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Pragya Jain

Mumbai

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at Accenture India Pvt Ltd, excelling in business advisory and variance analysis. Proven track record in optimizing costs and enhancing forecasting accuracy. Skilled in stakeholder engagement and proficient in SAP Finance Module, delivering impactful insights that drive strategic decision-making.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Business Mgmt. Specialist

Accenture India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
11.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview: Working as a part of NCC team managing two major market units UKIA and ICEG under EMEA market. My role involves working closely with CFO and Deputy CFO to provide business advisory and insights on payroll cost growth /s revenue, providing details on various NCC costs, forecasting and planning related activities
  • Assisting Deputy CFO, CFO’S and other finance leads in providing monthly insights on NCC related costs, Total labor cost, DNP and V&A related cost.
  • Provide logical reasoning related to variance analysis on monthly basis and compared to Plan, presenting them in a scripted way and presenting monthly PPT to the stakeholders for the same.
  • Assist in NCC Ad-hoc analysis of various NCC costs i.e (BD, MD&I, PDR and Other overheads) by preparing detailed reports to the various stakeholders including Business Ops leads to provide them timely data, insights and detailed analysis of NCC costs
  • Connecting with the Business and other stakeholders in collecting the business insights for Forecast and Planning purpose.
  • Working and helping stakeholders in understanding different tools related to cost i.e Payroll cost tool, NCC analytics tool, Productivity analysis tool, Load analytics tool, BD audit and BD analysis tool, Non chargeable procurement tool , P&PA tool during planning and forecasting.

Assistant Finance Manager

Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
03.2022 - 10.2023
  • Company Overview: A leading strategic partner to companies around the world have leveraged technology to enable business transformation, address the entire breadth of business needs, from strategy and design to managing operations. To do this, we draw on deep industry expertise and a command of the fast-evolving fields of cloud, data artificial intelligence, connectivity, software, digital engineering, and platforms.
  • Monthly revenue recognition of India Region along with closing all the entries related to Revenue in the books
  • Reporting the monthly numbers till Gross Operating profit and explaining the variance from Forecast to Actuals to the Management
  • Consolidating the entire APAC region forecast and Budget and preparing and presenting monthly forecast consolidation to the Management
  • Connecting with the Business and other stakeholders in collecting the data for Forecast and reporting Actuals. Also handling the queries and discrepancies if any
  • Preparation of various monthly MIS and PPT’s for APAC region which is used to present at Business Unit and Strategic Business Unit level
  • Monitoring monthly WIP and Advance billing if any against the Revenue recognized and taking appropriate actions wherever required
  • Analysis of the Revenue account wise for the region concerned
  • Calculating of Monthly Outstanding receivable days for the entire APAC region
  • Handling Audit queries regarding revenue recognition
  • Closely working with the Business and Project Management team in order to ease the Finance processes and extension/addition/deletion of any Project codes if any.

Manager Finance

Technicolor Inc.
Paris
05.2019 - 02.2022
  • Company Overview: Technicolor is a leading, global, Technology driven company -at the forefront of Story- telling connecting and entertaining the world . It is one of the biggest Manufacturers and distributors of DVDs and Blue ray Discs in the world and one of the largest film processors. It has set up its GBS Centre in India which aims to incorporate all the Finance related work of various Technicolor entities across the globe to be managed from India.
  • Managing entire Finance Operations of various Technicolor entities in India.
  • Publishing of monthly MIS to the Management regarding the Variance analysis, Cost plus working.
  • Responsible for cost reduction and control and maintaining the efficiency.
  • Responsible for Identifying and implementing cost optimization initiatives to deliver numbers as per Budget.
  • Coordinating with the Financial Controllership team for monthly variance analysis and preparations of monthly forecasts.
  • Managing the cash forecasts and initiating ways having a positive Cash flow.

