Gautami Gaikwad
Business Finance Analyst
Pune
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with a proven track record in client interaction, requirement gathering, and financial analysis. Expertise in gap analysis, spend optimization, and reporting delivers actionable insights that drive improved financial performance. Familiar with Power BI and skilled in Excel and SharePoint administration, facilitating effective data management and collaboration across teams. Committed to leveraging analytical skills to support strategic decision-making and enhance organizational success.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Assistant Manager
WNS Global Services
02.2025 - Current
- Engaged with clients to gather requirements and deliver finance transformation solutions.
- Conducted GL and process gap analysis, recommending improvements and controls.
- Delivered spend analysis and cost optimization strategies across vendors and invoices.
- Designed Power BI dashboards to enhance financial visibility and decision-making.
- Leveraged SharePoint for document management, collaboration, and project tracking.
- Managed SharePoint administration, ensuring secure access, structured workflows, and efficient information sharing.
- Performed budget vs. actual analysis, advising on performance improvement actions.
- Facilitated stakeholder communication, aligning financial insights with business strategy.
- Provided detailed insights into fund utilization, invoice analysis, and financial risks.
Senior Finance Analyst
FIS Global Solutions
04.2022 - 10.2024
- Company Overview: Worked for UBS and Clearstream Custodies
- Fully understand and manage the infrastructure that supports the payment structure tools Global Puls Trust Desk ACATS, ensuring smooth transaction flows and minimizing disruptions that could affect financial transactions.
- Oversee the monitoring of all trust desk platforms and queues across various platforms, ensuring that potential issues are detected and addressed before impacting business operations or financial statements.
- Investigate all system alerts related to Trust Desk/Gloabal Plus platforms transactions, perform root cause analysis, and take the necessary action to resolve issues promptly, ensuring minimal business impact.
- Mentored junior analysts, fostering professional development while enhancing overall team performance.
- Take ownership of the development, maintenance, and update of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), ensuring that they reflect best practices and operational guidelines to handle Swift infrastructure and transaction flows.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify areas of improvement, leading to increased operational effectiveness
- Worked on extensive research on securities to price and then pay them off as per client's needs
- Managed multiple clients over mails, for pricing and payment of their securities while maintaining the work proficiency, and deadlines
- Analyzed different FX rates and converted them to pay and maintain the payment strategy in GBP currency
- Developed customized reports, Reconciliation report of payment for different clients with specific source of funds
- Completed reconciliation of payments with multiple clients and source funds, deep analysis of recon and trade to identify the gaps in data, while rectifying the same.
- Gathered Requirements from clients for the payment of securities in timely manner.
- Optimized process management, resulting in timely deliverables and improved client satisfaction rates
- Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
Financial Analyst
BNY Mellon
06.2019 - 09.2021
- Company Overview: Client : EMEA, Project : SDM
- Developed monthly, end-of-quarter and other statistical reports for leadership team and quality improvement programs
- Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies
- Developed training materials, SOPs and work instructions to supplement new team member onboarding
- Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends and potential areas of improvement
- Streamlined financial reporting for better decision-making with clear, concise analysis and presentation
- Trained junior analysts on best practices in financial modeling, contributing to stronger overall team performance
- Facilitated smooth month-end close processes by efficiently reconciling accounts and addressing discrepancies promptly
- Client : EMEA, Project : SDM
Education
MBA - Finance
Singhad Institute of Business Administration
Pune INDIA05.2019
Skills
Financial performance evaluation
Conducting gap analysis
Effective stakeholder communication
Requirements documentation
Financial transaction oversight
Process monitoring automation
Technical documentation proficiency
Strategic business development
Proficient in advanced MS Excel
JIRA project management
Power BI data visualization
SharePoint site administration
Accomplishments
- Reduced Incident Resolution Time: Led efforts to streamline incident management processes, reducing the average time to resolution by 30%.
- Automation Initiative: Contributed to automating monitoring tasks, reducing manual errors and increasing system uptime by 20%.
- SOP Improvement: Overhauled existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), resulting in a 15% improvement in team response time during critical incidents.
- Achieved ~$1.4M cost savings through invoice discrepancy identification.
- Contributed to multi-million-dollar savings initiatives.
- Enhanced client reporting and collaboration through SharePoint and data visualization solutions.
Certification
Financial Markets: A Beginners' Module, 07/01/19
Timeline
Assistant Manager
WNS Global Services
02.2025 - Current
Senior Finance Analyst
FIS Global Solutions
04.2022 - 10.2024
Financial Analyst
BNY Mellon
06.2019 - 09.2021
MBA - Finance
Singhad Institute of Business Administration