Akhil Jain

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 2 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led award-winning Power BI dashboard development at Unilever.
  • Achieved significant cost reductions and operational efficiency.
  • Consistently received high-performance ratings from senior leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Financial Planning and Analysis expert in the FMCG and IT sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Financial PlanningFinancial Analysis

Other Skills

Microsoft ExcelSummariesMicrosoft Power BIData AnalysisProblem SolvingFinancial Variance AnalysisCash Flow ForecastingAmortizationMonth-End Close ProcessMicrosoft OfficeVariance AnalysisCash FlowMicrosoft WordPlanning Budgeting & ForecastingFinancial Modeling

About

As a Chartered Accountant with 9 years of comprehensive experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), I have honed my expertise in strategic budgeting, forecasting, and financial governance. Throughout my career at leading IT & FMCG companies, I have consistently demonstrated a strong ability to drive financial performance through innovative process improvements and data-driven decision-making. At Unilever, I led the development of award-winning Power BI dashboards, streamlining financial reporting and creating a single source of truth for the organization. My proactive approach to financial management has resulted in significant cost reductions, closing budget gaps, and enhancing operational efficiency. I have also been instrumental in establishing new ways of working across multiple countries, ensuring alignment and accuracy in financial processes. During my tenure at TCS, I managed the forecasting, budgeting, and reporting of payroll expenses and operating cash flow, accounting for 85% of the company's total expenses. My consistent high-performance ratings and multiple appreciations from senior leadership, including VPs, CFO, and CEO, underscore my commitment to excellence and accuracy in financial forecasting and analysis. I am proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Power BI, with a passion for learning new technologies to streamline workflows and deliver strategic outcomes. My ability to lead teams, manage complex financial processes, and deliver actionable insights has made me a valuable asset in any organization.

Experience

9 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Walmart

Manager - Finanial planning and Analysis

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Unilever

Assistant manager - Financial planning and analysis (UniOps)

Sep 2022Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Forecasted and conducted rolling forecasts for Opex and amortization for strategic programmes. This consists of ~20% of total P&L of UniOps.
  • Identified and analysed month-end variances, along with updating of YTG forecasts.
  • Monitored and reported monthly - projects which were spending more than their budgets along with driving resolutions
  • Developed Power BI dashboards for savings tracking, capex/Opex analysis, and amortization analysis & forecasting, used by 20-30 users, creating a single version of truth for easy reference and discussions.
  • Led various ad hoc analysis and other activities like cost centre (CC) closure (~300 CCs) to restrict unauthorised spends and audit of GRN (bringing ~1M saving in FY23).
Microsoft ExcelSummariesFinancial PlanningFinancial Analysis

Tata consultancy services

3 roles

Assistant Manager - Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis

Promoted

Oct 2020Oct 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Involved in annual planning and budgeting process, which involved forecasting of P&L and cashflows along with preparation of deck for CFO to be presented to Board. Responsible for forecasting employee related expenses which forms 85% of total expenses of TCS.
  • Managed quarterly forecasting of payroll related expenses and operating cashflow with weekly updates on it to CFO.
  • Responsible for forecasting of quarterly impact of currency rate fluctuations on revenue and operating margin.
  • Responsible for month end & quarter end variance analysis of payroll expenses and operating cashflow. Also submitted variance analysis of actual vs forecast, with reasons highlighting cost drivers.
  • Responsible for month end and quarter end reporting and releasing of cost to business after doing variance analysis.
  • Involved in preparing & publishing of external and internal deliverables (at the time of earnings release) along with fact checking of various metrics being published in public domain like CxO scripts & press releases.
  • Involved in analysis of quarterly and annual financial statement of peers along with submitting snapshot summary of it to CxOs.
  • Designing of logic & functioning of various application & dashboard in consultation with technology teams. Also involved in publishing various insight reports on open deal pipeline, payments, and employee expenses.
  • Involved in fact checking of various metrics being published in RFI documents and liaising with external CA & statutory auditors for getting certificate for submission of RFP.
  • Involved in various other adhoc analysis.
SummariesProblem SolvingFinancial PlanningFinancial Analysis

Senior Financial Analyst - FPA

Promoted

Jan 2018Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Prepared annual and quarterly forecast of P&L and cash flow including inputs from various stakeholders.
  • Did monthly and quarterly variance analysis of P&L and cash flow.
  • Prepared & published various insight reports on employee expenses, cash flow, & deal pipeline.
  • Designing of logic & functioning of various application & dashboard in consultation with technology teams.
  • Analyzing quarterly and annual financial statement of peers and presenting to management.
  • Prepared & published quarterly internal deliverable for senior management and external deliverable like press release and various other document which are uploaded on TCS website at the time of earnings release.
  • Experience in managing a team of 2, with above responsibilities.
SummariesProblem SolvingFinancial PlanningFinancial Analysis

Corporate Finance Analyst

Dec 2015Dec 2017 · 2 yrs

SummariesFinancial Variance AnalysisFinancial AnalysisFinancial Planning

Lakhani & lakhani chartered accountants

Article Assistant

Aug 2012Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Thane,Mumbai

  • 1. Involved in tax compliances and audits of various assessees
  • 2. Led concurrent audit and assisted in statutory audit of a branch of bank.
  • 3. Publishing of MIS Reports to management.
Financial Variance Analysis

Education

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Chartered Accountant — Finance and Financial Management Services

Jan 2011Jan 2015

Annamalai University

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom

Jan 2011Jan 2014

Mulund College of Commerce

HSC

Jan 2009Jan 2011

University of Mumbai

High School

Jan 1996Jan 2009

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