Vikash Bhadula
Haridwar
Summary
Strategic finance leader with 15 years in manufacturing finance and FP&A. Oversees multi-country finance operations in LATAM, focusing on budgeting, costing, and audit readiness. Delivers on SLA commitments while improving stakeholder reporting processes. Specializes in cost control and governance within FMCG organizations.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager – Regional Finance Operations (LATAM)
Genpact India Private limited
Noida
05.2024 - Current
- Leading end-to-end manufacturing finance and cost controlling for LATAM region covering Brazil, Argentina, and Peru (Lima).
- Owning annual, half-yearly, and quarterly costing cycles, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and governance.
- Managed multi-plant cost structures to ensure accurate financial reporting for LATAM manufacturing operations.
- Driving budgeting, forecasting, and detailed variance analysis across regions with diverse cost drivers.
- Performing deep-dive conversion cost, BOM, and manufacturing overhead analysis to support margin improvement.
- Prepared detailed quarterly cost decks to inform leadership on trends, risks, and optimization opportunities.
- Ensuring strict SOP adherence across all finance processes and regional operations.
- Delivering all activities within agreed SLAs, maintaining 100% on-time, and quality compliance.
- Supporting new region onboarding, transitions, and finance process stabilization initiatives.
- Managing inventory reconciliation through Blackline, ensuring audit readiness and data integrity.
- Executed month-end close activities, including processing order settlements in SAP, to support timely financial reporting.
- Providing end-to-end audit support, including reconciliations, documentation, and evidence submission.
- Preparing and presenting monthly performance and governance decks to regional and global stakeholders.
Senior Finance Executive
ITC Limited
Haridwar
09.2010 - 04.2024
- Generated annual budget forecasts for executive and corporate reports, enhancing decision-making processes.
- Monitored actual spending against approved budgets to identify variances and recommend
- corrective actions when needed.
- Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports. Provide insights into key performance indicators (KPIs) and variances against budgets/forecasts.
- Managed vendor contracts effectively, reviewing terms periodically to ensure alignment with
- company objectives.
- Reduced payment discrepancies with thorough invoice review, analysis, and reconciliation
- efforts.
- Reviewed monthly expense reports for accuracy, identifying cost-saving opportunities and operational efficiencies.
- Managed the company's fixed assets accounting, ensuring accurate recording, tracking, and
- shift updating of all fixed assets.
- Prepared and presented financial budget to senior management, offering insights into organization's financial health and strategic direction.
- Reviewed monthly expenses, GR/IR, CWIP, and payments to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Managed accounts payable to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices.
- Conducted regular audits to reconcile physical assets with accounting records, minimizing
- discrepancies and improving overall accuracy.
- Optimized expense tracking by developing a comprehensive cost allocation system.
- Generated monthly accounts payable reports to submit developments for management review.
- Managed accounts payable processes, ensuring timely and accurate payment of invoices
- Coordinated with vendors to resolve payment discrepancies and discrepancies, maintaining
- positive relationships.
- Developed and implemented streamlined procedures for the approval and processing of
- invoices, reducing payment processing time by 10%.
- Managed the preparation and submission of 'C' and 'F' sales tax forms, ensuring compliance
- with regional tax regulations.
- Senior Finance Executive, ITC Limited Chocolate & Coffee Factory, April 2023-April 2024 Haridwar
- Senior Finance Executive, ITC Limited Central operation Team, April 2017-March 2023 Haridwar
- Finance Executive, ITC ltd. PCPB Factory, September 2010-March 2017 Baddi, Haridwar
Education
Master of Commerce - Commerce
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University,
Rishikesh06-2006
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
Rishikesh06-2003
Skills
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Accounting management
- Vendor Management
- Variance Analysis
- Report Preparation
- Problem Solving
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial reporting
- Budgeting expertise
- Financial Management
- SAP processing
- Key performance indicators
Accomplishments
Awarded 5 Star (Excellence) for outstanding contribution
Timeline
Manager – Regional Finance Operations (LATAM)
Genpact India Private limited
05.2024 - Current
Senior Finance Executive
ITC Limited
09.2010 - 04.2024
Master of Commerce - Commerce
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University,
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University