Naveen Kumar

Experience

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  Deloitte

  Jun 2010 - Nov 2014

  Senior Financial Analyst

  Worked directly with US teams for corporate &partnership clients to provide financial analysis and research on income, franchise, sales, mathematical modeling and several other financial planning matters.• Analysis of US Federal tax returns, estimates and projections, Excel-based financial modeling and make recommendations for business and process improvements.• Understand and interpret US-GAAP for client financial deliverables, develop arguments to support conclusions and report them.• Proactively interact with client management team for advisory on financial matters, compliance and tax saving. Show less

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  B-ABLE (Basix Academy For Building Lifelong Employability)

  Dec 2014 - now

  Providing leadership in financial and operational governance, budget vs actual business planning, processes and systems improvements by monitoring and evaluation framework of various projects while working in close collaboration with the Management & Project Teams. • Leading qualitative and quantitative project management, financial and operational business planning, project and budget design, project appraisal, project consulting and Management reporting.• Understanding and formulating project level as well as organizational level Budgeting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools.• Identify revenue, grant, debt and equity funding raising opportunities, due diligence, ascertaining scope & preparing risk mitigation plans.• Prepare investment pitch decks, valuations, pricing and deal structuring, audits, negotiating term sheet/ contract/ transaction documents for all business partnerships.• Processes and systems improvements by monitoring and evaluation of various projects while working in close collaboration with all stakeholders• Provide financial governance and control by tracking financial and operational business performance metrics/KPI’s drivers against the Budget, ascertaining causes of variance and recommending course of action, process improvements, automation and innovation.• Project-based due diligence, compliances, P&L management, cost optimization, developing and implementing project SOP’s.• Develop and monitor project evaluation indicators for various activities, expenditures and performing cost benefit analysis.• Analyze and forecast financial, macroeconomic, and operational data for strategic and operational decision-making purposes.• Enable and build passionate and value-driven teams through achievement motivation to fulfil organizational strategic, social and financial goals and objectives. Show less Supported the planning, analysis and strategy development functions and align businesses in the process of development of the long term financial goals and direction in collaboration with top management. • Develop and track project monitoring tools, systems and processes, evaluation methodology and ascertain corrective actions.• Conduct baseline study to determine project performance indicators using qualitative and quantitative research methodology.• Critically examine logic behind budget for Op-ex, headcount estimate, resource utilization analysis and question any buffers/ deviation• Project-based due diligence, compliances, P&L management, cost optimization, business modeling, tracking parameters against project SOP’s. • Interacting extensively by both verbal and written means with client teams, preparing business intelligence reports and dashboard to provide analysis and commentary to region and leadership team. Show less

  • General Manager - Monitoring and Evaluation

    Oct 2018 - now

  • Manager - Financial Planning & Analyst

    Dec 2014 - Sept 2018