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CA | Senior FP&A Leader | Strategic Finance & Reporting | SQL · Python · Power BI · AI Tools | Bengaluru

About

CA-qualified finance professional with 8+ years in strategic finance, financial planning, and management reporting. Currently Assistant Manager, Finance at CGI, a global IT and business consulting company operating in 40+ countries with $14B in revenue. I lead end-to-end FP&A for a CAD 120M technology business unit: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and partnering with delivery and sales leadership on pricing and margin decisions. I also build the tools my team runs on. SQL and Python for automation, Power BI for reporting, and AI coding agents (Claude Code, Claude Cowork) for the internal automation platform I maintain at CGI. What I've built: Automated GL reporting workflow that cut a 6 hour manual process to under 20 minutes Revenue reconciliation tool matching customer, timesheet, and manual adjustment data against the GL at scale Executive Power BI dashboards for real time P&L and margin visibility Core areas: FP&A (budgeting, forecasting, variance, management reporting), strategic finance and business partnering, P&L ownership, finance automation (SQL, Python, Power BI, AI-assisted workflows), tax and compliance oversight.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

anthropic apis

antigravity

claude code

codex

gemini

notebooklm

Work experience

Assistant Manager Finance at CGI, Oct 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Own end-to-end FP&A and P&L for a CAD 120M technology business unit across 70+ client accounts and five sub-business units (T&M, Fixed Price, Resource Unit) Redesigned forecasting into a driver-based planning model, improving variance visibility and enabling same-day executive reporting Built finance reporting automation using SQL, Python, and Power BI, cutting manual reporting effort by about 80% Support deal and pricing reviews, including AI-related deals, validating financial inputs for submissions to the Global Deals team.

Senior Finance Executive at CGI, Oct 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for the same CAD 120M business unit, partnering with delivery leadership on margin and resourcing decisions. Drove early automation of GL and revenue reporting, the groundwork for the SQL/Python platform later scaled up Supported month-end close: accruals, reconciliations, financial validations.

Finance Executive at CGI, Aug 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Supported budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for the CGI technology business unit. Executed month-end close activities including journals and accruals. Built early Excel and Power BI reporting ahead of the automation platform.

Project Controller- Process Lead at Capgemini Technology India Pvt Ltd, Jul 2018 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Managed financial planning and business control for €3M project portfolios: forecasting, budgeting, profitability analysis, variance management. Supported leadership decisions through financial insights and profitability improvement recommendations. Executed month-end close (accruals, provisions, journal entries) and improved reporting accuracy through structured validation. Partnered with delivery leadership on margin improvement opportunities.

Project Controller at Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd, Jul 2018 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos, • Managed financial planning and control for €3M portfolios including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis. • Delivered monthly and quarterly forecasts with profitability improvement insights. • Handled month-end close including accruals, provisions, and journal entries. • Improved reporting accuracy by 60% through structured modelling and validation controls.

Account Analyst at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Jul 2017 - Apr 2018 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Maintained executive dashboard for key deliverable tracker for periodic deep dive with Global Finance Solutions (GFS). Automated month-end reporting for APJ region using advanced Excel (Pivots, Macros), supporting regional Balance Sheet Reviews.

Article Assistant at Siva krishna & Narayan Chartered Accountants, Aug 2012 - Aug 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Vijayawada Area, India, Performed statutory audits, tax audits, revenue audits, and stock audits for banks and corporate clients. Supported financial statement preparation, audit documentation, tax audit finalization, and compliance reviews.

Education

CA Final, Commerce & Finance, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting and Finance, Indira Gandhi National Open University