SAI MANIKANTA VUPPALA
Hyderabad
Summary
Accomplished Senior Business Analyst with over 5 years of experience delivering data-driven solutions and leading digital transformations. Specialist in CFO-level Finance Analytics and Cloud FinOps, with a proven ability to standardize complex financial logic (P&L, EBITDA) and optimize multi-cloud expenditures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Expert in Microsoft Fabric, Power BI (PL-300), and SAP RISE integrations
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
Schott
Hyderabad
07.2025 - Current
- CFO Analytics: Delivered a comprehensive finance suite (P&L, COPA, Variance, Cost Centre, KPIs) to enable faster executive decision-making.
- Financial Standardization: Standardized GL hierarchy and EBITDA logic, improving audit confidence across reports.
- Operational Bridge: Acted as the single business owner between finance stakeholders and SAP RISE teams to ensure functional alignment.
Senior Business Analyst
Genpact India
11.2024 - 07.2025
- Cloud Cost Optimization: Designed FinOps reporting solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
- Fabric Orchestration: Integrated data from APIs and Data Lakes using Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory pipelines.
- Security Architecture: Implemented a secure Power BI RLS framework for web-embedded dashboards.
Business Analyst
Unilever
04.2022 - 10.2024
- lDigital Transformation: Migrated legacy Excel-based SCM Finance reports into Power BI, reducing manual effort and increasing accuracy.
- Workflow Automation: Designed pipelines integrating GCP and AWS sources using Power Automate for real-time updates.
- Developed interactive dashboards to track procurement, logistics, and cost metrics, enabling faster decision-making and improved operational transparency across regions.
Senior Business Analyst
Amara Raja Batteries
06.2021 - 03.2022
- Created comprehensive financial and operational dashboards supporting multi-site manufacturing with actionable insights.
- Data Sources: SAP BW, SAP Ariba, Azure Synapse
Education
MSc - Embedded Systems and IT
University of Applied Sciences
Weingarten, Germany01.2020
BTECH - ECE
Osmania University
Hyderabad01.2017
Skills
- Platforms: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, SAP RISE, SAP BW
- Analytics & BI: Power BI (DAX, Power Query), SQL, Row-Level Security (RLS)
- Processes: ETL & Data Modelling, API Integration, Data Warehousing
- Stakeholder management
- Project management
- Business Skills: Requirements Gathering, Stakeholder Management, UAT, Wireframing
Languages
German
Intermediate (B1)
B1
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Telugu
Native
Native
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)
Timeline
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
Schott
07.2025 - Current
Senior Business Analyst
Genpact India
11.2024 - 07.2025
Business Analyst
Unilever
04.2022 - 10.2024
Senior Business Analyst
Amara Raja Batteries
06.2021 - 03.2022
MSc - Embedded Systems and IT
University of Applied Sciences
BTECH - ECE
Osmania University