Arjun Roy

Corporate Bank Technology – Business Manager/COO- VP

• Financial management and analytics , including cost and revenue forecasting and planning, CapEx control and balance sheet analysis, financials governance, risk and benefit management.
• Headcount strategy and planning , overseeing the complete headcount lifecycle, including planning, forecasting, budgeting, hiring, and off-boarding. Driving implementation of effective headcount controls to optimize workforce efficiency and productivity.
• Transformation strategies , driving the integration of advanced tools for strategic planning, cost reduction. Champion the implementation of innovative technologies to streamline processes and enhance the overall efficiency of the firm operations.
• Leadership and Collaboration , conduct and lead meetings with senior stakeholders, providing insightful updates, strategic directions and recommendation for achieving financial and headcount targets. Leading a team of professional, providing mentorship, training and performance evaluations.
• Data analytics and reporting , developing and maintaining business financial and workforce models and tools, integrating data from various sources to provide insights into new business launches, revenue and cost projections. Ensuring uniformity in reporting and precision in numerical data.

Global Real Estate – Finance Business Partner - AVP

• Collaborated with global and regional COOs, Business Managers and Finance Directors (FD) & drive financial transparency across Businesses related to Direct Costs and Allocations.
• Managed the Annual Planning process for Real Estate & Client Businesses and ensure Plan Financials adhere to Business Strategy and Organizational Goals for future years.
• Prepared monthly financial packs & presentation of financials in Monthly Review meetings to Real Estate Leads and COO FDs, includes Month End close and forecasting.
• Reviewed and Signed-off on Real Estate Investment Papers related to Occupancy Transformation Projects (New Lease, Sub-lease, Floor Surrender/Mothballing).

• Assisted the onshore team with monthly closing & forecasting, spend management. Major focus on project-based cost and CapEx management.
• Managed supplier risk assessment for new suppliers onboarding and providing finance approvals for new vendors.
• Generated 3rd party spend reports and analysis for quarterly
  discussion with spend category managers. This included Strategic suppliers and tail supplier spend analysis, with focus on spend consolidation and re-categorization of spend.
• Performed cost benefit analysis for new contracts and prepare
  business case/simulations to support new supplier engagements and provide savings / cost avoidance signoffs.
• Reviewed Cash Flow reporting & related KPI's, acting as a single source of contact for all Cash Flow related queries and stakeholder management.
• Lead a team of 5 associates with functional and people management
  responsibilities.

• Managed UK Pharma business as a Finance Business Partner
  included analyzing financial reports and annual planning with
  business heads/CFO, with focus on headcount, financial risks & opportunities, expense & cost allocations.
• Prepared and discussed cost reports for business areas with business heads, with focus on headcount, saving possibilities, upcoming costs and variance to Budget / Forecast analysis.
• Prepared CapEx management files to ascertain cost to be capitalized and expensed out, also provided the necessary depreciation rates for finance accounting to process.
• Prepared Price Volume data for all UK Pharma brands and collect variance commentaries from brand heads for CFO presentation.
• Actively involved in Budget drafting and providing/submitting Cash Flow forecasts based on discussion with Finance & Accounting heads.

• Responsible for the month-on-month management of the operating budget, included reviewing and coding individual expenses/billings, variance analysis, Assisting with quarterly projections (forecast) and annual budget preparation.
• Prepared external revenue reports for DDTL group and support in strategic analysis related to revenue and service line penetration.
• Responsible for creating interactive dashboards & presentations for service line leadership. Validate quality of reports prepared by FIGR (online reporting tool).
• Training of new staff with respect to process knowledge and firm's applications and systems.