Manisha Agrawal
Business Finance Partner
Bengaluru
Summary
Manager, Business Finance partners with Sales and Delivery to shape budgeting, forecasting, and performance management decisions. Leads revenue and profitability analysis, customer- and resource-level reviews, and monthly business reporting that turns forecast gaps into clear actions. Improves MIS dashboards and validates month-end results to keep leadership reporting reliable and decision-ready.
Overview
2
2
Languages
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Finance Partner
Apexon (A Goldman Sachs Company)
05.2022 - Current
- Act as Finance Business Partner to Sales and Delivery stakeholders, supporting budgeting, forecasting, performance management and business decision-making.
- Owned and supported recurring revenue and financial forecasting by gathering business inputs, challenging assumptions, reviewing outputs, and providing forward-looking commentary on key drivers.
- Partner with Sales and Delivery teams to understand actual performance versus forecast, investigate revenue and profitability variances, and translate business movements into clear management insights.
- Lead monthly business review reporting, providing business leaders with financial performance, budget status, profitability insights and actions required to address gaps.
- Perform customer- and resource-level analysis to identify performance trends, risks and opportunities and support decisions affecting business and profitability.
- Led monthly business review reporting, delivering financial performance, budget status, profitability insights, and actionable recommendations to address performance gaps.
- Respond to business and Finance queries on reported results, validate data with accounting/finance teams and support reliable month-end reporting and management information.
- Improved MIS reporting structures and dashboards to enhance visibility of business performance, ensuring consistency and decision-usefulness.
Assistant Manager, Business Finance
Robert Bosch
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Supported business finance, budgeting, and CAPEX planning, evaluating investment proposals and aligning with business requirements.
- Contributed to budget tool implementation, recognized with Ignite 2.0 Award for excellence in budgeting.
- Prepared financial and management analysis to identify performance gaps, informing business reviews and enabling corrective actions.
Assistant Manager, FP&A
Quest Global Ltd
05.2017 - 03.2021
- Forecast revenue and expenses using historical performance and market trends, achieving forecast deviation of less than 5%.
- Performed recurring forecast-versus-actual reviews, identified root causes of variances and refreshed outlooks to improve forecast accuracy.
- Developed KPIs and recurring reporting to track financial performance against budget and forecast targets.
- Created financial bridges and detailed variance analysis to clarify performance movements and recommend corrective actions to management.
- Prepared CXO reports and executive management reporting packs, highlighting key financial and operational performance indicators, risks, trends and business insights.
- Developed management financial reports and presentations that delivered critical insights for leadership while facilitating book-closure activities.
- Prepared and analyzed MIS P&L, including SGA analysis, key cost drivers, variance analysis and performance versus budget/forecast.
- Conducted SGA analysis to identify cost trends, major variances and opportunities for cost optimization, providing actionable insights to management.
- Received FLM Award FY19 for contribution to Book Closure; On the Fly Awards in Q3 FY19 and Q4 FY20 for performance; achieved double promotion in a short timeframe.
- Compiled CXO reports and executive management reporting packs, emphasizing key financial and operational performance indicators, risks, trends, and actionable business insights.
- Built financial bridges and detailed variance analysis to explain performance movements and provide management with corrective-action recommendations.
Audit Assistant
DSV & Company, Ranchi
06.2016 - 04.2017
- Assisted in audit and financial review activities, strengthening knowledge in accounting, controls, financial reporting, and data accuracy for statutory filings.
Education
Chartered Accountant (CA) -
ICAI
Master of Commerce - undefined
Ranchi University
Ranchi01-2016
Skills
Revenue Forecasting
Budgeting & Forecasting
Actual vs Forecast Analysis
Power BI
Advanced Excel
Variance & Bridge Analysis
Monthly Business Reviews
Profitability Analysis
Pricing Support
Senior Stakeholder Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ignite 2.0 Award for Budget Tool Implementation 2021, FLM Award FY19 for contribution to Book Closure, On the Fly Awards in Q3 FY19 and Q4 FY20 for performance, double promotion in a short timeframe
Timeline
Business Finance Partner
Apexon (A Goldman Sachs Company)
05.2022 - Current
Assistant Manager, Business Finance
Robert Bosch
04.2021 - 05.2022
Assistant Manager, FP&A
Quest Global Ltd
05.2017 - 03.2021
Audit Assistant
DSV & Company, Ranchi
06.2016 - 04.2017
Master of Commerce - undefined
Ranchi University
Chartered Accountant (CA) -
ICAI