Karthik Raghotham

Experience

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  Indigo Lever Shared Services

  Nov 2003 - Nov 2004

  Process Associate

   Responsible for Vendor payables and maintaining the DPO of the unit Bank Reconciliation of multiple Hindustan Unilever(HUL) units  Facilitating the Inter Unit Transfer Process Balance sheet account reconciliations Trial Balance and Overhead allocations SOX audit compliance for HUL units Issuing TDS Certificates

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  Hewlett Packard

  Nov 2004 - Apr 2006

  Fixed Asset Accountant

   Processing of Fixed Assets transactions in SAP in line with HP Policy  Accounting for transactions such as Purchases, Transfers, Retirements & Expensing Capital Expenditure Reporting Property, Plant & Equipment (PPE) schedule Fixed Asset Account Reconciliations Reconciliation between Sub systems and General Ledger and explain variance if any Resolve and assist in Fixed Assets process issues Work on Various Quality and process Improvement Projects

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  ADC Telecommunications

  May 2006 - Jun 2008

  Senior Financial Analsyt

   Prepare and Publish Financial packages with executive summary for all the Business units of TE Product line profitability analysis Quarterly Staging analysis and Revenue deferral recommendations Revenue recognition issues troubleshooting Product Pull Through (PPT) analysis and profitability reporting Customer Flash reporting Standard Cost Analysis and recommend Quarterly labor cost Bookings/Shipments & Backlog reporting on Daily/Weekly/Bi-weekly and Monthly intervals Balance sheet account reconciliations Job cost Summary (JCS) analysis Cost center expense variance analysis Monthly Tie out between various financial systems and troubleshooting if there is any variance. Show less

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  TE Connectivity

  Jul 2008 - May 2015

   Support Americas regional management team as the India FP&A focal point Supervise direct reports and coach them, as appropriate, to develop skills and confidence in their ability to examine work processes, create solutions, and measure improvements Lead/coordinate/Review the budget numbers provided by the respective functions, understand underlying assumptions and ensure that they are in line with overall business goal Work with BU Partners to transition work to India FP&A Team Pre-Flash and Executive Summary preparation Monthly Execution Review (MER) & Quarterly Business Review (QBR) Budget vs. Actual variance analysis and narrations for variations Balance Scorecard preparation and publishing to management Show less  Provide decision support for operations, Engineering, Product management and other Functions as needed. Financial modeling for AT&T reverse auction bidding and for numerous new customers. Screen new projects and conducting feasibility studies to determine the financial viability of new ventures projecting cash and growth opportunities Quarterly Incentive payout for the participating employees in the BU  Verticals wise analysis of the business and publish performance dashboards Headcount Cost Sustainability Model to the management in Reduction in force decision making Guide administrative management on procedures concerning expenditure and other accounting/Financial practices Work with external Consultants on the “Data Room” for Divestiture Prepare of Pro-forma historical earning statements for Buyer Due Diligence Support Tax team by providing financial information for filing US state Tax Show less

  • Manager - FP&A

    Jul 2012 - May 2015

  • Principal Accountant

    May 2010 - Jun 2012

  • Team Lead

    Jul 2008 - May 2010
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  Cisco

  Mar 2019 - now

  • Leader, Business Operations

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Business Operations Manager

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Financial Analyst

    May 2015 - now

  • Finance Manager

    Mar 2019 - Jun 2023