Santosh Kumar PandeyMobile: +91-9611095511 ~ E-mail: pdsant@gmail.com

Objective: To work on and establish new ways of Financial Analysis and Reporting, and to improve my usefulness to the company by being innovative and helping the management in optimum utilization of resources by identifying cost saving areas and for achieving the organization goals and objectives in the best possible, cost efficient and professional manner.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Experienced Finance professional with over 10+ years of diversified experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), finance operations and strategic planning; having diversified analytical skills covering Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Reporting, Capital Planning & Budgeting, Spend and Revenue Analysis Pricing Analysis in the ITES sector.

Currently Working as Assistant Business Controller – FP&A with Accenture Services Pvt Ltd. Have good knowledge in end user operations on Hyperion BRIO, Essbase Applications, Business Intelligence

and Cognos. WWCT, CAAPS, Ledger, BMS Tools. Mercury, MSRA, Power BI, Power Query. Hands-on professional with experience in leading teams and motivating them to success in financial

management and business intelligence for achieving business and individual goals. Acting as an escalation gate to resolve critical issues.

Successfully managed a staff of 5 financial analysts by developing and maintaining performance metrics that focused on continuous improvement via timeliness, accuracy and efficiency measures

Possess interpersonal, communication and organizational skills with demonstrated abilities in team management and customer relationship management.

Support functional reporting requirements and drive continued improvements in automating reporting and analysis.

Exceeding expectations, learning quickly & Developing Expertise, Self-Driven/Managed/Motivated, Good Analyst and Tech Savvy are the core strengths

Creative design, methodical approach, resourceful nature, problem solving and analytical talents combined with P&L management, improvement initiatives, structured business skills and technology savvy changes.

Strong-willed and self-assured, with proven multitasking capabilities with strong ability to plan prioritize and manage complex projects under aggressive timelines.

Always believed in delivery excellence, and driven “S M A R T” (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely) in everything that was executed.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Opex Controlling and P&L Standard reporting. Spend Analysis. Revenue analysis. HR analysis, Headcount, Payroll check Strong analytical skills and ability to deep dive and complete detailed analysis and present data for different

audiences. Month Close activities for P&L and Revenue analysis. Capital Planning & Budgeting, Capital Commitment& Expenditure forecasting, Analyze Interpret and Report financial performance against stated targets. Plan, forecast, and assist with

budgets for assigned business units. Variance Analysis: Analyzing the variance between Actual v/s forecast & v/s budget. interpretation and Drill

down of variances, YOY & QOQ analysis Pricing Analysis and Reporting. Financial statement Analysis (Balance sheet Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis & P&L Analysis) Profitability Analysis, Ratio Analysis Developing six sigma projects using excel VBA Macros, to enable continuous cost savings. Many tools

developed in Excel, to enable better and quicker Reporting and Analysis.

CAREER SCAN

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd – Assistant Business Controller- FP&A P&L and Consumer Channel Group(Microsoft Project) Key Responsibilities (October’14-Till date)Reporting/Analytics

Knowledgeable expert related to a specific reporting practice as operating expenses, sales, P&L, accrual. Global P&L Reporting to granular level measuring Current Month’s performance vis-à-vis Budget/Forecast Providing headcount reporting, Payroll check & management support to Controllers. Managing the headcount vs global target and ownership and publication of resource management and

headcount report and packs on a monthly basis responsible for setting up proper controls and processes in order to facilitate the on-going headcount reporting

tools and management of headcount related queries.MBP, MDF and BIF Spend Analysis. Preparation, analysis & consolidation of forecast for assigned capabilities. financial bridges clearly articulating

key business drivers behind variances Vs budget, prior Flash and Year on Year and quarterly comparisons. Run daily flash reports to identify trend & direction of monthly close performance of assigned capabilities with

focus on ability to meet forecast & budget for the month. Month End Oversight activities

Assist in key month end activities including interaction with the Controllers to provide oversight of completeness and accuracy of underlying management information

