Gaurav Gulati
Delhi
Summary
Ambitious Finance Manager offering over 14 years of experience increasing productivity through automation of processes. Confident individual with track record of accurate reporting and analysis. Highly experienced in mentoring employees, leading talented teams and making decisions promptly.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Manager
Ericsson India Private Limited
Gurgaon
07.2022 - Current
- Developed, tracked and reported on key financial metrics to support business decisions.
- Prepared annual budget forecasts and long-term projections.
- Managed the accounting team and monitored their performance against established goals.
- Reviewed cost structures to identify opportunities for cost savings.
- Assisted in the preparation of presentations to senior management regarding financial results, trends, variances.
- Identified areas where existing processes could be improved or automated in order to increase efficiency within the department.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws and regulations related to finance activities.
- Provided training sessions for staff members on topics related to finance operations.
- Advised executive leadership team on matters relating to financial planning and analysis.
- Analyzed financial statements to identify potential risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for management review.
- Created detailed budgets for each department within the organization.
Financial Analyst
Ericsson India Private Limited
Gurgaon
03.2017 - 07.2022
- Responsible for preparation of Annual Budgets, medium-term plan and forecast processes.
- Responsible for managing an IT portfolio of approx. $100Million
- Responsible to align processes with local tax compliances of the legal entity in coordination with Tax and company control team.
- Develop and monitor business performance metrics and work with key management to monitor unit financial performance, highlight trends across key performance indicators and investigate abnormalities.
- Providing insightful business reporting & analysis to support informed and effective decision making.
- Recommend changes for improvement in the current process and implementing on a regional level for better control of cost.
- Suggesting and implementing the course of action to control absorptions to the Leadership Team.
- Evaluated complex financial information from multiple sources to make sound recommendations.
Cost Center Analyst
Ericsson India Private Limited
Gurgaon
06.2014 - 03.2017
- Preparation of financial reports monthly, quarterly and yearly (pre-closure and post-closure) for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) as per IFRS standards.
- Manage the provision of a meaningful and timely first level analysis of daily results to help explain Business Unit financial performance and assist in subsequent identification of root cause and recommend solutions.
- Partner with Finance managers and Leads to conduct holistic review of accounting operations, identify opportunities for improvement and implement recommendations
- Single Point of Contact for various Business Unit Managers/HOD.
- Driving forecast process for Business Unit via Forecast tools & templates.
- Activities such as booking of invoices (PO/Non-PO), amortization, accruals preparation/validation, correction of entries via Journal Vouchers, Prepayments, etc. are duly taken care of
- Handling Time report queries related to Network, Internal order, sales order & WBS.
- Man Hour Rates are calculated for time booking compliance by taking into consideration over/under absorption
- Ensuring booking of Intercompany recharges
Process Analyst
Tech Blue Software’s
Gurgaon
11.2011 - 06.2014
- Working for different client’s dealing in UK Letting Industry.
- Handling offshore client accounting and finance for a client’s in the UK.
- Recording all the Receipt & Payment onto the system for a different client. Working on a process like Posting’s, New deal, Payouts of a Landlord, Contractor, Deposit release, Vacation, New lets, Renewals, Additional and Renewal fee, etc.
- Preparation of Daily, Weekly and Monthly reports like outstanding deposit report, Landlord on hold report, Fico reports, Landlord exception report, outstanding fee report, etc.
Equity Advisor
Religare Securities
Noida
08.2010 - 11.2011
- Equity Research & Client Handling for HNI and Retail investors.
- Doing Fundamental and Technical Research on a daily basis.
- Preparing Research reports for Retail Client on a daily basis.
- Preparing Financial models in Excel.
- Service end clients to facilitate them in getting proper Religare facilities like Advisory, Research, Trades, Fund/ Document collection etc
- To build up a relationship with given set of clients through advising/ servicing as per their investment needs & requirement.
Education
MBA - Financial Accounting
International Institute of Planning & Management
Delhi06-2010
BBA - Accounting and Finance
Satyawati College, Delhi University
Delhi03-2008
High School Diploma -
Jyoti Model
Delhi03-2005
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Business Forecasting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Mentoring and training
- Stakeholder Management
- Budget Forecasting
- Financial Management
- Performance Reviews
- Investment Analysis
- Internal Controls
- Financial Analysis
- Expense Control
- Budget Preparation
- Excellent active listening
- Superior attention to detail
Affiliations
- Reading
- Travelling
Accomplishments
Recognized as Key Contributor at Ericsson.
Recognized by Stakeholder with Spot awards / Rockstar Awards.
Selected as youngest leader to provide on the job training to different teams.
Selected as youngest member of leadership team.
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Finance Manager
Ericsson India Private Limited
07.2022 - Current
Financial Analyst
Ericsson India Private Limited
03.2017 - 07.2022
Cost Center Analyst
Ericsson India Private Limited
06.2014 - 03.2017
Process Analyst
Tech Blue Software’s
11.2011 - 06.2014
Equity Advisor
Religare Securities
08.2010 - 11.2011
MBA - Financial Accounting
International Institute of Planning & Management
BBA - Accounting and Finance
Satyawati College, Delhi University
High School Diploma -
Jyoti Model
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