Krishnan Sundaram
Chennai
Summary
Strategic Manager in Financial Planning and Analysis known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess specialized skills in financial forecasting, budget management, and variance analysis to optimize financial performance. Excel in critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication, ensuring effective team collaboration and decision-making processes. Commitment to leveraging these abilities ensures successful financial planning strategies that support organizational goals.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis
Philips GBS LLB
Chennai
03.2022 - Current
- Driving the business by partnering with business teams through analytics.
- Developed and maintained financial models to analyze and forecast the company's financial performance.
- Preparation of AOP, planning, forecasting, and variance analysis for the organization.
- Prepared monthly, quarterly and annual reports on actual versus budget comparisons.
- Prepared presentations summarizing key findings from financial analysis projects.
- Conducted reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities.
- Drive profitability analysis and support in business performance reviews.
- Provide business insights across P&Ls, including deep-dive analysis on overheads, headcount, revenues, and costs.
Finance Manager
Metrique Solutions Pvt Ltd
Chennai
03.2021 - 03.2022
- Team management.
- Setting up the team's KRAs and tracking the team's performance on a constant basis.
- Identifying the team's training needs and ensuring their participation in necessary training programs.
- Month end closure of P&L and Balance sheet
- Reviewed and analyzed budget variances to ensure accuracy of financial information.
- Prepared financial documents such as budgets, forecasts and reports.
- Conducted variance analysis to identify discrepancies between actual and budgeted performance.
Business Analyst Manager
3i infotech Ltd
Chennai
06.2019 - 03.2021
- Analyzed business requirements and identified potential solutions.
- Developed process maps, data flow diagrams and use cases to document functional specifications.
- Facilitated workshops with stakeholders to define scope, objectives and business rules.
- Conducted interviews with key stakeholders to identify current processes and uncover opportunities for improvement.
- Created project plans and coordinated activities of cross-functional teams involved in the development of new systems or changes to existing ones.
- Participated in system design reviews, user acceptance testing and other quality assurance activities.
- Identified system integration points between various internal applications used across different departments.
- Performed cost benefit analyses for proposed projects including ROI calculations.
Deputy Finance Manager
Olam Information services pvt Ltd
Chennai
09.2017 - 06.2019
- Analyzed financial data to ensure accuracy, integrity and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Created reports to track actual performance against budget targets.
- Conducted variance analysis between actual results and budget projections.
- Identified training needs, created a comprehensive onboarding program and conducted orientation sessions for new hires.
- Monitored team performance, tracked progress towards goals, identified areas of improvement and provided feedback to employees.
- Provided guidance, coaching and mentoring to individual team members as needed to help them reach their full potential.
- Managed daily operations of the team including scheduling shifts, assigning tasks, tracking attendance and approving time off requests.
- Set objectives for teams based on organizational goals; monitored performance against targets; provided feedback and took corrective action when needed.
Senior Finance Executive
Intimate Fashions (India) Pvt Ltd
Chennai
09.2007 - 09.2017
- Lead of the Management Accounting team handling budgets, MIS reports.
- SAP Implementation FICO Lead. Global implementation project involving four SBUs, and ten plants across the globe.
- Prepared, analyzed, and interpreted monthly financial statements for management review.
- Coordinated preparation of external audit materials and external financial reporting.
- Built financial models to allocate resources, forecast cash and investment needs and make capital budgeting decisions.
- Monitored budget performance against actual results, identified discrepancies, and recommended corrective actions.
- Analyzed business processes and identified areas of cost savings or revenue enhancement.
- Collaborated with external auditors during periodic audits of company finances.
- Assessed current tax structure and recommended changes as needed to minimize liabilities.
- Managed day-to-day accounting operations including accounts payable and receivable, payroll, taxes, budgeting.
- Established internal controls to protect assets and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Reviewed monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for accuracy.
Executive Finance
IBM Daksh Business Process Services Private Limited
Bangalore
05.2006 - 09.2007
- Managed the entire cycle of Accounts Payable process from invoice entry through payment posting.
- Collaborated with other departments such as Purchasing and Receiving in resolving invoice discrepancies.
- Reviewed invoices for accuracy and completeness prior to payment processing.
Accounts Assistant
J Chandrasekaran
Chennai
11.2004 - 05.2006
- Accounting
- Statutory and Internal Audit
- Finalization of books of accounts
- Income Tax returns
Education
CMA Final - Cost And Management Accounts
CMA Final
Chennai06-2023
CA - Accounts And Finance
CA Inter (PE 2)
Chennai05-2006
BCOM - Financial Accounting
A M Jain College - University of Madras
Chennai03-2004
Skills
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Statutory and Tax Audits
- Month and year end closure
- Inventory valuation
- Product costing and SAP
- Team Management
- Team building
- Financial Planning
- Scenario analysis
- Stakeholder management
- GAAP compliance
- Balance sheet analysis
- Business intelligence tools
- Financial systems implementation
- Financial statement consolidation
- IFRS compliance
Certification
- Blue and Yellow belt certificate holder of “MOS” an inhouse lean manufacturing process specifically designed for MAS group of companies Srilanka
- Holder of certificate on “Bullet Proof Manager” (One year Program) series conducted by Crestcom International USA
- Participated in a residential training program in Chennai on “Strategy and Leadership” conducted by BMC college of Leadership Nottingham.
Timeline
Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis
Philips GBS LLB
03.2022 - Current
Finance Manager
Metrique Solutions Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - 03.2022
Business Analyst Manager
3i infotech Ltd
06.2019 - 03.2021
Deputy Finance Manager
Olam Information services pvt Ltd
09.2017 - 06.2019
Senior Finance Executive
Intimate Fashions (India) Pvt Ltd
09.2007 - 09.2017
Executive Finance
IBM Daksh Business Process Services Private Limited
05.2006 - 09.2007
Accounts Assistant
J Chandrasekaran
11.2004 - 05.2006
CMA Final - Cost And Management Accounts
CMA Final
CA - Accounts And Finance
CA Inter (PE 2)
BCOM - Financial Accounting
A M Jain College - University of Madras
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