PRARTHANA CHANGLANI

Company Overview: Annual revenue Rs. 6400 crs.

• Finance business partner for Fans division of the company - accounting for more than Rs.3500 crs. in annual revenue. Actively involved in financial analysis and reporting framework for business division with comprehensive reviews with CEO and CFO regarding evaluation of P&L and Balance Sheet along with ensuring strategic alignment and financial transparency.
• Presented business to take pricing and cost reduction decisions by preparing and highlighting category wise and channel wise gross margin. Facilitated business in commercial planning by constantly presenting optimum product mix to drive higher top & bottom line.
• Identified incorrect discount given to customer by analyzing SKU wise GM at regional and customer level which helped in recovering Rs 30 lakhs.
• Handled annual budget preparation at a granular level by collaborating with all functions of the company and presenting the results to CFO & business head.
• Led cost optimization initiative by shifting e-commerce product packaging from outsourced to in-house operations, reducing packaging cost by ₹30 per unit and achieving annual savings of Rs 18 lakhs with recurring long-term benefits.
• Handled operational excellence and cost reduction initiatives, including feasible reduction of ageing inventory, freight cost control, monitoring scheme efficacy and building cost dashboards to serve as a checkpoint for future controllership. Monitored direct cost saving initiatives categorized under the levers of commercial negotiations, alternate vendor sourcing, technical changes and make or buy decision to ensure accurate accrual of savings in P&L.
• Prepared robust business cases for acquisition of capital assets considering cannibalisation, product life cycle, product laddering, soundness of value proposition and payback period.
• SPOC for statutory and tax audit with complete responsibility for query resolution and clean reporting.
• Contributed to credit control and channel financing activities during my preliminary stint in Sales Finance.

Company Overview: Network firm of KPMG

• Worked extensively in statutory and tax audits, group reporting, business process understanding and certifications required under various statutes.
• Exposure in auditing clients across various industries- IT, chemical trading, service providing, manufacturing and fast-food corporation.
• Core member of a 12-people team for statutory as well as group reporting of a ~150,000 MINR IT giant (unlisted public company).
• Led a 3-member team for statutory audit of a chemical trading and service providing company in the third year of articleship.
• Audited internal controls relevant to financial reporting, detected control deficiencies and suggested corrective actions.
• Network firm of KPMG