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Finance & Business Strategy Leader | $21B P&L | Commercial Finance | F&A | Transformation & Governance | Lenovo | Dell | Wipro | CA | CS

About

Finance is most valuable when it moves beyond reporting numbers and starts shaping decisions. I am a Finance & Business Strategy Leader with 15+ years of experience across global technology and financial services organizations, with leadership experience spanning Lenovo, Dell and Wipro. Today, I lead finance for Lenovo's One Lenovo Commercial Channel, a $21B annual revenue business, with end-to-end ownership across P & L, budgeting, planning, investments, revenue, margin and expense management. I also lead a team of four and partner with business and functional stakeholders to translate financial insights into commercial decisions. Over the course of my career, I have worked at the intersection of finance, business strategy, governance and transformation, with experience across: → P&L and Commercial Finance → FP&A, Budgeting & Forecasting → Revenue, Margin & Profitability Management → Investment and ROI Governance → Business Partnering and Strategic Decision Support → Finance Transformation & Process Design → Revenue Assurance and Risk Mitigation → SOX, Audit and Internal Controls → M&A Financial Due Diligence I have designed enterprise SOPs and governance frameworks across pricing, GTN, billing, credit appraisal, accruals and lease accounting, and have served as a country/worldwide SPOC for digital transformation initiatives. My approach to finance is simple: Understand the business. Challenge the numbers. Protect profitability. Enable growth. Build systems that scale. Credentials: Chartered Accountant (CA) | Company Secretary (CS) Core areas: Commercial Finance | P&L | FP&A | Business Finance | Strategy | Profitability | Revenue Assurance | Finance Transformation | Governance | SOX | M&A

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

ChatGPT

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Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Senior Finance Manager - ISO One Lenovo (ROW) at Lenovo, Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading finance for One Lenovo Commercial Channel, a $21B annual revenue business, with end-to-end ownership of budgeting, planning, investments and P&L. Key leadership areas: • Own financial planning, budgeting and investment governance, aligning capital deployment with business priorities and ROI expectations. • Partner with senior internal and external stakeholders as the finance voice in commercial decision-making. • Drive revenue, margin and expense management through financial analysis, profitability assessment and risk mitigation. • Develop and implement finance-led strategies to improve profitability while managing business risk. • Design SOPs and governance frameworks across pricing DOA and GTN processes, standardizing execution across the commercial channel. • Partner with IT on global finance and business transformation initiatives, serving as SPOC for multiple worldwide digital transformation projects. • Lead a team of four across finance planning and governance responsibilities. • Recognized through multiple individual and team awards for profitability, business execution and process transformation

Head of Finance - Commercial Channel (Value & Volume) and Lenovo.com at Lenovo India, Jul 2022 - Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led finance for SMB & Lenovo.com, with responsibilities spanning business finance, credit governance, profitability, controls and transformation. • Served as India SPOC for distributor credit management across segments, strengthening credit governance and risk oversight. • Designed SOPs covering DOA returns, demo assets and offshore billing across Lenovo India. • Partnered with IT on country-level and worldwide digital transformation initiatives. • Led resolution of internal and external audit issues, strengthening financial controls across business segments. • Partnered with business stakeholders to translate financial analysis into margin growth and risk-mitigation strategies.

Finance Controller - SMB and Lenovo.com (India Region) at Lenovo India, Oct 2021 - Jun 2022 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Bridging Finance, Commercial Decisions & Digital Business. • Led financial controllership across SMB and Lenovo.com, covering budgeting, planning, investments and business performance. • Partnered with business stakeholders to translate financial insights into profitability, risk and growth decisions. Managed Opex, investment and business performance while maintaining financial discipline against plan. • Served as a key finance partner for commercial decision-making across the India region. • Supported process standardization and governance across the business.

Business Finance Manager at Lenovo India, Feb 2019 - Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Managed end-to-end finance for the Consumer/Tablets segment across budgeting, planning, investments, business targets, rebates, Opex and profitability. • Owned budgeting, planning and investment governance while partnering with business teams on target setting and execution. • Managed rebate and program funds to support business growth objectives. • Owned segment Opex management and financial performance against plan. • Developed profitability and risk-mitigation strategies in partnership with business stakeholders. • Supported internal and external audit resolution and strengthened the controls foundation for subsequent finance leadership responsibilities.

Financial Analysis Senior Advisor at Dell Technologies, Mar 2014 - Jan 2019 · 4 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, India, Served as Finance Controller across Small Business, Online, Large Format Retail, E-tail and DnCP, supporting commercial strategy, revenue outlook, profitability and Opex management. • Managed rebate and program funds across the Consumer & Small Business portfolio. • Supported business strategy, revenue outlook, headcount planning and Opex control. • Partnered with business, Marketing and Product Management stakeholders to improve commercial performance and competitive positioning. • Designed SOPs covering accruals, order processing, credit appraisal and data retention. • Owned SOX compliance for India Consumer & Small Business and partnered with IT on business transformation initiatives.

Assistant Manager – Controllership at Wipro, Apr 2011 - Apr 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Built foundational expertise across Revenue Assurance, Controllership, Risk, Compliance, Business Transformation and M&A. • Delivered revenue assurance across BFSI, Retail and Manufacturing & Hi-Tech, covering more than 50% of total IT Services revenue. • Developed revenue assurance strategy, governance frameworks, documentation and process guides. • Structured revenue models for complex client contracts in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. • Developed strategies to reduce revenue leakage and improve profitability. • Prepared SOPs covering lease accounting, volume discounts, cost provisions and revenue/cost activities. • Led financial due diligence on an acquisition target, evaluating synergies and business impact. • Supported audit resolution and preparation/finalization of revenue processes for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Assistant Manager at SREI Equipment Finance Private Limited, Jan 2011 - Apr 2011 · 4 mos, Started my finance career with responsibility across financial controls, audit, monitoring, quality assurance and compliance for operational finance activities. • Managed financial activity controls and monitoring across operations. • Oversaw quality assurance and compliance for loan-disbursement documentation.

Education

Chartered Accountant, Accounting and Taxation, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Company Secretary, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India