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Education
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Shilpa Menon

Bangalore

Summary

An incisive professional offering over ~10 years of qualitative expertise in Finance, Data quality, Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting, Business Operations, Analytics, Financial Modelling, Process Re-engineering, Stakeholder Management, Process management, Training, Automation & Standardization, Process Transitions with leading organizations.

Possess the ability to see the big picture and plan appropriate strategies to achieve results. Have good business acumen including understanding operations, identifying problems, and providing workable solutions to streamline operations. Thrives in a team environment and effectively communicates direction and commits people to action.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager, Client Intelligence Reporting

Deloitte Support Services India Private Limited
08.2019 - Current

Reporting and Analytics

  • Coordinated with Deloitte members across regions to evaluate Engagement and Opportunity data, presenting business insights and strategic recommendations.
  • Delivered analytical insights on global clients to support strategic decision-making for leadership.
    Enhanced global data governance and quality through collaboration with internal stakeholders.
  • Managed large-scale projects, coordinating plans, timelines, KPIs, and communication across multiple teams for successful implementation.
  • Monitored and analyzed financial and operational data trends for under-performing clients.
    Collaborated with global leadership to develop strategies enhancing operational efficiencies.
    Implemented initiatives that significantly improved profitability across various clients.
  • Analyzed member firm financial data, including Financial Conditions analysis and variance reports, ensuring variances were within acceptable thresholds.
  • Partnered with product performance leads to identify business needs, facilitate digital transformation, and establish success metrics.
  • Collaborated with Global Pricing Solutions team to revise global labor cost rates and generate impact analysis reports.
  • Gained expertise in Deloitte Global reporting tools and systems, including SAP Hana, Jupiter, SWIFT, Mercury, and CIR

Business management, Stakeholder reporting

  • Managed cross-functional projects by collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements and business needs.
    Coordinated project trackers and timelines to ensure alignment among client serving teams, Partners, and member firms.
    Implemented risk mitigation strategies to address potential project challenges effectively.
  • Conducted data quality analysis to identify analytics needs, address spending gaps, and take timely actions to mitigate risk and effectively utilize the budget.
  • Developed relationships and collaborated with sales management, account management, and technical teams for successful project implementation.
  • Experienced in project and program management, quality control, and reviewing deliverables to support account teams and stakeholders.
  • Developed infographics, functional packs, performance summaries, and variance analyses to support Controller.
    Updated executive-level summary dashboards to disseminate results throughout functional network.

Team Management

  • Managed a team of 10, overseeing program data governance and quality, directing data analytics, and reporting for firm leaders to support data-driven business decisions and market strategy. Conducted quarterly performance appraisals, mentored the team, identified training needs, and initiated learning initiatives.

Market Research Analyst

Ernst & Young (EY)
02.2018 - 08.2019
  • Equipping the Account Team with relevant Financial Data and performance Metrics on an ongoing basis
  • Preparation of Dashboards & Decks using Company Annual Reports & other External Sources
  • Monitoring industry changes, trends and other market developments
  • Market Research and Analysis
  • Trend & Pipeline Analysis to provide Go-To-Market information for the BD Team
  • Research on Financial Reports & Annual Reports to ensure the credibility of a potential engagement
  • Maintaining Relationship mappings based on the changing cycle of the Top Management
  • Background research and Data collection on assigned Accounts which has qualified for an engagement
  • Identifying potential opportunities and maintaining database regarding the same
  • Consolidating and reporting the deal value for an engagement
  • Monitoring the sales pipeline to ensure the revenue target is being met Maintaining & updating database for an Account

Senior Audit Associate

KPMG
06.2014 - 01.2018
  • Assisted in obtaining audit working papers and documentation by conducting research and documenting findings.
  • Financial Planning and Analysis
  • Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and latest revenue estimates.
  • Managed and coordinated weekly operational forecasting and annual budgeting processes.
  • Led monthly/quarterly Business Update meetings, reviewing financials and key performance indicators across all business and service groups.
  • Quality Control and Reporting
  • Synchronized pre-publish and post-publish reports, ensuring accuracy and notifying changes.
  • Conducted audits of organization's balance sheet, profit and loss statements, and ledger accounts.
  • Identified opportunities for performance improvement within financial processes
  • Verified accuracy and consistency of financial statements for various companies.

Education

Executive General Management Program -

IIM Calcutta
Calcutta
01.2024

MBA - Finance

Symbiosis Centre For Distant Learning
Pune
01.2018

Bachelors of commerce -

MG University
Kerala
01.2014

Skills

  • Financial analysis and forecasting
  • Client intelligence and reporting
  • Strategic planning and insights
  • Analytical reporting and metrics
  • Team leadership and project management
  • Data visualization (Qlik Sense, Tableau, Power BI)
  • Stakeholder management
  • Data quality and modeling
  • Decision-making processes
  • Operatons management

Accomplishments

  • Automation of global reports – Automated the global standard reports from manual excel based dashboards to Qlik dashboards, and worked closely with the IT team in designing various views (Month only, YTD, Full year) summaries and detailed views, resulting in saving of lot of manual efforts and hours.
  • Has been awarded Spot Award, Applause and Above and Beyond awards.
  • Has been awarded “Client Excellence Award” for serving the client with best quality and standard.

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the above particulars furnished by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Place: Bangalore Shilpa Menon

Timeline

Assistant Manager, Client Intelligence Reporting

Deloitte Support Services India Private Limited
08.2019 - Current

Market Research Analyst

Ernst & Young (EY)
02.2018 - 08.2019

Senior Audit Associate

KPMG
06.2014 - 01.2018

Executive General Management Program -

IIM Calcutta

MBA - Finance

Symbiosis Centre For Distant Learning

Bachelors of commerce -

MG University
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