Resume Karthikeyan R Finance 060624
Resume Karthikeyan R Finance 060624
Resume Karthikeyan R Finance 060624
SUMMARY
Finance professional with 14+ years of experience in Financial Analysis & Business Planning, Sales Operations, Strategic
Planning & Implementation. A details-oriented, passion for numbers, thirst for knowledge & self-motivated individual.
SKILLS/TOOLS
• Financial Analysis & Modelling • Data Analysis
• Project Management • Excel, Power BI, QlikView, Salesforce, SharePoint
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FINANCE & OPERATIONS BUSINESS PARTNER |HCLTECH, CHENNAI |DEC 2014 – PRESENT
• Leading financial planning & analysis function for a GEO supporting the Executive Vice President & partnering leadership
team in providing decision support through financial planning, budgeting, forecasting & analysis activities
• Develop Annual Budget plan at account level for three year period
• Develop quarterly overheads plan for business unit, track cost drivers, analyse actual spend and forecast vs budget
• Funnel & Order book adequacy analysis to help understand the quantum of book & bill required to meet the goals, track
leaders & laggard accounts for initiating corrective action plan
• Leading business forecast updates, highlighting risks & opportunities with explanation of variance from previous forecast
guidance at account level
• Tracking of sales pipeline, estimation of deal wins based on win probability & subsequent conversion into revenue
• Touchpoint meetings with Business team to understand the status of current opportunities in pursuit.
• Pipeline adequacy analysis based on current revenue forecasts & budgets, gaps discussed during business reviews
• Reporting of order book metrics, new bookings, closing order book on a month basis & validation of data on qlik tool
• Gap Analysis of order book revenue projections vs revenue forecasts from business teams, with reasons/action needed to
bridge shortfall
• Program manage business unit reviews with key stakeholders & support with financial metrics for various governance bodies
• Engage with Leadership Team to provide strategic level finance and operational decision support during annual planning
meets
• Supported Business Unit Head in driving strategic initiatives across business unit (Large deal focus, margin improvement
initiative, ZD rates for key skills)
• Collaborate with HR & Business team to define & monitor key performance indicators for business team
FORD BUSINESS SOLUTIONS , CHENNAI |JUNE 2009 TO DEC 2014
PROCESS EXCELLENCE
• Part of Six Sigma Black Belt project to streamline the workload – 2 FTE efficiency generated
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification, implemented excel based improvements reducing 6-man days of work.
• Completed two Kaizen project
• Implemented KPI dashboard using Power BI for management reviews
HCLTech
• 4 Promotions since 2015 (Manager Jan’16 | Senior Manager Jul’17 | Group Manager Jul’19 | Associate General Manager
Oct’21)
• Employee Excellence Award in FY’23.
• Launched knowledge repository solution using SharePoint
• Spot award for operations excellence in 2017 for identifying USD 400k in savings
• Part of the M&A team tasked with the integration of Geometric Ltd into HCL Technologies
• Setup a crack team to reduce bad debts & prevent future accumulation of bad debts. Recovery of $2.4M USD in FY24 by
resolving invoicing issues & working directly with accounting teams of clients
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