Radha Ramachandran

• Business Controller for Netherlands, UK and Nordics regions for Insights and Data Practice.
• Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale
• Created business plans and workshops to drive successful business along with the business stakeholder with the following key objectives:

1.Identified cost improvement changes and cost savings plans to increase company savings

2 Executed appropriate staffing and budgetary plans to align with business forecasts.

3.Recommendation of strategies to maximize revenue

4.Developed staffing matrix to maintain and improve pyramid balance and average remuneration cost per grade.

• Successfully managed budgets and discussed strategy to achieve the targeted productivity and profitability.
• Developed detailed plans based on broad guidance
• Leveraged data and analytics to make informed decisions and drive business improvements
• Maintained positive stakeholder relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
• Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
• Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
• Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
• Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
• Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost morale and promote employee retention.

• Trained new analysts on corporate policies and procedures and implemented mentoring program, reducing onboarding time.
• Collaborated to develop and maintain targeted profit plans to sustain growth.
• Developed presentations and reports to inform and educate stakeholders and financial teams on growth possibilities.
• Provided strategic planning advice and financial oversight for corporate stakeholders.
• Tackled both annual and quarterly budget management tasks and developed financial models from benchmarking.
• Conducted detailed financial analysis to identify and evaluate changes in operations, trends and potential areas of improvement.
• Developed and implemented financial models for pricing of new deals.
• Driving the Pricing for RFP's and Sole source opportunities of Cognizant UK region
• Provide rate cards for different outsourcing and consulting opportunities for UK region
• Prepare costing analysis to ensure consistency with deal shape. Analyze relevant cost drivers for fixed/variable cost profiles
• Analyzing the solutions with respect to the offshore/onsite mix of resources and providing the different cost impacts
• Identifying and recommending changes in rate card, at account level to improve margin.

• Responsible for MIS to senior management on Business Development and Profitability
• Closely monitoring the overheads and preparation of Overhead Progress report
• Responsible for end-to-end project control and costing analysis
• Mapping of planned and budgeted costs in SAP
• Variance Analysis Reporting and Profitability Review report preparation
• Receivables & Payables Management – Ageing analysis, Customer follow up, GR etc.
• Monitoring Open Vendor advances and making provisions for un – booked invoices