Manager Finance and Accounts

Rotostat Service Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 05.2019
  • Company Overview: Rotostat Services is a part of Manpower Group (Fortune 500 Company Ranked 143).RSPL involved into operations and maintenance of refineries ,chemical ,petrochemical, fertilizer industries in India and overseas .
  • Involved in preparation and finalization of standalone Financial Statements including notes to accounts of Rotostat service as per UGAAP .
  • Independently responsible for preparation and finalization of Financial statements and various MIS .

Finance Executive

Coca Cola Gurgaon
07.2014 - 12.2017
  • Company Overview: Coca Cola (RPSI) – India fully owned subsidiary of The Coca Cola Company to support Bottling operations across the globe.
  • Managing of UGAAP and IGAAP books, using SAP system
  • Receivable and Revenue Management (Domestic and International)
  • Managing Tax, Statutory and Internal Audit

Education

M.B.A Finance -

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
01.2018

I.C.A.I. - IPCC

05.2010

C.A. - CPT

ICAI
06.2009

Some College (No Degree) - SSC

ISC
Kanpur

Pursuing ACCA Professional Level -

Skills

  • Business advisory and analysis
  • Financial analysis
  • Variance analysis
  • Cost management
  • Forecasting techniques
  • Data visualization
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Budgeting skills
  • Revenue recognition
  • Reporting accuracy
  • Process optimization
  • Effective communication
  • Problem solving
  • Audit compliance
  • Team collaboration
  • Business reporting
  • Analytical thinking
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Monthly Global Finance Reporting
  • Forecasting and Budgeting
  • Preparation of PPT’s and MIS
  • Preparation and Analysis of Monthly Financial Statement
  • Auditing, Taxation, and other statutory compliance
  • Accenture tools (NCC analytics tool, BD analysis tool, Payroll, Subk, Loan /Borrowing, Productivity tool and other Accenture related tools)
  • Microsoft Office
  • SAP Finance Module
  • ERP systems eg Hyperion Model, HFM , Oracle

Languages

Proficient – English, Hindi

References

  • Garima, Srivastava, India controller at AKZO Nobel Ltd, 9873245578, AKZO Nobel Ltd
  • Syamantak, Thakur, Department Head Technicolor, 9892184883, Technicolor
  • R., Sridhar, Ex .Head of Taxation Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages, 9999982959, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages
  • Ankit, Jain, Process Lead at Technicolor India Pvt Ltd, 7676137232, Technicolor India Pvt Ltd
  • Srinath, Iyengar, Senior consultant at Capgemini, 9870623931, Capgemini

Accomplishments

  • Worked closely with CFO’s to provide insights and business advisory on EMEA Market units related to payroll v/s revenue and insights on Headcount, Productivity, Chargeability, Noncontract costs
  • Monthly forecasting on Payroll cost growth by taking insights from business working closely with them to gain meaningful insights and then represent the forecast.
  • Monthly Forecast consolidation of the revenue and cost for a particular Business Unit and Strategic Business unit.
  • Accurate monthly revenue recognition for a particular region and reporting to the Management
  • Preparation of Various forms of MIS and PPT’S
  • Managing Finance operations for various entities as a GL Manager.
  • Timely closure of books and presentation of report to the Management.
  • Streamlining the process of Finance and Accounts leading to consistency of processes being across all the entities leading to better internal controls to mitigate risks
  • Timely closure of Audits with Minimal defects.

Timeline

Finance Business Mgmt. Specialist

Accenture India Pvt Ltd
11.2023 - Current

Assistant Finance Manager

Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
03.2022 - 10.2023

Manager Finance

Technicolor Inc.
05.2019 - 02.2022

Manager Finance and Accounts

Rotostat Service Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 05.2019

Finance Executive

Coca Cola Gurgaon
07.2014 - 12.2017

M.B.A Finance -

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

I.C.A.I. - IPCC

C.A. - CPT

ICAI

Some College (No Degree) - SSC

ISC

Pursuing ACCA Professional Level -

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