Currently leading the entire International Region for a US-based logistics company, overseeing a team of 50+ individuals responsible for managing complete P&L analysis, forecasting, and budgeting activities.
- Executed planning and forecasting cycles, strengthened business partnerships, and consolidated financial results to enhance management reporting.
- Managing large teams and stakeholders across 35+ geographies for clients in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Canada & LATAM countries.
- Managed SLA/KPI delivery and financial performance (budgeting, cost optimisation, productivity) to ensure achievement of business targets.
- Guided team in transformation initiatives, streamlining analysis processes to improve client support.
- Partnering with clients for the implementation of a cloud-based ERP system (OneStream) from the operational side, including remediating existing reports, databases, Power queries, and other subsystems.
- Driving performance management, career progression, and high employee engagement
- Managing end-to-end talent lifecycle including hiring, appraisals, and performance.
Strategic Initiatives & Leadership Contributions
Enterprise Performance Management (OneStream) Transformation
- Led operational implementation of the OneStream EPM platform, migrating 3,000+ financial reports and consolidating 70+ legacy systems into a centralized reporting environment.
- Drove Chart of Accounts rationalization, data validation, and report redesign, ensuring seamless transition and reporting accuracy.
- Identified reporting optimization opportunities by eliminating redundant reports and introducing enhanced management dashboards.
- Streamlined financial reporting cycle by 1 day through automation and process simplification.
AI-Powered Forecasting Transformation
- Led development of an AI-enabled statistical forecasting solution to replace manual Excel-based bottom-up forecasting.
- Collaborated with technical team in building a Python-based forecasting engine using Monte Carlo simulation and macroeconomic drivers (inflation, employment, wage rates, etc.) to improve forecast accuracy.
- Integrated Agentic AI to generate automated executive narratives, variance analysis, and conversational business insights through natural language prompts.
Capability Building & Organizational Leadership
- Trained 150+ finance professionals on FP&A best practices and OneStream through instructor-led workshops across multiple engagements.
- Served as an empanelled interviewer for FP&A hiring, assessing candidates across multiple business verticals and leadership levels.