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Raja Shekhar Selvam

Hyderabad

Summary

With over 18 years of experience in Finance/Accounts, I am an accomplished financial reporting manager with 7+ years in budgeting, forecasting, and Opex P&L preparation. I excel in timely reporting, financial process oversight, consolidation, variance analysis, and reconciliation. With strong leadership and problem-solving skills, I effectively guide teams to meet deadlines and achieve goals. I also completed the Green Belt Project Certification - FP&A T&E Project at Genpact India.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Financial Analyst/Manager - FP&A

PayPal India
Hyderabad
07.2021 - Current
  • Lead Global Marketing Business Unit budget management, encompassing budget planning, execution, and OPEX monitoring
  • Prepare comprehensive financial reports, including variance analysis, Marketing P&L statements, and management reports for senior management and stakeholder
  • Analyze monthly Opex P&L to understand financial drivers, monitor vendor contracts, and ensure invoice accuracy before approval
  • Identify risks and opportunities, providing recommendations to drive business results and achieve financial goals
  • Oversee Finance & Business Operations Cadence Management, including PO Management, Forecast, and Close processes for the Global Marketing BU
  • Manage the financial reporting process, including coordination with other departments and teams to gather necessary information and input
  • Develop storylines and create advanced data visualizations/dashboards using Tableau for actionable insights
  • Create and approve Purchase orders by using PayPal catalogues in SRM/Ariba portal
  • Provide all the necessary reports (PO report, PO approved report, PO approval pending report, PO Invoices report) to the stakeholders
  • Train and mentor team members on financial reporting best practices and procedures.

Manager PO Management, Reporting & Finance Support

Genpact India
Hyderabad
05.2016 - 06.2021
  • Manage support for PO Management and Finance functions, driving continuous improvement
  • Analyze the Vendor Spend Report in BW (AAE) to identify POs with zero balances and work closely with Business counterparts
  • Manage the Marketing BOT (Business Ops Tracker) tracker, ensuring the Marketing forecast spends are updated and reconciled to match the Finance system
  • Manage SOW (Statement of Work) and SLA (Service Level Agreement) for the FP&A process
  • Manage and execute all Master Data Financial requests linked to Master Data Management (MDM) application
  • Lead a team of 10 Assistant Managers in FP&A, ensuring smooth process operations
  • Handle monthly review calls with the respective Business Units' Financial Analysts.

Assistant Manager (General Ledger – R2R)

Genpact India
Hyderabad
10.2011 - 05.2016
  • Accruals/Spend: Track and reconcile Spend vs Budget vs Actuals by VP hierarchy
  • Work with business partners to obtain Spend numbers every month and reconcile them with the actual invoices posted
  • Budget/Forecast: Work with business partners to obtain Budget/Forecast numbers and submit them in the SAP BPC module
  • Reporting/Analysis: After the Accruals and Forecast cycle is closed for the month, perform the reporting and analysis activities
  • Send the Monthly Spend report and analysis files segmented-wise to business partners for their review
  • Variance Analysis Conduct Variance Analysis between Actuals vs Forecast vs Budget after the cycle is closed and send the results to business partners for their review
  • Preparing Headcount report, Prepare Headcount report, Attrition report, Aged Accruals report, T&E report, and M Decks report on a Monthly/Weekly basis
  • Standardization: Work on standardizing many financial reports in BW (AAE) and BPC

Team Leader/Senior Accounting Specialist

E. I. DuPont
Hyderabad
07.2008 - 10.2011
  • Handle the tasks of preparing and publishing the Intercompany Dashboard monthly
  • Manage the Global Invoice Matching Report for accounts receivables and payables
  • Responsible for preparing the Bank Reconciliation Report and reporting it to the Accounts Payables Head monthly
  • Handle the publishing of the Accounts Reconciliations Self-Assessment Report (Europe Process)
  • Manage the total US Bank reconciliation activity
  • Lead a team of 8 members in Europe for Intercompany Reconciliations.

Senior Executive

Vijai Electricals Ltd.
Hyderabad
04.2007 - 07.2008
  • Supervise a team of 2 in clients' billing accounts/reconciliations
  • Handle total billing and reconciliation activities for the organization through the BAAN Ln package
  • Process sales orders and clients' invoices and follow up for payments
  • Handle and verify accounts receivables and payables reconciliation statements
  • Handle and verify financial inventory reconciliation activities monthly
  • Take care of Purchases vs Client's billing reconciliations
  • Report to the DGM – Materials & Stores and Vice President – Projects.

Accounts Executive

Paramount Health Services Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
05.2003 - 08.2006
  • Handle branch petty cash expenses
  • Prepare branch Bank Reconciliation Statements (BRS)
  • Maintain proper records of filed bank statements, reports, and other supporting documentation for the branch
  • Manage internal and external mail functions
  • Serve as the single point of contact for all operational issues within the team.

Education

MBA - Finance

National Institute of Business Management
Chennai
01-2009

Bachelor of Arts - Commerce

Bhavan's Vivekananda College
Hyderabad
04-2000

Skills

  • Budgeting and financial management
  • Forecasting Accuracy
  • Financial Reporting Capabilities
  • Variance Analysis
  • Data analysis skills
  • Team leadership skills

Accomplishments

1. Created T&E OPEX Dashboard in Tableau for Global Marketing Business Unit at PayPal.
2. Achieved many silver and customer awards for good work. Chosen for a customer award in April 2014.
3. Completed and graduated successfully from S.E.A.L training (Genpact India internal training).
4. Proficiently managed the transitions of various FP&A finance processes and attained the Customer Favorite Award for the transition of FA's Financial Systems MDM (Master Data Management) and SAP BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation) & SAP BHP (Business Warehouse) at Genpact.
5. Felicitated with the Best Team Award at Genpact. Rewarded by eBay customer with INR 300,000 (USD 5,000) for contributions to the FP&A Transformation and MDM Project.
6. Achieved the Certification of Green Belt (T&E Project) at Genpact, with a P&L impact of USD 235K.

Timeline

Senior Financial Analyst/Manager - FP&A

PayPal India
07.2021 - Current

Manager PO Management, Reporting & Finance Support

Genpact India
05.2016 - 06.2021

Assistant Manager (General Ledger – R2R)

Genpact India
10.2011 - 05.2016

Team Leader/Senior Accounting Specialist

E. I. DuPont
07.2008 - 10.2011

Senior Executive

Vijai Electricals Ltd.
04.2007 - 07.2008

Accounts Executive

Paramount Health Services Pvt Ltd
05.2003 - 08.2006

MBA - Finance

National Institute of Business Management

Bachelor of Arts - Commerce

Bhavan's Vivekananda College

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