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Rishika Jalhan

Hyderabad

Summary

Results-driven FP&A and Strategic Finance professional with 7 years of experience in Cloud FP&A and corporate controlling. Managed large-scale budgeting, forecasting for a $1.5B annual cloud budget. Cultivating cross-functional partnerships to deliver accurate and auditable financial insights.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Analyst - Strategic Finance

Servicenow
Hyderabad
03.2024 - Current
  • Cloud Financial Modeling & Optimization: Co-managed advanced financial models for public cloud operations with a Senior Manager; systematically restructured data to enhance logic flow, traceability and sscalability by establishing standardized dynamic links and hard coded inputs.
  • End-to-End FP&A Management: Owned the complete financial cycle for Cloud Cost of Sales (COGS), using Anaplan & ERP to execute variance analysis, investigate root causes, and drive forecast adjustments for complex cost categories (subscriptions, depreciation, public cloud).
  • Large-Scale Portfolio Ownership: Partnered in the financial management and forecast execution of a $1.5B annual cloud cost portfolio; smoothly assumed full ownership of end-to-end deliverables during a critical team transition, maintaining quality and reporting continuity for senior leadership.
  • Spearheaded bottoms-up forecasting and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) budgeting for colocation (COLO) costs, bandwidth, and web hosting; built partnerships across engineering and technical business units to capture operational realities.
  • Strategic T&E Reporting: Led Travel & Expense reporting project, establishing a data pipeline from Concur through Snowflake into Power BI; identified dynamic data mismatches and implemented a snapshotting methodology that resolved reporting gaps and successfully reconciled concur with General Ledger (GL) accounts.
  • Headcount Strategy: Managed headcount ( 4000+) and FTE forecasting models within Pigment, executing scenario planning and resource allocation analysis to align staffing with corporate growth targets.

Financial Planning & Controlling Analyst, HQ Legal Entity Controller

Hitachi Energy Ltd.
Bengaluru
03.2021 - 03.2024
  • Corporate Budgeting: Coordinated the annual budgeting process for headquarters legal entities, working directly with global function heads and controllers for bottoms up.
  • Management Reporting: Provided monthly performance updates to global leaders (CFO, HQ Entities) using Power BI dashboards to analyze actual vs. budget spend, external vendor costs, and monthly EBIT trends.
  • Dashboard Development: Worked with the Digital Team to create automated dashboards for Cost Center MIS, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Management Fees to improve data visibility.
  • SAP S4/Hana Migration: Supported the functional implementation of SAP S4/Hana by running Integration Testing (ITC) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), log defects, and helping improve the process.
  • Financial Closures: Conducted quarterly financial statement analysis for Tax, FP&A, and auditors, while ensuring day-to-day accounting accuracy through monthly accruals and KPI validation.

Advanced Associate

Ernst & Young
Bengaluru
07.2019 - 11.2020
  • Financial Assurance & Analysis: Performed income statement analysis, internal control reviews, and substantive testing for major UK Life Insurance clients during statutory and group reporting.
  • Digital Audit Tools: Participated in pilot digital audit engagements, to complete audit procedures within planned budgets and deadlines.
  • Team Support: Assisted with onboarding and training new associates on the engagement during peak busy seasons to ensure smooth workflow delivery.

Education

ACCA - Advanced Financial & Performance Management

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Bachelor in Business Administration - Finance and Accountancy

Christ University
Bengaluru, India

Skills

  • Financial Planning & ERP Systems: Anaplan, Pigment, SAP ERP, SAP S4/Hana, Hyperion, ABACUS Analyser
  • BI & Data Tools: Power BI, Snowflake, Concur, Advanced MS Excel, MS Office
  • Core Competencies: Cloud Cost of Sales (COGS), Budgeting & Forecasting (AOP), Variance Analysis, Financial Model Hygiene, Scenario Planning, Headcount/FTE Management

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 09/21/98

Certification

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (2022)

Accomplishments

  • ServiceNow Spot Award ($500 Cash Prize) – For T&E Reporting
  • Hitachi Energy - Team Excellence Award
  • Ernst & Young - SPOT Award

Languages

English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Senior Analyst - Strategic Finance

Servicenow
03.2024 - Current

Financial Planning & Controlling Analyst, HQ Legal Entity Controller

Hitachi Energy Ltd.
03.2021 - 03.2024

Advanced Associate

Ernst & Young
07.2019 - 11.2020

ACCA - Advanced Financial & Performance Management

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Bachelor in Business Administration - Finance and Accountancy

Christ University
Rishika Jalhan