistant Vice President

HSBC
05.2013 - 06.2014
  • P&L Management
  • Monthly publish Regional and Global MI focused on variance analysis between actuals and AOP, monthly trend analysis with commentary on variance and manage under/over recovery by identifying key cost drivers
  • Strong experience in managing the AOP process by coordinating Rates Calculation in line with HSBC Group’s Top-Down Guidance process
  • People and Stakeholder Management
  • Led a team of 60 staff including Managers; expanded skill set of the team which enabled several staff to get vertical and horizontal growth in line with their career aspirations
  • Active engagement with stakeholders from different geographies like Executive Committee and Controllers
  • Well experienced in running global calls attended by senior leadership from CFO’s office across geographies
  • Project Management
  • Delivered re-engineering saves through Recharges Design Project
  • Project objectives included simplification and efficiency in line with the Global Finance objectives
  • Led the ‘Golden process for Billing and Recharges’ which followed the DMAIC approach; proficient in preparing project storyboard
  • Feasibility study to evaluate migration opportunities.

Credit Analyst

Infosys BPO
09.2005 - 06.2007
  • Credit Analyst for Deutsche Bank managing counterparties in Banking & Insurance sectors
  • The credit rating of counterparties after analysis of the operating environment and counterparty analysis.

Education

Chartered Accountant -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

B. COM - undefined

Madras University

Class XII - undefined

P.S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai (CBSE Board)

Class X - undefined

P.S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai (CBSE Board)

Skills

Project Management

Operations Management

Team Management

People Management

Timeline

Vice President

Bank of America
05.2018 - 04.2021

Consultant

Fossil India Private Limited
07.2017 - 05.2018

Assistant Vice President

HSBC
05.2013 - 06.2014

Credit Analyst

Infosys BPO
09.2005 - 06.2007

Director, Financial Planning and Transformation

PepsiCo. GBS
4 2021 - Current

Chartered Accountant -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

B. COM - undefined

Madras University

Class XII - undefined

P.S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai (CBSE Board)

Class X - undefined

P.S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai (CBSE Board)

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