Yash Keswani

B-402, Gulmohar Apartments Sector-56, Gurgaon | yash.k.keswani@gmail.com | +919810219218

SUMMARY
Profoundly talented and resourceful Manager (FP&A) with experience in conducting studies to improve the
operational and financial effectiveness of the organization; extracting financial data from various accounting
and information systems; performing complex financial, statistical & cost analysis of financial reports &
data for preparing subsequent narrative analysis for management.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
 Strong experience with SAP BPC, HFM, HPM, Workday Finance & Accounting Software.
 Strong Excel, PowerPoint and Access skills, with focus on financial modeling and use of advanced
features of spreadsheets.
 Exceptionally organized with great ability to work on multiple projects at once.
 Deep level of analytical ability and accuracy to work independently and in a team.
 Interpersonal and organization skills with focus on innovation.

EXPERIENCE

Mar’17–Present-Working as a FP&A Operations Manager in GE Healthcare

 Ownership for developing estimates, OP/forecasts/reviews, Growth for GE Healthcare Digital & act
as a key contact point of the teams for their operational requirements.
 Responsible for complete Financial Planning and periodical reporting of Financials to Healthcare
Digital HQ.
 Drive weekly calls for Healthcare Digital business with the Global stakeholders & operational teams
of Healthcare Digital products and services.
 Develop and improve financial processes: Finance reporting tools, Management reporting tools,
operating plan and estimating processes.
 Lead cross-functional projects to drive simplification throughout the FP&A COE Team and to
improve rigor in key Finance processes, reducing costs & improving profitability.
 Segment wise / Region wise / Products wise profitability analysis along with VOP & VPY walk;
Contribute to improving efficiencies and performance as well as providing quality financial
information (e.g. reporting dashboards and VC/BC KPI’s).
 Calculating & analyzing C&B of the resources of regions & products for estimations in agreement
with HR function.
 Provide support to Healthcare Digital HQ in performing quarter close activities in the finance
systems in agreement with operations & finance stakeholders.

May’12–Feb’17-Worked as a Manager (FP&A) in Cushman & Wakefield

 Preparation of Operating Plan(OP) & Strat Plan for all the service lines of APAC countries and
strive towards achieving and improving the plan.
 Providing timely deliverables to the Executive Director APAC & management; publish dashboards
of financials in comparison with forecast & OP.
 Preparation of Global Reporting for pipeline analysis, capex analysis, opex analysis, headcount &
top deals analysis wherein various kinds of KPI’s are measured in comparison with OP & forecast.
 Provide relevant information to the controllers & regional /service line leadership.
 Implement APAC Quality measures for timely and accurate results, reports and forecasts by regular
reviews of financials for the drivers of profitability.
 Development and maintenance of suite of standard APAC HFM, HPM & BPC reports for OP,
forecast & actuals for reviews of management for APAC countries.
 Actively participates in Global FP&A Steering Committee, execute process improvements thru
BPC, HFM, HPM & Workday Finance & transfer finance best practices.
Projects & Initiatives –
HPM & HFM implementation for Financial Reporting -Worked as a key process analyst during the
HPM & HFM implementation. Actively involved with project team during the requirement
gathering, UAT & post implementation support to create the fresh templates.
 Nov’09–Apr’12-Worked as Lead Analyst (FP&A) in Colt Technology Services
 Publishing Monthly Redbook Reporting including P&L, Balance Sheet & developing financial
reports for actual & trend results analysis.
 Generate monthly forecast on 18 months rolling basis for Colt Comm. Services Division.
 Prepare Annual budget for Colt Communication Services Division. Analyze & recommend budget
adjustments, cost improvement measures to Central Finance team based in UK.
 Preparing & analyzing preclose reviews for P&L, Fixed Cost & HC of CCS Division.
 Perform financial analysis of data reported in the various financial systems.
Projects & Initiatives –
 SAP BPC implementation for Financial Reporting (2010) -Worked as a key process analyst during
the SAP BPC implementation. Actively involved with project team during the requirement
gathering, UAT & post implementation support for the BPC financial reports.
 Colt Organizational Structure Change (2011) – Updated all impacted financial templates during the
structural changes in the organization. Ensured seamless transition so that reports are published
timely & accurately.
Reward & Recognition –
 Awarded as Silver Shine Award for independent contribution in Denmark forecast process transition
& Team Work Award for participation in SAP BPC implementation in 2010.
 Team Work Award for outstanding contribution in Q1’11 CCS Division Forecast process.

Nov’05–Nov’09 -Worked as Senior Financial Analyst (MIS & FP&A) in Canon India
 Prepare periodic global & monthly management reporting for Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd and Canon
Inc. (Japan) including P&L, Balance Sheet, Inventory, Cost, etc.
 Prepare monthly board report presentation that highlighted key drivers of variances.
 Worked with department heads to prepare detailed annual budget; also worked closely to review
monthly variance reports.
 Forecasting sales by quantity & revenue for departments & products on weekly basis.
 Mange expenditure on budgets including advertisement, sales promotion & travel
 Create pay plans & people performance management reports in co-ordination with HR.
 Maintained statistical & trend files for historical volume, stock & sales required by management of
CIPL & CSPL for critical business decisions.
 Prepare various presentations for internal & external customers of Sales, Finance & Marketing
groups.

Oct’04 – Oct’05 - Worked as Senior Executive (F&A) in BAS Engineering

 Preparation of financial statements, reconciling general ledgers, accounts & bank statements;
distributing monthly revenue and expenditure reports to departments.
 Preparation of cash flow statements; controlling cash flow (daily funds management).
 Compliance of Income tax and Sales tax requirements.

Apr’01 – Sep’04 -Worked as Accounts Executive (F&A) in Panama Electrical Industries.

 Maintenance of accounting records & preparation of financial Statements.
 Compliance of legal requirements i.e. Income Tax, Sales Tax, Excise Duty.

EDUCATION
Academic: B.Com. (Hons.) From Delhi University in year 1998.Professional: Oracle 9i
Computers Proficiency:
 Working knowledge of SAP BPC, HFM, HPM, Workday Finance, BOXI, HRDM, SSP, Spotfire,
accounting software and MS –Office.
 Certified Novell Administrator for NetWare 5.0 Administration & Microsoft Certified Professional
for implementing and administering Windows NT Server 4.0

PERSONNEL DETAILS

 Date of birth: 23rd August, 1977