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Yashasvi Kukreja

Yashasvi Kukreja

Abu Dhabi

Summary

Senior Financial Analyst with extensive experience in delivering high-quality financial performance. Expertise in variance analysis and forecasting, driving informed decision-making. Proven track record of optimizing financial processes and enhancing reporting accuracy.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Financial Analyst

Pharmalink
Abu Dhabi
05.2024 - Current
  • Prepare and analyze monthly financial reports including Sales Reports, Margin Reports, OPEX Reports, and Profit & Loss Accounts for the Group
  • Support the forecasting and budgeting process, ensuring alignment with strategic and operational goals
  • Ensure accurate classification and posting of all expenses to appropriate accounts for financial integrity
  • Prepare comprehensive Stock Reports to monitor inventory movement and valuation
  • Generate ad hoc financial reports and insights as requested by management
  • Execute the payroll process to ensure accurate and timely salary payments for employees

Financial Consultant

Aswaar Consulting
Abu Dhabi
03.2024 - 05.2024
  • Led efforts to consolidate financial data from diverse business partners, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
  • Developed visually engaging presentations for executive-level stakeholders, highlighting key findings and recommendations.
  • Utilized advanced presentation tools and techniques to convey complex information in a clear and compelling manner.
  • Incorporated insightful commentaries into management reports, providing context and analysis to support decision-making processes.

Senior BPA Analyst

Novartis
Hyderabad
05.2023 - 11.2023
  • Managed month-end closing procedures, consolidation efforts, and upheld forecast precision.
  • Oversaw all central planning adjustments throughout planning cycles, ensuring complete P&L accuracy.
  • Generated monthly analytical reports to assess performance, identify drivers and challenges, and provide insightful commentaries for management review.
  • Provided crucial support for monthly forecasting activities, ensuring accurate system uploads.
  • Facilitated discussions with practice heads to enhance forecasting and budgeting precision.
  • Collaborated closely with the Head of FP&A in budget preparation and accurately loading them into the system.

Deputy Manager - FP & A

PepsiCo
Hyderabad
01.2022 - 03.2023
  • Led financial reporting, analysis, and expense tracking, delivering clear insights to senior management.
  • Conducted weekly performance assessments for Pepsi products, sub-products, channels, and packages, performing variance and competitor analyses.
  • Developed Power BI dashboards and presentations to communicate business performance insights to senior management.
  • Monitored marketing and advertising expenses, collaborating with the marketing team to forecast future trends and provide strategic insights.
  • Provided robust support for period-end financial reporting and contributed to the financial forecasting process for the business unit.

Finance Analyst

Advance Auto Parts
Hyderabad
09.2020 - 01.2022
  • Handled financial reporting, analysis, forecasting, variance analysis and business partnering responsibilities.
  • Pioneered the establishment of supply chain FP & A operations in India from the US, effectively transitioning supply chain finance activities.
  • Led P&L reporting and forecasting duties, including data loading, financial analysis, variance monitoring, and trend identification.
  • Developed a Power BI dashboard to track fuel consumption and key performance indicators for expense management, along with reporting templates for productivity tracking and channel businesses.

Senior Finance Analyst

Clarivate Analytics
Hyderabad
08.2017 - 09.2020
  • Provided comprehensive support in financial reporting, financial analysis, and conducting variance analysis.
  • Understand all the drivers that relate to the annual contract value of customers, and monitor the impact driven by modifications.
  • Designed a Dashboard illustrating the various stages of contracts.
  • Regularly monitored Accounts Receivable Aging invoices on a weekly basis across different levels, and efficiently managed ad hoc requests.
  • Conducted periodic variance analysis for the royalty revenue report.

Operations Trainee

Spandana Sphoorthy Micro Finance
Hyderabad
02.2016 - 07.2017

Education

Masters of Business Adminstration -

GITAM University
Visakhapatnam
04.2016

Bachelors of Commerce -

Andhra University
Visakhapatnam
04.2014

Skills

  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Variance Analysis
  • Business Partnering
  • Financial Reporting and Analysis
  • Management Reporting
  • KPI and Postmortem Analysis
  • Expense Management
  • Power BI
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Power Point
  • Business Performance Analysis

Accomplishments

  • Recognized as the 'Ace of Initiative' at Clarivate Analytics for spearheading numerous projects, including turning the complex Excel reports into concise one-page dashboards using Excel and Power BI.
  • Received multiple Spark awards at Advance Auto Parts for effectively developing Fuel Consumption metrics and other KPIs using Power BI to streamline expense management. Also commended for providing support to team members during their absence.
  • Earned Smile Awards at PepsiCo for aiding a U.S. counterpart in comprehending the entire purchase order (PO) process, demonstrating strong cross-functional collaboration and support.

Personal Information

Nationality: Indian

Timeline

Senior Financial Analyst

Pharmalink
05.2024 - Current

Financial Consultant

Aswaar Consulting
03.2024 - 05.2024

Senior BPA Analyst

Novartis
05.2023 - 11.2023

Deputy Manager - FP & A

PepsiCo
01.2022 - 03.2023

Finance Analyst

Advance Auto Parts
09.2020 - 01.2022

Senior Finance Analyst

Clarivate Analytics
08.2017 - 09.2020

Operations Trainee

Spandana Sphoorthy Micro Finance
02.2016 - 07.2017

Masters of Business Adminstration -

GITAM University

Bachelors of Commerce -

Andhra University

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