Sravanti I
Hyderabad
Summary
A results-driven and experienced Finance Manager with over a decade of proven expertise in Financial Planning and Forecasting, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Team Leadership, Business Analysis, Sales, Project Transitions, and Transition Management. Lean Six Sigma certified, with strong skills in market analysis, setting sales targets, expanding territories, and developing new accounts. Demonstrated ability to lead Sales teams in crafting and executing strategies within the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector and E-commerce.
Forward-thinking team leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals. Successful background matching employees with roles for maximum performance. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Finance Manager
PepsiCo
02.2021 - Current
- Focused on cost analysis to improve and enhance financial planning accuracy.
- Maintained compliance with new procedures by providing timely, informative process change updates.
- Managed forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting processes. Developed strong relationships with financial and corporate clients.
- Facilitated seamless recording of all adjustments to appropriate systems.
- Evaluated financial data regularly to maintain consistency in trade spend reconciliations.
- Formulated use case models facilitating Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Quarterly Business Plan (QBP), and rolling forecasts.
- Contributed to the optimization of pricing and forecasting.
- In charge of forecasting monthly and quarterly sales and gross margins for one of Pepsico Beverages North America's important accounts.
- Collaborated with the business team to gain a deep understanding of requirements and drive sales growth.
- Ensured precise representation of potential P&L impacts.
- PepsiCo entered India in 1989 and has developed to become one of the biggest MNC food and drink organizations in India. Pepsi, Lay's, Kurkure, Tropicana 100%, Gatorade, and Quaker are among the iconic brands in PepsiCo India's diverse portfolio. responsible for empowering people worldwide and protecting our planet
Senior Financial Analyst
Amazon
- Led teams through transition training exercises.
- Directed efforts in project management and process improvement for the AP system.
- Managed creation and modification of vendor data for NA, EU, APAC, LATAM, and INDIA regions
- Led the development of performance measurement criteria in team appraisal meetings
- Supported payment, invoice processing, and PO teams by providing critical vendor information and resolving stuck payments.
- Amazon began operations in February 2012 as a website for price comparison. It selected and made searching possible for a wide range of goods
Financial Analyst
DSM
- Acted as a Single Point of Contact for BG/SU in relation to Accounts Payable activities.
- Promoted and enforced standard way of working in relation to Retained Organization (RO).
- Vendor Master validation and proper Bank details check and updating to avoid issues in payment process.
- Ensured all treasury activities are closed on timely basis as per close calendar.
- Ensure structural process improvements.
- Proactive controls for avoidance of future errors.
- Month close reporting and periodic dashboard reporting non-compliancy PtP process.
- Worked on Quality check for the entries made by the team.
- Responsible for maintaining up to date Invoice Only list & Critical vendor list.
- Reviewed / approval for the requests for vendor changes in details.
- Resolution of supplier’s queries, major discrepancies.
- Complaint handling coming from the Businesses.
Financial Analyst
Amazon
- Invoice researching and resolving holds.
- Submitting tickets to Business Owners, buyers and Vendors through KRT tool.
- Guiding Business Owner, buyers about on-hold issues and working towards resolving the issue and dealt with confidential information like Vendor setup and Vendor bank details.
- Researching and resolving payment issues.
- Processed invoices under non-inventory for US and CA region.
- Worked on AP-Non-inventory public folder.
- Tweaking of invoices in AP-Create Space and AP amazon digital folder.
- Well-versed on applications like Oracle financial application, Laserfisch ,KRT,CRT,SSC,YUMA.
- Worked in Contact Management team.
- Contacting vendors, Business owners, Procurement team to resolve payment issues.
- Creating Debit memo, Credit memo, TR as per the request
Education
MBA - Finance
DAV PS
01-2009
Skills
- Technical Skills:
- SAP- CRM/Finance/Reporting, Oracle R12 (user interface), RPA, Bot, Power BI, MS office, Bank portal T&E Payments
- Projects:
- Built Tool for quality check: Reduced errors in pricing, volume, and payments resulting in significant time savings
- Eliminated the need for paper/manual invoices resulting in a 60% improvement in work performance
- Stakeholder communication
Personal Details
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Telugu, Odia
Personal Details
I declare that the information and facts stated herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Place: Hyderabad Date
Experience
01-2019
Migration activities
- Participated in department process and system improvement initiatives
- Monitoring of integrated accounting and reporting process for the customer and proactively identify problems
- Able to work in remote environment, Support and coordinate remotely activities performed in GDC, RO and RBS
- Working in International multi-cultural working environment in different time zones.
- Managing various suppliers and customers (multiple BG’s)
- Bridging customer and back-office
- Focus on more structural problem solving and quality improvement
Timeline
Associate Finance Manager
PepsiCo
02.2021 - Current
Senior Financial Analyst
Amazon
Financial Analyst
DSM
Financial Analyst
Amazon
MBA - Finance
DAV PS