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Sajeesh Pillai

Summary

Finance professional with 20 years of expertise in FP and A having worked with leading Information Technology MNCs. Specializing in strategic financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and modeling, have consistently driven profitability and efficiency through data-driven insights to achieve organizational objectives.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Finance Controller

Motifworks India Pvt Ltd
04.2023 - Current

· Direct accountability of 3 financial statements (P and L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow)

· Lead month end closing process and offer financial insight to Investors.

· Managed vendor relationships and payments, optimizing operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

· Oversaw corporate compliance, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and minimizing risk.

· Identified opportunities for margin improvement through revenue enhancement and cost reduction.

· Deliver comprehensive MIS reporting to stakeholders.

· Lead statutory and tax audits.

· Standardized and enhanced processes to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement.

· Provide Ad-hoc analysis based on business requirements.

Finance Operation Manager

Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
02.2022 - 04.2023

· Supervise global contracts within the pharmaceutical sector, spanning Japan, UK, and the Midwest region.

· Oversee internal and external stakeholder relationships, closely collaborating closely with delivery leads.

· Lead month-end activity offering commentary on variance from forecast and budget.

· lead annual Budget exercise and monthly forecasts for external clients, providing bottom-up forecast.

· Approved pricing for new deals in growth markets and recommended strategies to enhance profitability.

· Ensured accurate revenue recognition in compliance with accounting standards.

· Delivered Senior management reports encompassing key performance indicators.

· Drive process improvement initiatives.

· Analyze KPI, FTEs and headcount on the project.

· Partner with Cross-functional stakeholder across different regions.

Finance Manager

Atos Global IT Solutions And Services Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - 02.2022

Manager

Capgemini Technology Services India Pvt Ltd
02.2012 - 03.2021

Financial Analyst IIB

HP Global E-Business /Mphasis
05.2008 - 02.2012

Accounts Executive

Bureau Veritas Certification India Pvt Ltd
01.2007 - 04.2008

Executive-Accounts and Finance

Synergetics Information Tech Services (I) Pvt Ltd
05.2004 - 12.2006

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Data Science And Business Analytics

TEXAS McCombs
07.2022

Post Graduate Diploma - Business Administration

Welingkar Institute
06.2008

Master of Commerce - Commerce

Mumbai University
12.2004

Skills

  • Accounting
  • Analytics
  • Budgeting
  • Business Partnering
  • Communication
  • Cost control
  • Data Analytics
  • Financial Modelling
  • Forecasting
  • KPI monitoring
  • Problem solving
  • Process improvement
  • Revenue optimization
  • Stakeholder management
  • Strategic planning
  • Variance analysis
  • PNL optimization

Timeline

Finance Controller

Motifworks India Pvt Ltd
04.2023 - Current

Finance Operation Manager

Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
02.2022 - 04.2023

Finance Manager

Atos Global IT Solutions And Services Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - 02.2022

Manager

Capgemini Technology Services India Pvt Ltd
02.2012 - 03.2021

Financial Analyst IIB

HP Global E-Business /Mphasis
05.2008 - 02.2012

Accounts Executive

Bureau Veritas Certification India Pvt Ltd
01.2007 - 04.2008

Executive-Accounts and Finance

Synergetics Information Tech Services (I) Pvt Ltd
05.2004 - 12.2006

Post Graduate Diploma - Data Science And Business Analytics

TEXAS McCombs

Post Graduate Diploma - Business Administration

Welingkar Institute

Master of Commerce - Commerce

Mumbai University

Accomplishments

  • Earned yearly Total Customer Value award at GBU level for value creation.
  • Reduced forecast turnaround time by a day through process alignment.
  • Lead transition of global contract from onshore to offshore.
  • Oversaw high TCV projects exceeding $100 million, spanning diverse region and functions.
  • Negotiated and recovered outstanding debt exceeding $300K that were over 2 years old from creditors.
  • Secured GST refund outstanding for over a year.
  • Implemented cost savings initiative to optimize expenditure.
  • Led standalone mergers of US entity

TOOLS

· Advanced Excel

· Business Objects

· Dynamics 365

· ERP( SAP/Oracle/NetSuite)

· Power BI with ML and AI

· Python

· Tableau

Sajeesh Pillai