Assist in preparation, analysis & consolidation of delivery financial walks, clearly articulating key business drivers behind variances Vs budget, prior Flash (forecast) and Year on Year and quarterly comparisons

Prepare and Review Productivity & HC plan to ensure that is in line with plan Ensure smooth operation of the day to day business by providing top notch and highly accurate information and

analysis for senior management business decisions. Significantly enhance and improve reporting tools and templates in close interaction with the respective

Business Partners. Ensuring successful Month and Quarter end closing Coordinating with the Country Controllers on regular basis and keeping them informed on

progress/developments To continuously improve the process and enhance the control

Budgeting and Forecast Process 

Reporting & Consolidation, Variance Analysis on requirement basis to during Budget Cycle Understand System flow of Budget data and provide & Implement Controls at different stages to ensure

completeness and Correctness of Budgeted amounts.  

IBM India Pvt. Ltd – Assistant Manager- FP&A

Capital Planning and Budgeting Key Responsibilities (January’14-October’14)

Participate in budget commitment, release and approve POs, Capex, Reimbursements as per Project budget Preparation of reports relating to capital budgets, approvals, quarterly and annual forecasts, year to year

variance and their drilldowns, explanation of variances by variance analysis in relation to capital expenditure. Analyze actual spend/budget variances by drivers/deployments etc. Investigate & explain consultation with

project managers. Preparation of monthly measurement reports (including variance analysis) to be presented/distributed to IBM

executives worldwide. Complete analysis of Actual vs. Forecast and presenting the same to the CFO Responsible for month end close, quarterly forecasting and Annual Fall Plan Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including capital expenditures.

IBM Daksh Pvt. Ltd – Assistant Manager- FP&A

Pricing & Value creation Key Responsibilities (Feb’09-to Dec’13) :

Supporting worldwide IBM pricing teams and CFO and Business Leaders by reporting pricing reports in different views like by sector, by solutions area, by country, by region, by business segment, Service Line and SBS etc.

Analyze GP margins, Priced Pre Tax income, priced negative Pre Tax Income, Revenue, contract duration, deal count, IMT’s ranking based on negative PTI and Rolling 6 Qtr GP Margin to Global Management Board.

Cost Pools – Over / (Under) analysis to Global GBS Methodology team. Labor Rates Consolidation for Global GBS Methodology team. Preparing & Reporting Excel sheets and Power Point Presentation with details like Total Deals Total contract

value, Gross Profit, PTI and contingency cost, Doing Analysis work with YTY and QTQ comparison consisting details with TCV, GP and PTI.

Analyze the monthly/quarterly forecast process of the company at a global level; Present insights and commentaries to the senior management after extensive analysis on client level performance

Interact with business partners to understand growth drivers, identify future trends and present analytics to the senior management for the monthly management pack to facilitate executive level decision making

Play a key role in the annual financial planning cycle involving budgeting, forecasting and target setting at a global level;

Assisting the Finance Manager in preparing additional analytical reports for their presentation to the Vice President

Develops and interprets complex pricing and spend analyses necessary to support business functions of contracting, auditing, pricing and client support

Additional Responsibilities :

Spending & Resource Key Responsibilities: Preparing spend (Salary Analysis, Controllable & Contract recoveries) report on monthly, quarterly and yearly

basis. Prepare Flash Report Prepare and review Forecast file with US Client using Hyperion Essbase. Determines financial status by comparing and analyzing plans and forecasts with actual results. Preparation of monthly forecast analysis / management reporting package for distribution sector to CFO &

Sector Lead. Implement and work with a Business Intelligence Tool and Dashboard reports. Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to

management for decision making purposes Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance. Project Financial Statement (PFS) Preparation, Ledger Review, Month end / Quarter end Closing Entries,

Revenue & Cost Forecast preparation, Variance Analysis, Over/Under Analysis. Analyzed the quarterly/yearly financial reporting process and enhanced it by incorporating trend/variance

analysis using Microsoft Excel and forecasting/scenario analysis using Essbase for each business unit

