CMA NITESH SHARMA
Sr. Manager | Business Finance
Gurgaon,,DL
Summary
Senior management professional, bringing strategic leadership and operational excellence to drive organizational success. Skilled in project management, team collaboration, and process optimization with keen focus on achieving results. Adept at navigating complex challenges, fostering culture of accountability, and adapting to evolving business needs. Known for strong decision-making, effective communication, and building high-performing teams.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Manager | Strategic Finance
Xceedance Consulting
10.2025 - Current
Manager | Strategic Finance
Xceedance Consulting
01.2023 - 09.2025
- Collaborate with business units to understand their financial needs and objectives.
- Analyze financial data, performance metrics, and market trends to provide valuable insights and recommendations.
- Prepare and present financial reports, including budget variances and forecasts, to assist in decision-making.
- Work closely with department heads and managers to align financial strategies with the overall organizational goals.
- Provide financial input into strategic plans, helping identify opportunities for growth and cost optimization.
- Assist in the budgeting process by helping departments set realistic financial targets and priorities.
- Identify financial risks and work with business units to develop mitigation strategies.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and reporting standards.
- Support internal and external audits and address financial compliance issues.
- Serve as a financial advisor and advocate, fostering strong working relationships with business unit leaders.
- Act as a liaison between the finance department and business units, facilitating effective communication.
- Orchestrated successful merger and acquisition transactions that resulted in market expansion and increased profitability for both parties involved.
- Assisted in merger and acquisition activities by conducting due diligence investigations into target companies'' finances.
Assistant Manager, Business Finance
Zomato Limited
04.2021 - 01.2023
- Demonstrates expertise in financial analysis across a multitude of business operations, recommending efficiencies and savings or calling out risks or opportunities.
- Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Company’s business.
- Support monthly P&L review process by recapping actual results versus plan, preparing monthly variance reports for business owners and analyzing key performance drivers. Present findings to management that focus on month-on-month changes and key operating metrics and drivers.
- Responsible for developing budgets for group companies and computing variance against budgets.
- Routinely communicate business unit and company consolidated financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics. Suggest trends, resulting implications, key actions, and strategic implications. Coordinate the capital spending review process for the company.
- Develops and executes financial planning processes for assigned operations, divisions, or departments.
- Monitors P&L during monthly financial close.
- Provide input for business decisions by producing detailed financial models and P&Ls incorporating assumptions, expectations and known risks.
- Prepare presentations and other supporting materials.
Senior Accountant, Business Finance
OLX Group
06.2017 - 03.2021
- Financial Planning & Forecasting: Lead and manage annual budgeting, quarterly/monthly forecasting, and long-term strategic planning processes.
- Analysis & Insights: Conduct thorough variance analysis (actuals vs. plan/forecast) of revenue, cost of sales (CoS), gross margin, and SG&A expenses, providing actionable recommendations to improve performance.
- Business Partnering: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, service, and supply chain, to provide financial alignment, monitor market share, and ensure consistent information flow.
- Reporting & Dashboards: Oversee the creation and management of standard and ad-hoc management reports (MIS) and dashboards for senior leadership using BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
- Financial Modeling: Develop and maintain complex financial models to support strategic initiatives, evaluate new business opportunities (e.g., new product launch, CAPEX investments, ROI calculations), and perform scenario analysis.
- Cost Optimization: Drive initiatives to identify inefficiencies, optimize costs, and manage working capital and inventory in collaboration with operations teams.
Finance Officer, Account Receivables
Magicbricks Realty Services Limited
09.2015 - 06.2017
Associate
Aon Hewitt
08.2013 - 04.2015
Education
CMA - Finance
Institute of Management Accountant
United States01.2022
MBA - Finance
Annamalai University
Tamil Nadu01.2019
Bachelor of commerce - Finance
Delhi University
New Delhi, India08.2012
Skills
Reporting
Certification
CMA, Institute of Management Accountant - United States, 02/2022, 76%
Timeline
Sr. Manager | Strategic Finance
Xceedance Consulting
10.2025 - Current
Manager | Strategic Finance
Xceedance Consulting
01.2023 - 09.2025
Assistant Manager, Business Finance
Zomato Limited
04.2021 - 01.2023
Senior Accountant, Business Finance
OLX Group
06.2017 - 03.2021
Finance Officer, Account Receivables
Magicbricks Realty Services Limited
09.2015 - 06.2017
Associate
Aon Hewitt
08.2013 - 04.2015
MBA - Finance
Annamalai University
CMA - Finance
Institute of Management Accountant
Bachelor of commerce - Finance
Delhi University