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Santosh Kumar Parida

Santosh Kumar Parida

Bengaluru

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at Accenture, leading global product costing teams. Expert in product costing and variance analysis, driving significant improvements in cost accuracy and system efficiency. Proven ability to engage stakeholders and deliver actionable insights, enhancing decision-making and operational performance. Strong analytical skills complemented by effective leadership.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Team Leader - Supply Chain Finance

Accenture
03.2023 - 06.2024
  • Leading a global product costing team of 11 across 5 regions, responsible for standard costing and NPD cost calculations for over 50,000 products across 13 manufacturing plants and 100+ distribution centers.
  • Specialize in resolving complex issues, developing cost comparison dashboards, and improving system hygiene.
  • Engage with customers, manage performance, and prepare SLA, KPI metrics, and governance reports.

Manager - ISC & Inventory

Mondelez International on behalf of Genpact
01.2017 - 02.2023
  • Driving variance analysis, reporting accruals, and managing month-end and quarter-end closing activities.
  • Responsible for monthly material cost calculations, price difference analysis, and exchange rate impact reports.
  • Overseeing periodic valuation runs, COPA cost flow, and monitoring Material Ledger and COGS accuracy.
  • Handling standard price uploads, cost per unit reporting, and detailed cost analysis by item, product line, and business segment, as well as cost accounting and pricing for new products.

Officer, Cost Accounting & Pricing

Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts
02.2011 - 04.2014
  • Led product costing initiatives, analyzed cost fluctuations, end closing.
  • Identified and addressed unfavorable variances, and acted as the financial representative on cross-functional teams.
  • Developed a 5-year cost plan, benchmarked product costs with Toyota affiliates, and played a key role in cost and price proposal analysis.
  • Managed new project planning, ECI, BOM maintenance, and part sourcing.
  • Developed Excel models for pricing and handled quotations, RFQs, and cost evaluations for new parts.

Accounts Executive - Accounting & Finance

Bharati Airtel
Bangalore
06.2009 - 12.2010
  • Managed the functions of finance and accounts including inter-company reconciliation, preparation of Service Tax challan, local Sales Tax (VAT) return, MIS report on sales, expense & billing, purchase orders credit memos & customer payment scrutiny including others.
  • Gained exposure in automated software for managing all the expense and billing process and supervised inventory valuation during audits and year-end.

Education

MBA -

Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT)
Bhubaneswar
08-2008

Bachelor of Commerce -

Berhampur University
Berhampur
06-2006

Skills

  • Product costing
  • Inventory management
  • Variance analysis
  • Supply chain finance
  • Product Pricing
  • Cost forecasting
  • Material ledger
  • Budgeting
  • Variance Analysis
  • Inventory Analysis
  • Cost accounting

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kanada

Total Work Experience

13 Years 0 Month

Immediate Joiner

True

Timeline

Team Leader - Supply Chain Finance

Accenture
03.2023 - 06.2024

Manager - ISC & Inventory

Mondelez International on behalf of Genpact
01.2017 - 02.2023

Officer, Cost Accounting & Pricing

Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts
02.2011 - 04.2014

Accounts Executive - Accounting & Finance

Bharati Airtel
06.2009 - 12.2010

MBA -

Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT)

Bachelor of Commerce -

Berhampur University
Santosh Kumar Parida