Mayank Auto Engineers Pvt. Ltd Noida – Executive Assistant (Finance) (Dec’04 – June’07)

Key Responsibilities : Creation of MIS Reports viz. (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly & adhoc) to operations, Accounts, Audit in Excel

and Prepared PPT for Presentation. Monthly management reporting, updating reporting decks & management reviews with Finance Management as

required Database Management. Planning IT related activities for smooth functioning of Infrastructure. First Point of contact for customer escalations. General and Administration expenses, Branch Accounting and Branch reconciliation, Advertisement & Marketing payments and verification, Preparing Expenses Vouchers & vendor payments.

Other Experiences Total (4.1 Years ) : Self employed with Teaching & Books writing work (Jan’01 to April’03). Author of several Academic and

competitive book including IAS Mathematics. Also I was providing coaching for higher class student and competitive students.

Worked as Trainee for Kashyap & Kashyap Legal firm from May’03 to Oct’03 in New Delhi.

Worked on a Software Development Project as a freelance Software Developer for CRC InfoTech Pvt Ltd New Delhi (Jun’07 to Jan’08)

Worked on a Software Development Project as a freelance Software Developer for Numero Nine Info Solutions Pvt Ltd New Delhi (Feb’08 to Oct’08).

Worked as Business Development Officer in Celestial Labs Pvt Ltd Hyderabad at Meerut H.Q Location (Nov’08 to Jan’09).

Key Achievements : Completed a Six sigma certification (Green Belt project) with respect to automation of Pricing reporting

(using a combination of Excel functions, features, VBA, etc.) which has resulted in a drastic reduction in TAT and 100% accuracy. The above project made saving of 80% time to prepare the report and 1.5 FTE.

Key Financials Automation: This picks Columns and Rows fields automatically, which were updated per request manually before, on the click on a button. Time saved per day is 3 hours and this project has been certified as a Six Sigma Yellow Belt project.

WWCT Training Manual : This is an interactive training manual and customer guidance file, the first ever created in the process and has been nominated for Six Sigma Green Belt.

Reporting Module: An extensive Reporting module created in Excel (VBA Macros) which enables varied specific reporting on the click of a button. Certified as a Six Sigma Yellow Belt project.

Analysis Module: This enables 12 different types of Analysis using the same parent data. This has been created in excel and enables different types of comparison thereby giving higher training value.

Process improvement: Developed Opex BI suite to get detailed analysis for Opex, Marketing, BIF and PO summary. and Opex Controlling report with detailed analysis.

Developed Finance BI for Cost, P&L and Headcount detailed analysis in one file using Power BI.

ACADEMIA

1 : MBA (Finance) from Symbiosis Institute of Management Pune2 : Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application from I.E.R.T Allahabad3 : B.Sc. (Physics & Maths) from Purvanchal University Jaunpur (U.P).4 : Certificate in MS Dot NET Technology (VB.NET, ASP.NET, C#.NET).Certifications: Certified Yellow Belt in Six Sigma methodology

COMPUTER FORTE

Advance MS office 2016 including Power Pivot, Power query, Power BI and other advanced feature. Creating Macros using VBA to build time saving tools, Slicers, Cube formula, Lookups – Lookup and Hookup, Conditional formatting – Advanced, Pivot tables –

Advanced, Various Formulae and Conditions to create customized tools suited to a particular work environment and catering to specific needs.

SQL server database. Hands on experience in Analyzing and Comparing data Application of all critical functions including financial functions VBA skills (Creating, understanding and editing Macros)

PERSONAL DOSSIER

Father’s Name : Shri Shiv Narayan PandeyDate of Birth : 10th June 1973Current Address : Block -14B. Flat-304, Bollineni Hillside

Semencherry, Beside Satyabhama UniversityChennai-600126

Passport : Have Valid PassportPermanent Address : Village : Bhagesar

Post : PairapurDist. : MirzapurPin : 231001, Uttar Pradesh, India