Hi, I’m
Shradha Behera
Finance Business Partner
Bangalore,Karnataka
Summary
Business-minded Finance Manager promoting more than 12 years of expertise overseeing transactions and reconciling monthly financial reports. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement. Proactive Finance Partnering with strong background in financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting. Develops and implements financial plans and delivers strategic financial advice.
Overview
13
years of professional experience
Work History
UnileverBangalore
Finance Business Partner
06.2018 - Current
Job overview
- Analyzed financial position, investigated and reported budgetary variances and identified adjustments to facilitate month and year-end processes.
- Liaised with budget holders to evaluate financial performance and offer financial management Trade data analysis and advice.
- Analyzed impact of service changes and proposed cost-effective service redesign and budget adjustments.
- Presented numerical and graphical data to demonstrate strategic progress in Trade
- Communicating with upper management to develop strategic Finance goals
- Business planning support, covering a broad spectrum of deliverables, analysis, planning and forecasting
- Quarterly RF forecast updates, target setting for financial goals, and business planning reviews
- Monthly and quarterly financial close and P&L processes, as well as regular analysis related to the business results and forecast
- Identify key drivers, variables, trends, and business scenarios to develop insights and inform business decisions
- Work with UniOps Finance team for various finance request and centralized projects Work on Restructuring and Trade data. Cost center creation and mapping
- Service agreement management with few countries on service provided by the team Knowledge on MDM process Creating and managing the organization’s fiscal operating and capital budget and expenses
- Cost Analysis & Reporting of local and global cost center Finance data analysis, report generation Monitoring program and project performance of both internal and external service providers
- Recommending and approving funding levels and spending plans
- Monitoring performance of Transformation and Innovation projects
- Raising Purchase Orders and Manage Good receipts and payments to Suppliers.
ANZBangalore
Financial Analyst
05.2011 - 01.2016
Job overview
- Generated comprehensive reports on portfolio performance and risk assessment.
- Created financial strategies to optimize portfolio performance and reduce risk.
- Presented oral and written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations and entire industries.
- Managed the structuring, consolidation, and analysis of financial data; developed budgets, forecasts and other financial reports for specific organizational sub-divisions, i.e., departments, regions and units
- Facilitated sessions with the business areas to define technical designs and contribute to Agile method
- Analysis and reports on business performance during monthly and quarterly financial reporting cycles including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow.
- Defined, created and maintained operational Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboards and scorecards and manage the performance of these metrics by conducting discussions and analyzing the data on an ongoing basis for CoE customers
- Participated in various cross Business Finance improvement projects and actively contributed to realizing process improvements
- Synthesized current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action
- Built and maintained adhoc and self-service reports; performed ad-hoc analyses for business questions
- Analyzed and assessing client requests to create professional, presentation quality deliverables in the form of dashboards and reports to provide additional insight to any critical indicators
FidelityBangalore
Specialist Business Reporting
03.2010 - 04.2011
Job overview
- Continuously assessed current reporting techniques and developed improvements to boost accuracy.
- Enhanced data integrity by applying meticulous attention to detail when reviewing and analyzing data maintenance processes.
- Decreased overall error rate accurately and effectively maintaining all required databases, spreadsheets and tracking mechanisms.
- Gathered data from multiple sources to research economic indicators, analyze key metrics and track industry trends.
- Improved existing reporting by researching data sources, compiling data and designing output.
- Prepared monthly ad hoc reporting in alignment with client needs.
- Utilized in-depth analysis and creative problem solving to troubleshoot reporting issues.
- Managed guidelines for calculations for metrics and analysis.
Hewlett PackardBangalore
Process Associate
03.2008 - 01.2010
Job overview
- Partnered with cross-functional teams to conduct thorough discovery and due diligence on existing processes.
- Performed quality assurance checks on transactions and account actions to assess compliance.
- Collaborated with team to define business requirements for organizational processes, achieve productivity standards, and adhere to accuracy standards.
- Identified and resolved process issues to drive optimal workflow and business growth.
- Developed production techniques and production processes to meet customer and organizational needs.
- Determined and recommended methods to implement improvement opportunities.
Education
Utkal University
B.Sc.
Sailabala Women’s College
HSC
SSVM School
SSC
Skills
Advance Excel, VBA, Macro, Power BI
undefinedHobbies
Cooking, it makes me calm and a creative thinker how to feed toddler.
Eating Gourmet food and try different cuisine
Love Cheese and Wine
Timeline
Finance Business Partner
Unilever
06.2018 - Current
Financial Analyst
ANZ
05.2011 - 01.2016
Specialist Business Reporting
Fidelity
03.2010 - 04.2011
Process Associate
Hewlett Packard
03.2008 - 01.2010
Utkal University
B.Sc.
04.2007
Sailabala Women’s College
HSC
04.2004
SSVM School
SSC
04.2002
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