Mahesh Nagaraja
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
Bangalore
Summary
Seasoned Associate Manager with a proven track record at Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd., adept in strategic financial planning and effective leadership. Excelled in process automation and operational efficiency, achieving a 40% improvement. Recognized for reducing employee attrition to 2% and fostering a 50% gender-diverse team. Skilled in SAP FI/CO, showcasing exceptional project management and change management capabilities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Manager
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
01.2016 - Current
- Directing a team of 35 members for a third-party client: a world top tech giant with a global presence in the FP&A domain.
- Facilitated collaborative client interactions to ensure smooth budget and forecast migrations to Anaplan.
- Managed transition process, including planning & forecasting, resource allocation, and governance.
- Overseeing financial transformation for clients, directing shared service team on SAP ERP deployment.
- Developed strategic roadmaps targeting operational improvement for global service excellence.
- Developed and documented new processes for automation and improved SLA performance.
- Implemented standards for consistent adherence to global service excellence within operations.
- Facilitated hiring and staffing processes by identifying and replicating best practices.
- Implemented quality control measures to uphold company standards.
- Streamlined transaction reporting with dashboards, achieving over a 33% reduction in human effort.
- Reduced need for 4 FTEs by automating SOW review through effective use of UI Path.
- Consistently achieved a Cost Index exceeding 50%.
- Successfully reduced employee attrition to 4% during 2022 and improved it further to attain a rate of just 2% in subsequent year.
- Facilitated multiple LeanOps workshops to assess monthly reporting procedures, resulting in savings of $145,000 for client.
- Managed Gender Diversity Advocate and achieved 50% diversity
- Enhanced operational efficiency by standardizing processes, achieving a 40% improvement.
- Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
Operations Manager
Capgemini Business Services
Bengaluru
02.2012 - 01.2016
- Led a team of 16 Analysts and 4 Senior Analysts managing the LATAM and APAC regions.
- Developed budget plans and performed variance analysis, identifying differences between projected and actual results.
- Reduced monthly forecasting deviation to 5% from a prior 20% by examining past expenditures.
- Developed and executed organization charts, workflows, job aids, and templates.
- Directed nine international transition projects for Warner Bros.
- Managed the shift of finance operations to Bengaluru.
- Managed a comprehensive 3-month project transition in Hong Kong and China.
- Traveled to Los Angeles, USA for two months on a business visa for project transition.
- Received recognition from SDL for excellence as 'Best People Manager' at Capgemini in 2015.
- Led the successful deployment of Robotics for BW and MIS Reports.
Assistant Manager
Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
12.2009 - 02.2012
- Handled monthly forecasting, annual budgeting and published reports.
- Managed MI and capital expenditure reports for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland monthly.
- Awarded 'MI Star Performer' for exceptional performance in Q1 of 2011.
- Achieved 100% go-live support within 2 months by contributing significantly to the project's success.
- Successfully led cross-country FP&A process transition within a three-month period.
Process Analyst
Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.
Bengaluru
03.2007 - 12.2009
Education
Masters - Finance (PGDM)
NIMB
B.Com. -
Bangalore University
BengaluruSkills
- Organizational Strategy
- Effective Leadership
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Budget Management
- Change Management
- Operational Efficiency
- Project Management
- Process Automation
- Process Standardization
- SAP FI/CO Proficiency
- Oracle R12 Proficiency
- Reporting Tools
- SAP BW Analysis
- SQL,HFM, EDM,EPM,Anaplan, Hyperion,Tableau
Languages
- English
- Kannada
- Telugu
- Hindi
Personal Information
Visa Status: Holding USA B1 Visa till 2025
Trainingsattended
- First Line Manager
- Art of interview
- Six Sigma green belt
- Business Communication/ Presentation
- GEM (Global Enterprise Model)
- Certified FP&A specialist from Internal FP&A Academy
Timeline
Associate Manager
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
01.2016 - Current
Operations Manager
Capgemini Business Services
02.2012 - 01.2016
Assistant Manager
Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd.
12.2009 - 02.2012
Process Analyst
Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.
03.2007 - 12.2009
Masters - Finance (PGDM)
NIMB
B.Com. -
Bangalore University
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