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Divya Mahindrakar

Business Process Lead
Bangalore

Summary

FP&A professional with 9+ years’experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling. Skilled in CapEx & OpEx planning, Revenue & cost optimization and executive reporting. Expert in Excel, SQL, PowerBI, Tableau, Power Point and SAP S4/HANA. Adept at delivering insights and automating processes to drive profitability and strategic growth.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

TATA Consultancy Services Ltd:

Business Process Analyst - FP&A
03.2023 - Current

Delivered 98% accurate Actuals vs Budget variance analysis across all MBU cost centers.
• Analyzed Global, Non-Labor & Support cost trends, driving 6% YoY cost reduction.
• Prepared O&R plans based on current trends; improved forecasting accuracy by 12%.
• Led annual budget planning for 5 MBUs totaling $250M+ in operational spend.
• Optimized supplier payment terms, improving cash flow by 8% through term rationalization.
• Built working capital dashboards, reducing DSO by 5 days via payment analytics.
• Computed Net Weighted Avg. Payment Days (NWAPD) to enhance working capital efficiency.
• Automated SOX Cash Advance reports ensuring 100% compliance with audit controls.
• Performed Actuals vs Forecast cash advance analysis; reduced deviations by 15%.
• Owned monthly & quarterly forecasting, achieving >95% forecast accuracy.
• Managed process transitions & query resolution, achieving zero SLA breaches.

Accenture Global Solutions Pvt Ltd

Process Analyst - FP&A
01.2016 - 03.2023

Led cost analysis reports across 6 global regions driving 12% improvement in accuracy.
• Partnered with delivery teams ensuring 100% smooth cost-to-billing alignment process.
• Drove Actual vs Forecast variance analysis improving budget accuracy by 15%.
• Controlled supplier forecasting & actuals reducing cost variance by 9% QoQ.
• Delivered A vs F analysis at project level improving forecast transparency by 18%.

• Key BSAR reviewer ensuring 100% accuracy on reconciliations of critical accounts.
• Prepared TR & TP reconciliations for 15+ major global entities monthly.

Hewlett Packard (HP) Pvt Ltd

Finance Associate
10.2014 - 02.2015

Ø Creating Desktop Procedures (DTP) for general ledger accounts.

Ø Balancing the GL accounts based on the sub-ledger report

Ø Identifying the variances causing variance in Sub-ledger and GL

Ø Updating variances in Blackline reconciliation tool & continuous follow up with LOB to get the open items cleared.

Education

 Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) - Accounting And Finance

Bangalore University
Bengaluru
04.2001 -

 Diploma (Commercial Practice English) -

Karnataka Technical Board of Education
Bengaluru
04.2001 -

Skills

Business Partnering & SQL Power BI, Tableau , Python SAP S/4HANA & Excel

Certification

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES Financial Analysis and Modelling - CFI Corporate Finance Foundations - CFI Excel for Financial Planning & Analysis ( FP&A ) - NASBA SQL for Finance Professionals - NASBA Power BI for Finance - Linkedln Tableau 2024.1: Essential Training - Linkedln Excel & PowerPoint : Creating High-Impact Financial Presentations - NASBA Copilot in Excel : AI - Powered Financial Planning and Analysis - LinkedIn

Timeline

TATA Consultancy Services Ltd:

Business Process Analyst - FP&A
03.2023 - Current

Accenture Global Solutions Pvt Ltd

Process Analyst - FP&A
01.2016 - 03.2023

Hewlett Packard (HP) Pvt Ltd

Finance Associate
10.2014 - 02.2015

 Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) - Accounting And Finance

Bangalore University
04.2001 -

 Diploma (Commercial Practice English) -

Karnataka Technical Board of Education
04.2001 -
Divya MahindrakarBusiness Process Lead