Nishant Nair
Mumbai,Maharashtra
Summary
An enthusiastic and high-energy professional with 5 years of work experience in Finance Transformation, Project Management, Corporate Finance, Insurance, IT Automation and FP&A. Have worked in various projects related to Finance Transformation in the past 2 years, leveraging my knowledge of Process Reengineering and Design Thinking. Exposure to various sectors including Retail, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Banking, Logistics, Insurance and E-Commerce. Possess working knowledge of SAP ECC & S/4 HANA, Oracle Fusion and MS-D365 ERP systems.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
10
10
Certification
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Consultant - Finance Transformation
KPMG India
Mumbai
09.2022 - Current
- FP&A Transformation for India's leading renewable energy solutions provider
- Reengineered Forecasting & Annual Operating Plan processes
- Prepared P&L value driver tree, drilled down to product & customer levels, & defined 120+ KPIs for performance evaluation
- Assisted in the automation of 25+ finance MIS reports by identifying 150+ process, data modelling, & system challenges leading to manual touch-points
- End-to-end ERP Implementation project for India's leading logistics solutions provider
- Worked as Business Analyst in the implementation project of MS-D365 F&O module
- Benchmarked 10+ peers to understand best practices and identified 100+ pain points via deep dive and VoC sessions with finance, operations & digital team
- Enabled 2500 manhour reduction/month with avg. 40% efficiency gain/process [incl. steps automated, removed & hands-off simplification]
- P2P Transformation for UK's leading retail store chain
- Worked as Product Manager for implementation of Oracle Fusion AP module
- Delivered 15+ future state process flows and Functional specification documents
- Managed 40+ stakeholders across 14 procurement categories, business finance, digital, shared services, & MDM team
- Enabled 15 mn pound EPD benefits, 25%+ Paid on-time improvement, 3x invoice managed per FTE & 60% reduction in queries
- Finance Transformation for India's leading private Oil & Gas company
- Worked as Business Analyst and collected requirements for the establishment of Business Operating Centre for the purpose of effective control over activities
- Delivered BRD documents by incorporating industry best practices and Finance Controller's inputs
Consultant - Business Consulting
Infosys Consulting
Bangalore
05.2022 - 06.2022
Assistant Manager - General Ledger & Fixed Asset
Tata AIA Life Insurance
Mumbai
02.2017 - 09.2019
- Researched and presented a roadmap for digital transformation of an LMS solution
- Prepared & finalized month-end books closing and posting of provision entries
- Managed day-to-day reconciliation of control accounts
- Assisted in preparation of projections of P&L items for budgeting purposes
- Presented MIS reports for management review and created dashboards for analyzing operating costs on a periodic basis
Summer Intern (Investment Banking)
HSBC Strategic Transactions Group
Bangalore
04.2021 - 06.2021
- Summer Internship Project involved conducting a take-private analysis of a listed Canadian company and preparing a pitch deck recommending investment which also involved DCF valuation, Relative Valuation and IRR calculation
- Prepared buy-side and sell-side pitch-decks and company profiles for the purpose of M&A deals in US Industrials and TMT (Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications) sectors
Articled Assistant
M. N. Choksi & Co.
Mumbai
08.2011 - 09.2014
- Handled submissions of Income Tax returns, Service Tax returns, VAT returns, MCA filings and TDS returns for various clients of the CA Firm
- Conducted audits such as Statutory audits, Tax audits and VAT audits for companies in Manufacturing as well as IT Services industries
Business Analyst
Ergode IT Services Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
11.2015 - 02.2016
- Worked as a Business Analyst in the Web Operations Department
- Reviewed internal controls for payment processes of vendors and prepared reports making suggestions for correcting observed deficiencies
- Initiated and implemented projects related to automation of financial reporting process in order to meet books closing TAT
- Identified reasons for debit balance in agent payables account to the tune of Rs. 2 crores and suggested remedial measures in order to prevent similar scenario in the future which would help the company save money and prevent frauds
- Achieved 4x reduction in the time taken for release of payments due to reduction in manual calculations required in excel
Education
Master of Business Administration -
06.2020 - 04.2022
Chartered Accountant -
06.2010 - 07.2015
Bachelor of Commerce -
06.2010 - 05.2013
Skills
- Financial Reporting & MIS Reports
- Financial Statement Analysis
- General Ledger / Reconciliation
- Cash Flow Mgmt & Modeling
- Generative AI & Machine Learning
- RPA Tools - UiPath
- Financial Accounting Software - SAP ECC 60 / Oracle Fusion/ MS-D365 F&O
- Data Analysis Tools - Alteryx / PowerQuery
- Process Mining - Celonis
- Industry Databases - Bloomberg / Factset / Refinitiv / ProwessIQ
- Data Visualization Tools - Tableau / PowerBI
- Creative Design Tools - Canva / Figma
- Statistical Computing Tools - R Programming / STATA / EViews / IBM SPSS
- Microsoft Office
- Process Flowcharts - Microsoft Visio / ARIS
- Project Management - Jira / Confluence / Miro
- SDLC - Waterfall / Agile / Scrum / Lean / Kanban
- Macros / VBA
- Database Management / SQL
- Software Testing
- IDP - Tungsten Automation
Certification
- CFA Level I cleared, 2015-01-01
- SAP FI module, 2016-01-01
- Bloomberg Market Concepts, 2016-01-01
- Oracle Cloud Associate, 2016-01-01
- Equity Research & Financial Modeling, 2016-01-01
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Marathi
Elementary (A2)
Malayalam
Elementary (A2)
Personal Information
Title: Senior Consultant
Awards
- Certificate of Recognition from Tata AIA Life Insurance, 2018-09-01
- Rising Star Award from Tata AIA Life Insurance, 2017-03-01
- National Semi-Finalist in Reliance T.U.P. 7.0 innovation contest, 2015-01-01
- National Finalist in TVS Credit E.P.I.C. Finance Challenge, 2015-01-01
- National Winner in Chanakya Neeti Public Policy Case Competition, 2015-01-01
- National Winner in Most Employable CA Challenge, 2015-01-01
- Campus Winner in CFA Research Challenge, 2015-01-01
Hobbies and Interests
- Travelling
- Books
- Chess
- Badminton
Timeline
Senior Consultant - Finance Transformation - KPMG India
09.2022 - Current
Consultant - Business Consulting - Infosys Consulting
05.2022 - 06.2022
Summer Intern (Investment Banking) - HSBC Strategic Transactions Group
04.2021 - 06.2021
SIBM Pune - Master of Business Administration,
06.2020 - 04.2022
Assistant Manager - General Ledger & Fixed Asset - Tata AIA Life Insurance
02.2017 - 09.2019
Business Analyst - Ergode IT Services Pvt Ltd
11.2015 - 02.2016
Articled Assistant - M. N. Choksi & Co.
08.2011 - 09.2014
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India - Chartered Accountant,
06.2010 - 07.2015
Mumbai University - Bachelor of Commerce,
06.2010 - 05.2013
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