Parul Singh
Pune
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at Capgemini Tech Services, excelling in budgeting and financial forecasting. Proven track record in risk analysis and stakeholder engagement, leading a team to manage a EUR 120+ million portfolio. Recognized for delivering impactful financial insights and fostering collaboration across diverse teams.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager – Finance Controlling/FPNA
Capgemini Tech Services India Ltd
Pune
06.2020 - Current
- Partnering with all business stakeholders- Connecting with all business stakeholders such as Project managers, account executives, sales managers respective CFO’s from the respective countries, in order to deliver the Financial outputs month on month and make sure financial numbers are aligned as per business requirements
- Project controlling- Closely working with Delivery heads/operations, Project managers and PMO team to understand the current status of the projects, deep diving into project details to identify if any major risks which can impact financially, and bringing it to management’s attention
- Budgeting- Initiating and preparing upcoming FY budget and submitting to group of management
- Sales Bookings- Approving new opportunities and making sure they are aligned and meeting the Financial KPI’s
- Forecasting- Preparing/consolidating monthly FY forecast focusing on Cash, Revenue, Cost, GOP, sales bookings and FX exposure
- Actuals closing- During month end cycle monitoring the actual Revenue, cost and GOP to make sure actuals are captured accurately, by identifying revenue leakages, missing cost, and making sure respective accruals are in place to close the accurate monthly P&L
- Actual Vs
- Forecast analysis- Analyzing actual revenue, cost and GOP with forecast numbers to identify the reasons of the differences and preparing the explanation to be submitted to business management
- Monthly Financial performance Deck- Preparing monthly deck covering FY forecast, actuals and difference driven from last month closing, making commentary covering all the financial changes driven from finance as well as business changes
- HFM report prep.- Consolidating and preparing HFM upload files of the FY forecast, and post HFM upload making sure HFM output forecast is reconciled with working forecast data
- Risk and opportunities analysis- Identifying all the risks from forecast, also identifying all the opportunities which can mitigate the risk and make sure forecast is achieved at its most accurate numbers
- DSO analysis- Monitoring weekly AR report to check the invoices aging status, following up with PM’s and collection team to push for the collections within time to maintain the expected DSO at all client’s level
- Ad-Hoc analysis & reporting- Performing all ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting as per business requirements
- Project review reporting- Preparing Project report which provides detailed information at all client level, focusing on all delivery units (offshore, Onshore, Own resources, and external contractors) with PROR, COR, ADRC & total FTE’s
- Monitoring and analyzing GOP of each delivery unit and coordinate with business/account executives for major differences
- Orderbook Recons- Monitoring and making sure team is maintaining monthly order books, reconciling sold bookings with actual revenue recognized and true-ups of THOR bookings are done on quarterly basis
- Monitoring client contracts- Understanding the contracts from financial point of view and making sure, month on month the revenue, and GOP is aligned as per pricing module which was signed and agreed at the time of the contract by solutioning team and business heads
- Currently managing a team of 9 people handling annual portfolio of EUR 120+mn for Nordics
- Working closely with NCE CFO and regional CFOs on monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual reporting and review
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Tech Services India Ltd.
Pune
04.2017 - 05.2020
- Oversee/prepare monthly financial forecast and variance analysis and provide detailed commentaries on deviations (favourable/unfavourable)
- Monthly closing of financial books on account level, including accrual postings, cost deferral, revenue recognition and postings
- Track monthly WIP/BIA and ensure corrective measures to clear the balances if any, ensure monthly invoicing as per the contracts
- Review AR report fortnightly and perform aging analysis for follow-ups on the overdue invoices
- Responsible for financial Reporting such as budgeting, forecasting, trend Analysis of various components of revenue & cost, revenue sharing agreements etc
- Preparing risk map to mitigate risks on the existing forecast and to highlight the potential growth in the existing portfolio
- Preparing & analysing annual budget, waterfall & commentaries
- Analysis of contribution margin in alignment with the agreed contracts and modelling tools
- Project code/GL code setups- Monitoring project ID/GL code set-ups to make sure correct cost centers, project types and other financial credentials are used correctly
- Presenting financial summary to delivery and senior management on monthly financial reviews, economic reviews and annual budget reviews
Team Lead – Treasury Cash Management
Vodafone India Services Pvt Ltd.
Pune
10.2013 - 03.2015
- Managed a team of 14 Treasury analysts while ensuring daily treasury functions were completed within deadline
- Daily/ 90 day forecast cash forecast, Daily/Month Bank reconciliations and In House Cash loan management
- Monitoring the ZBA’s and cash concentration activities as per Vodafone Group Treasury Policy
- Managing bank mandates & OAS for Vodafone entities, ensuring they are up to date and compliant as per SOX requirement
- Managing relationship with Vodafone Banking Partners, Deutsche, Citi & HSBC
- Managing and maintaining issue logs, ensuring partner’s complaints are logged immediately and ensuring RCA is done on logged complaints
- Ensuring BAU is achieved within the applicable target for any migration and maintaining and improving partner survey scores
- Preparing KPI reports other management reports for BE and leadership team
- Driving standardization and best practice sharing across different entities
- Conducting brain storming/deep dive sessions once every 6 months to come up with ideas to improve process & implement those ideas with the BE team
- Received “Vodafone Way Global Hero Award” for New Zealand and Qatar migration
- Two quarterly awards and one team award for customer obsession
- Consistently rated as E (excellent performer) 3 years in a row in Vodafone tenure
Subject Matter Expert – Treasury & Banking
AXA Business services
Pune
01.2008 - 12.2010
- Performing treasury daily forecast & pooling of bank balances
- Processing bank charges, payments & receipts in SAP General Ledger & Purchase Ledger and preparing reconciliation of bank accounts
- Preparing the monthly cash flow report for forecasting & budgeting team
- Preparing management reports for e.g
- KPI report, MRM pack, Health Check etc monthly
- Imparting training to new joiners in the team, preparing their training plan & monitoring their performance
- ISO Quality Coordinator for the team, completed a DMO project on process management
- Received “Best Performer Award” three times in Quarterly R & R
Education
Master of Finance & Control -
Banaras Hindu University
VaranasiB.A. (Hons.) - Economics
Banaras Hindu University
VaranasiSkills
- Financial forecasting
- Budget preparation
- Project controlling
- Risk analysis
- Variance analysis
- Team management
- Cash flow management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Revenue recognition
- KPI reporting
- Effective communication
- Performance management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Staff training
Certification
NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM) includes the following modules: AMFI Advisory Module, Capital Market Dealer Module, Capital Market Derivative Module, and NSDL-Depository Operations Module
Accomplishments
Received the “Vodafone Way Global Hero Award” for New Zealand and Qatar migration
National scholarship for the marks secured in graduation.
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Nepali
Timeline
Manager – Finance Controlling/FPNA
Capgemini Tech Services India Ltd
06.2020 - Current
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Tech Services India Ltd.
04.2017 - 05.2020
Team Lead – Treasury Cash Management
Vodafone India Services Pvt Ltd.
10.2013 - 03.2015
Subject Matter Expert – Treasury & Banking
AXA Business services
01.2008 - 12.2010
Master of Finance & Control -
Banaras Hindu University
B.A. (Hons.) - Economics
Banaras Hindu University