Preeti Laxmi
Bengaluru
Summary
MBA (Business Analytics) professional with 1.5+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A;) at Diageo. Proven ability to deliver business-critical insights through financial reporting, reconciliation, and dashboarding. Strong track record of improving reporting efficiency, enhancing data accuracy, and supporting strategic decision-making through automation and analytics.
Experienced Senior Associate with analytical and flexible approach to solving problems. Decisive leader driven to optimize processes and streamline operations for team efficiency.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Associate - FP&A
Diageo Business Services India
10.2024 - Current
- Executed end-to-end reconciliation across SAP, BW, and BPM systems, ensuring high accuracy and data integrity across financial reporting layers.
- Identified and resolved discrepancies proactively, strengthening reliability of financial outputs used for business decisions.
- Designed and developed interactive Power BI dashboards, enabling real-time performance tracking and faster decision-making.
- Built Cost Center dashboards providing granular visibility into departmental spend, supporting improved cost governance.
- Developed ADAPT reconciliation dashboard integrating invoices and commitments, eliminating Alteryx dependency and reducing processing time by 50%.
- Migrated multiple Excel-based reports to Power BI, improving reporting efficiency, scalability, and data accuracy.
- Contributed to SAP ECC to S/4HANA (Voyager) transformation, ensuring alignment of financial processes during system transition.
- Participated in UAT cycles and collaborated with cross-functional teams to support planning and reporting processes.
- Partnered with functional teams to track and resolve system defects, ensuring smooth implementation with minimal disruption.
Industrial Trainee
Hilton
Bengaluru
12.2018 - 04.2019
- Worked as a business development intern with Conrad Bengaluru, Hilton Worldwide.
- Assisted senior managers in general management.
Education
MBA - Business Analytics & Marketing
Reva University
Bachelor of Science - Hospitality Administration And Management
Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore
Bengaluru , India 04.2001 -
Kendriya Vidyalaya AFS Bidar
BidarSkills
- FP&A
- Business Intelligence
- Data Modeling
- Financial Reporting
- Data Validation
- Stakeholder Management
- SAP
- Power BI
- Power Query
- Tableau
- Advanced Excel
- Macros
- SQL
- Python
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Proficient
C2
Odia
Upper Intermediate
B2
Timeline
Senior Associate - FP&A
Diageo Business Services India
10.2024 - Current
Industrial Trainee
Hilton
12.2018 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Science - Hospitality Administration And Management
Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore
04.2001 -
MBA - Business Analytics & Marketing
Reva University
Kendriya Vidyalaya AFS Bidar