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Education
Skills
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Gurupal Singh

Gurupal Singh

Finance Manager
Hyderabad

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with over 14 years of experience in providing comprehensive analytical support and generating insightful financial reports. Expertise in leveraging advanced financial and analytical tools to report variances and facilitate informed decision-making. Recognized for keen attention to detail and commitment to continuous professional development, consistently approaching challenges with a proactive mindset. Equipped with an MBA in Finance and a Bachelor’s in Commerce, complemented by strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills that foster collaboration and drive impactful results.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Finance Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

PepsiCo Global Services
01.2020 - Current
  • Prepare FP&A management reports for business units and senior management.
  • Perform actuals with forecast, AOP, and prior year results, along with comments for variance.
  • Preparation of Multiple forecast versions during AOP
  • Analyze and highlight key variances, and provide commentary.
  • Prepare flash reports on work day 1, and share them with leaders along with commentary.
  • Prepare PowerPoint presentations for the budget, communicate business results, insights, and projection reviews.
  • Lead the team that works on different lines of P&L, gives continuous feedback, and closes year-end activities.
  • Prepare Cause of Change (COC) reports related to NOPBT, and provide commentary.
  • Prepare ad-hoc analysis, along with what-if scenarios.
  • Work with large amounts of data: facts, figures, and number-crunching. Ability to see through the data and analyze it.
  • Work with multiple stakeholders (Finance Managers, leadership team, demand planners, supply chain, and sales team) to finalize sales.
  • Improved financial forecasting accuracy, utilizing advanced analytical models.

Team Leader, Financial Planning and Analysis

Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2018 - 01.2020
  • Perform monthly P&L analysis and financial forecasts
  • Variance analysis on financials like Revenue, Cost and Profitability.
  • Compare actuals with forecast and previous month/quarter/year results and provide comments for Variance.
  • Coordinate monthly reporting responsibilities, such as T&E expense reporting, headcount reporting, etc.
  • Suggest area’s where cost can be reduced and in turn help to increase the profits.
  • Helping Management in Decision making.
  • Prepare monthly deck which includes financial results, revenue, cost and customer profit with waterfall and headcount analysis

Senior Financial Analyst, Investor Reporting

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC
11.2011 - 05.2018
  • To perform in depth research on deviations to forecast and plan with respect to Profit and loss statement.
  • Calculating Capital expenditure, Real estate Taxes, Insurance, Management fees, finally Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) which assesses the performance of the collateral.
  • To perform budget analysis and write notes when compared with last year analysis.
  • To calculate various financial ratios like Debt Service Coverage ratio, Net Operating Income in order to analyse the property’s performance on which loan was taken whether it is able to meet its debt obligations or not.
  • To perform the root cause variance analysis comparing with prior year and underwriting to find out the major reasons effecting the performance of the property.
  • To perform research work in order to give root cause reasons if there are any huge fluctuations in the income and Expense.
  • Contact through email and do the follow up with the borrower through calls to as to know the exact reason for variance and future predictions.
  • Handling special requests and completing the set target before the due date.
  • Responsible to prepare and share financial analysis reports of securitized loan to counterparts across different departments, Trustees and Banks.

Education

Master’s in Business Management(MBA) - Finance

Guru Nanak Engineering College, JNTU
01.2011

Bachelors - Commerce

Osmania University
Hyderabad
01.2009

Skills

Forecasting

Certification

Certified in Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), Commercial Mortgage Servicer (CMS) Level I & Level II

Accomplishments

  • Instrumental in Multiple Transitions having sorted out issues proactively and making the transitions successful.
  • Received Multiple Reward and Recognition for excellence.
  • Won best automation project in 2022.
  • Acknowledgement/Smiles from Counterparts for taking the initiatives.
  • Handled critical tasks such as liquidation and investor remittances with 100% accuracy.
  • Superior rating in year-end appraisals.
  • Proclaimed as quick learner in the team and assigned with critical tasks.

Extramural Engagements

  • Table Tennis and Listening Music
  • Actively organizing and participating in community programs, company committees i.e., WOLIBA (Work Life Balance), ERT (Emergency Rescue Team) and OHS Survey

Timeline

Finance Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

PepsiCo Global Services
01.2020 - Current

Team Leader, Financial Planning and Analysis

Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2018 - 01.2020

Senior Financial Analyst, Investor Reporting

Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC
11.2011 - 05.2018

Master’s in Business Management(MBA) - Finance

Guru Nanak Engineering College, JNTU

Bachelors - Commerce

Osmania University

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