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Nishant Nair

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 -

SIBM Pune, Pune
06.2020 - 04.2022

Chartered Accountant -

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Mumbai
06.2010 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Commerce -

Mumbai University, Mumbai
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

Websites

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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