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# Rahul Sharma on Tal

## Headline

Finance Leader \| FP&A \| Business Finance \| GCC Leadership \| Transformation \| Founder Office \| Strategy \| Investor Relations \| Program Management \| Finance Transformation \| AI Product Strategy

## About

Finance and strategy leader with 14 years of experience driving enterprise transformation across FP&A, Chief of Staff, and GCC/GBS mandates\. Partnering with CXOs and Founders, I use financial discipline as a lens to solve complex business problems, manage investor relations, and turn strategy into execution\. My career spans Goldman Sachs, J\.P\. Morgan, PwC, and First Citizens Bank\. Through rigorous program management and operating model design, I navigate both the executive boardroom and the underlying business economics\. I challenge assumptions, structure complex organizational problems, and align global and India stakeholders\. At the intersection of financial depth and operational rigor, I establish executive governance—encompassing AOP, board reporting, and MBR/QBRs—while remaining deeply engaged with the financial models, business drivers, and data analytics that inform those decisions\. A significant portion of my career is dedicated to driving cost and productivity agendas\. Whether leading greenfield GCC build\-outs, designing operating models, or directing multi\-geography transitions, I create the accountability structures required to ensure transformation initiatives deliver tangible P&L impact\. Selected Impact: • Built a zero\-based, bottom\-up planning model for a \~$4B Investment Banking P&L at Goldman Sachs, adopted as the divisional standard • Led GCC build\-outs at PwC, encompassing operating\-model design and the transition of 800\+ FTEs • Direct AOP, forecasting, executive governance, and strategic planning for a multi\-function India GBS organization\. • Delivered \~$100K in immediate savings and a 15% reduction in vendor costs via strategic insourcing, driving \~20% efficiency gains • Automated an award\-winning vendor forecasting solution for 150\+ vendors, eliminating \~3 days of manual effort per cycle\. Core Expertise: FP&A \| Business Finance \| Chief of Staff \| GCC/GBS Strategy \| Program Management \| Finance Transformation \| P&L Management \| Financial Modeling \| Cost Optimization \| Executive Reporting \| Investor Relations \| Stakeholder Management \| Process Automation \| AI Governance

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude

deepseek

elevenlabs

gemini

grok

kimi

## Work experience

Associate Director at First Citizens India, Sep 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 1 mo, Hybrid, Serve as the strategic engine for the India Global Capability Center \(GCC\), partnering with senior leadership to design and execute enterprise\-wide transformation, business planning, and cost\-management initiatives • Direct the GCC strategic roadmap, establishing the AOP \(Annual Operating Plan\), budget governance, and executive performance metrics to align India operations with global enterprise goals • Lead complex, cross\-functional transformation programs, creating the accountability structures required to transition strategy into measurable operational delivery • Architect executive governance frameworks, streamlining operations and ensuring rigorous compliance, resource optimization, and cost control across departments\.

Principal Consultant \- Management Consulting at PwC India, Aug 2022 \- Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, I played a pivotal role in advising clients on operating model design and finance transformation, ensuring seamless transitions across geographies\. • Led GCC build\-outs, focusing on governance architecture and operational efficiency\. • Collaborated with client CXOs to develop performance metrics and productivity frameworks\. • Enhanced business continuity during the strategic transition of 800\+ FTEs across multiple locations\.

Vice President & Chief of Staff Consumer Banking Division \(Engineering function\) at Goldman Sachs, Dec 2021 \- Aug 2022 · 9 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, • Program Management\- Managing Consumer Banking Division \(Marcus\), Engineering Function \(500\+ staff\) and coordinating with Heads of India on Strategic Initiatives on Business, Location & Expansion, Growth, Hiring, Communication • Strategic Planning & Management\- Shaping decisions and outcomes with deep financial insights and defining what success metrics are required for growing businesses and moving them to scale and driving consistency in measuring business and opportunity • Research & Analysis\- Researching & building competitive insights, analyzing internal/external data to inform competitive position, drive growth actions • Financial Strategy Implementation\- Actively liaising with the Head of Engineering team to safeguard the continuity of strategy development via the implementation phase and steering fiscal planning, management reviews, OKR planning & growth for India’s function • Financial Modelling\- Performing extensive financial modeling, financial projection, finalizing annual budgets with complete ownership of revenue/expense budget • Planning & Operations\- Directing the development of the Consumer India \(Engineering\) Operations Annual Plans, cross\-functional strategic initiatives via collaboration with the Head of Engineering, Management Committee Members, Department Leaders for India • Stakeholder Management\- Overseeing project communications to ensure all stakeholders are aware of project timelines, resource impacts, operational impacts • Competitive Analysis\- Leading strategic planning by preparing dashboards by identifying KPIs, competitor analysis, recommending business growth areas and EBITDA growth improvements • Reporting\- Performing business performance reporting, industry analysis on region/industry / product including revenue & expense details, P&L summary, optimization of expenses, monitoring KPIs & identify the cause of variances, strategy outlook deck for leadership

Chief of Staff \- Consumer Engineering Division India\(Marcus\) at Goldman Sachs, Mar 2021 \- Dec 2021 · 10 mos, Bangalore, Built the operational cadence for the division, overseeing budget optimization, capacity planning, and cross\-functional strategic initiatives across India\.

Associate Finance \- Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs, Oct 2019 \- Mar 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

Associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co\., Jun 2018 \- Oct 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Enterprise FP&A & Planning: Directed the Annual Operating Plan \(AOP\) and rolling forecast cadences across four sub\-lines of business\. Assumed full ownership of professional services budget, partnering directly with senior business leaders to align financial models with strategic commercial targets • Finance Transformation & Automation: Architected a high\-impact finance transformation initiative by conceptualizing and automating a driver\-based forecasting engine\. The solution modeled 160\+ vendors, replacing legacy manual processes with scalable, data\-driven analytics • Cost Transformation & Margin Expansion: Spearheaded an enterprise cost\-optimization strategy and structural efficiencies\. Designed advanced working\-capital and expense\-control frameworks, including automated vendor accrual models and early\-payment discount structures • Commercial Finance & Capital Optimization: Partnered with commercial leads to implement strategic pricing initiatives and led cost\-restructuring efforts within the home\-loan business\. Successfully optimized Return on Equity \(ROE\), earning senior leadership recognition for maximizing capital efficiency\.

Associate at Goldman Sachs, Dec 2017 \- May 2018 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Partnered with India leadership and global executives to architect financial planning, optimize the P&L, and embed automated operating rhythms across the enterprise\. Enterprise FP&A & Strategic Finance: Directed annual revenue and expense budgeting, building sophisticated bottoms\-up financial models to manage P&L\. Steered fiscal planning, management reviews, and OKR/KPI planning for the India function, translating complex performance variances into actionable strategic recommendations for executive leadership\. Finance Transformation & Automation: Spearheaded the creation of an automation Centre of Excellence \(CoE\) within the Investment Banking finance division\. Architected an integrated finance\-PMO operating rhythm—spanning planning, approvals, and execution—and deployed scalable frameworks that directly drove EBITDA improvement and margin expansion\. Commercial Finance & P&L Optimization: Formalized revenue\-recognition deal terms that captured incremental quarterly revenue and provided financial modeling to support a new product launch with P&L impact\. Financial Planning & Analysis \(FP&A\), Budgeting, Forecasting, Expense Management, Management Reporting, Financial Analysis, Strategic Finance

Senior Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs, Aug 2015 \- Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Investment Banking Division

## Education

MBA, Finance, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Shri vaishnav institute of technology and science

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