Reading and Philantrophy
Ramesh Kamath.
Chartered Accountant
Bangalore,Karnataka
Summary
Enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Finance professional with over 15 years work experience in team leadership in areas of financial statement review, auditing and reporting. Well-versed in producing reports and presentations and driving month- and year-end close activities. Looking for a Senior Manager role to drive operational excellence.
Overview
9
9
years of post-secondary education
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Corporate Finance Manager
VMware Software India Private Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
04.2017 - Current
- Building and developing a strong culture, supporting and driving the team members to achieve results and excel in their areas of work
- Developing deep understanding of systems and processes with improvement in overall financial reporting by streamlining processes and reporting structures
- Responsible for timely and accurate completion of monthly forecasts, flux analysis, bi-annual budget (for spending, benefits, bonus rates, merit increases by country across the entire organization)
- Produced management reports and scorecard, outlining financial data to assist management with making strategic plans and operational decisions.
- Partner with business and accounting teams to facilitate planning and predictability of results with improved forecast accuracy
- Performed spending analysis to refine run rate forecasts and develop recommendations for cost efficiency improvement
- Evaluated over 30 competitor data and statistics to develop business investment strategy and understand growth drivers
- Spearheaded the headcount reporting automation process and aided in building country wise cost per head model and Profit before tax model
Senior Engagement Manager
Moody's Analytics and Knowldege Services
Bangalore, Karnataka
05.2008 - 01.2017
- Built and managed team of 25 professionals (mix of CA, MBA and graduates) in updating and maintaining over 50 commercial lending reports for global large corporate across Finance, Insurance, Retail Industries
- Previously managed team of over 24 financial professionals in delivering financial models with valuations and key insights on performance indicators such as profitability, capital and financial ratios
- Ensure client SLAs are met and assuming overall accountability of all service delivery related matters with timely resolution of customer issues
- Ascertain efficient and effective quality control mechanism is in place
- Project management involving recruiting and resource deployment on projects, training, mentoring, monitoring performance with providing career progression assistance
- Liaising with different support functions such as sales and account management teams, IT, HR, training and development for efficient and effective delivery of services
- Identify and implement process improvements and controls
- Preparing and presenting MIS with team utilization statistics, resource utilization, productivity, costing/profitability analysis to management and clients
Education
Chartered Accountancy -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bangalore 04.1996 - 01.2002
Bachelor of Commerce -
Government of Karnataka Education
Bangalore 04.1993 - 03.1996
Skills
Process Implementation
Performance Reviews
KPI management
Budget Forecasting
Written And Interpersonal Communication
Coaching and training
Financial analysis
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with a cross functional team of 4 members in developing Weekly Global Headcount Reports in SAP BOBJ for Senior executive leadership resulting in error free publishing and savings of 8 man hours
- Partnered with Global team on Long Range Planning execution
- Instrumental in building , developing and managing a team of over 20 financial professionals (CA, MBA and graduates) to drive operational excellence and cost efficiencies
Interests
Animal welfare and nurturing of plants
Timeline
Corporate Finance Manager
VMware Software India Private Ltd
04.2017 - Current
Senior Engagement Manager
Moody's Analytics and Knowldege Services
05.2008 - 01.2017
Chartered Accountancy -
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
04.1996 - 01.2002
Bachelor of Commerce -
Government of Karnataka Education
04.1993 - 03.1996