Naganathan M P

Experience

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  Honeywell

  Jul 2019 - May 2021

  Senior Financial Support

  Conceptualized and executed a descriptive analytics project through data visualisation, delivering a substantial business impact of $308K for Honeywell Building Technologies.• Drove the Digital Transformation initiative by maintaining and publishing 10+ dashboards, improving delivery standards and enhancing data visibility.• Enhanced decision-making capabilities by adeptly extracting, managing, and manipulating large datasets from various databases and ERPs, including SAP, BI, BEX, BO, Hana, Snowflake and Oracle, using SQL.• Further applied expertise in MS Excel, Tableau, Visual Basic Applications (VBA) and Alteryx to transform data and automate comprehensive daily and monthly reports, driving informed decision-making.• Leveraged an integrated approach of data extraction, management, and visualization, highlighting key insights and problem areas on SBU's daily SOB (Sales, Orders Backlog), plant performance, and human resources metrics for internal stakeholders. Show less

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  PKF SRIDHAR & SANTHANAM LLP

  May 2021 - now

  Internal Audits Led and executed audits across 10+ hospitality units for two international hotel chains in India and the UK, covering critical areas including ESG, Stat. Compliances, ITGC, P2P, O2C, R2R, Engineering, Security, etc.Procurement and Inventory Management: Executed 5+ audits in industries such as FMCG, EV, and energy, alongside ICoFR Testing.Analytics as a Service, generating exception reports for control testing, significantly reducing man-days in 3 major plant audits.Developed SOPs and Risk Control Matrices for various business cycles. Drafted audit reports and presented to key stakeholders Data Analytics ProjectsDeveloped SCM analytics routines for a leading power generation company in the Middle East, improving vendor management and inventory analysis. Utilized ACL and Power BI, achieving a 50% reduction in reporting time.Built interactive dashboards for:• General Ledger Exception Reporting and Fraud Risk Factors for fraud detection & prevention. • Sales and Refund Analysis for quick commerce start-up.• Civil records survey insights for a developing African nation.• Cost and Profit Budgeting for a ship management company. Special Audit EngagementsConducted audits of FS for an IT company's foreign entities in the US and Europe as per Ind AS and performed a GST Ineligible Credit Review and loan book analysis for an NBFC, enhancing financial clarity.Executed detailed payroll audits, analyzing recruitment and turnover, and delivered monthly MIS reports, boosting payroll accuracy to 95%.Training & DevelopmentLed training sessions on Power BI and advanced Excel, promoting knowledge sharing. Explored ETL and Gen AI tools like Knime and ChatGPT for enhanced data processing and report writing.Developed and maintained 5+ Power BI dashboards and templates, streamlining dashboard development. Utilized Python, ACL, PowerQuery and IDEA scripts to improve audit efficiency, actively contributing to the firm's Data Analytics group. Show less

  • Analyst

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Audit Assistant

    May 2021 - Dec 2024