Poulami Santra

Experience

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  Unilever

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2013

  Finance Executive

  1. Coordinated with all the factory units in East India and tracking all financial operations involved2. Initiated various cost control strategies ensuring effective utilization of budgets3. Accountable for budget planning, formulation, administration, analysis, and evaluation of the project expenditure proposals to determine the difference between projected and actual results and implemented corrective actions.

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  Honeywell

  Nov 2014 - Sept 2015

  Finance Manager

  1. Managed full cycle of accounting operations including A/R, A/P, preparation and reporting of financial statements2. Analyzed financial statements to know past trend; control the major cost factors; enhancing the major revenue area3. Analyzed and reported actual v/s budget v/s forecast variance and initiated corrective actions to achieve budget objective

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  Vodafone Idea Limited

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2017

  Commercial Finance Manager

  1. Prepared the detailed budget for the various network sites in the Odisha Circle resulting in phase-wise implementation of the management plan2. Managed fixed asset accounting and created MIS for the leadership team3. Assisted in the capital planning process for both future capital spending and the evaluation of the past capital projects resulting in accurate monthly forecasts

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  Genpact

  May 2017 - now

  Client - One of the leading beverage company in the world1. Single-handedly responsible for month closing, rolling estimates, managing customer accounts for all the 7 lead countries of the EMEA region2. Calculated the concentrate and incidence revenue (brand wise and product wise) along with their variance analysis for EMEA region3. P&L simulation/Innovation Project for new product proposal & development for financial feasibilities, Profitability analysis vs hurdle rates (GM %)4. Hired a 20 member team to onset the finance operations and provided KT enabling the job ready in <15 days5. Acted as a Super User for the EMEA region during the transition process6. Holding regular meetings with the Marketing team & Management to keep them updated with the results & discuss the crucial action points.Client - One of the leading FMCG company in the world1. Performed month-end, quarter-end, and year-end Financial Reporting & analysis for multiple countries/Brand Portfolios.2. Responsible for A&C budgeting and forecasting for UK and Ireland region3. Used tools such as Fit, BI, and SAP to build and analyze actuals forecasts reports thereby driving recommendations to achieve better financial KPI metrics4. Analyzed the actual versus the budgeted monthly and annual spend on account of various FMCG categories such as meals5. Monitored the G2N and other KPI’s as a part of the P&L and control the discounts given to the customers Show less

  • Senior Manager FP&A

    Feb 2021 - now

  • Manager - Finance

    May 2017 - Feb 2022